G11B 7/08
Disposition or mounting of heads or light sources relatively to record carriers
G11B7/08 (Disposition or mounting of heads or light sources relatively to record carriers) appears on 9,132 US grants and 5,737 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G11B- Granted patents
- 9,132
- Published applications
- 5,737
- Assignees
- 828
- Inventors
- 8,510
- Latest grant
- 8 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 40 | 0 |
| 1977 | 33 | 0 |
| 1978 | 31 | 0 |
| 1979 | 25 | 0 |
| 1980 | 30 | 0 |
| 1981 | 37 | 0 |
| 1982 | 49 | 0 |
| 1983 | 59 | 0 |
| 1984 | 79 | 0 |
| 1985 | 113 | 0 |
| 1986 | 117 | 0 |
| 1987 | 155 | 0 |
| 1988 | 169 | 0 |
| 1989 | 224 | 0 |
| 1990 | 150 | 0 |
| 1991 | 216 | 0 |
| 1992 | 305 | 0 |
| 1993 | 270 | 0 |
| 1994 | 187 | 0 |
| 1995 | 220 | 0 |
| 1996 | 259 | 0 |
| 1997 | 287 | 0 |
| 1998 | 396 | 0 |
| 1999 | 343 | 0 |
| 2000 | 319 | 0 |
| 2001 | 348 | 223 |
| 2002 | 366 | 525 |
| 2003 | 343 | 466 |
| 2004 | 386 | 555 |
| 2005 | 306 | 688 |
| 2006 | 457 | 532 |
| 2007 | 419 | 584 |
| 2008 | 345 | 581 |
| 2009 | 339 | 462 |
| 2010 | 380 | 322 |
| 2011 | 438 | 215 |
| 2012 | 302 | 164 |
| 2013 | 231 | 119 |
| 2014 | 137 | 116 |
| 2015 | 66 | 45 |
| 2016 | 47 | 42 |
| 2017 | 26 | 25 |
| 2018 | 29 | 16 |
| 2019 | 7 | 11 |
| 2020 | 9 | 7 |
| 2021 | 6 | 14 |
| 2022 | 13 | 9 |
| 2023 | 5 | 5 |
| 2024 | 5 | 5 |
| 2025 | 7 | 1 |
| 2026 | 2 | 5 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- G11B 7/09With provision for moving the light beam or focus plane for the6,828
- G11B 7/085With provision for moving the light beam into, or out of, its3,186
- G11B 7/083Relative to record carriers storing information in the form of optical interference179
- G11B 7/082Aligning the head or the light source relative to the record carrier140
- G11B 7/081For time base error correction by moving the light beam36
- G11B 7/10Interchangeable mountings10
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