G11B 7/24

Record carriers characterised by shape, structure or physical properties, or by the

Official title: Record carriers characterised by shape, structure or physical properties, or by the selection of the material (characterised by the arrangement of information on the carrier G11B7/007)

G11B7/24 (Record carriers characterised by shape, structure or physical properties, or by the) appears on 9,154 US grants and 7,071 published applications in this corpus.

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Granted patents: 9,154
Published applications: 7,071
Assignees: 1,313
Inventors: 10,269
Latest grant: 8 Sep 2026

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G11B 7/24: granted patents and published applications per publication year
Year	Granted patents	Published applications
1976	17	0
1977	14	0
1978	17	0
1979	9	0
1980	27	0
1981	40	0
1982	55	0
1983	55	0
1984	56	0
1985	94	0
1986	88	0
1987	132	0
1988	150	0
1989	198	0
1990	209	0
1991	206	0
1992	225	0
1993	241	0
1994	220	0
1995	234	0
1996	228	0
1997	245	0
1998	309	0
1999	298	0
2000	330	0
2001	372	192
2002	351	498
2003	357	565
2004	397	701
2005	292	863
2006	452	760
2007	381	700
2008	427	641
2009	377	512
2010	411	459
2011	399	265
2012	349	188
2013	264	158
2014	213	168
2015	98	63
2016	65	54
2017	44	33
2018	47	43
2019	25	25
2020	20	28
2021	24	33
2022	21	20
2023	20	22
2024	20	38
2025	21	30
2026	10	12

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