G11B 7/2578
Consisting essentially of inorganic materials
Official title: consisting essentially of inorganic materials
G11B7/2578 (Consisting essentially of inorganic materials) appears on 400 US grants and 319 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G11B- Granted patents
- 400
- Published applications
- 319
- Assignees
- 120
- Inventors
- 814
- Latest grant
- 25 Aug 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1978 | 2 | 0 |
| 1979 | 0 | 0 |
| 1980 | 0 | 0 |
| 1981 | 1 | 0 |
| 1982 | 2 | 0 |
| 1983 | 3 | 0 |
| 1984 | 3 | 0 |
| 1985 | 1 | 0 |
| 1986 | 3 | 0 |
| 1987 | 6 | 0 |
| 1988 | 11 | 0 |
| 1989 | 8 | 0 |
| 1990 | 11 | 0 |
| 1991 | 10 | 0 |
| 1992 | 11 | 0 |
| 1993 | 14 | 0 |
| 1994 | 7 | 0 |
| 1995 | 15 | 0 |
| 1996 | 10 | 0 |
| 1997 | 16 | 0 |
| 1998 | 10 | 0 |
| 1999 | 17 | 0 |
| 2000 | 15 | 0 |
| 2001 | 12 | 14 |
| 2002 | 17 | 32 |
| 2003 | 21 | 35 |
| 2004 | 16 | 40 |
| 2005 | 25 | 41 |
| 2006 | 22 | 32 |
| 2007 | 23 | 28 |
| 2008 | 13 | 27 |
| 2009 | 7 | 21 |
| 2010 | 13 | 17 |
| 2011 | 13 | 9 |
| 2012 | 12 | 8 |
| 2013 | 16 | 3 |
| 2014 | 5 | 3 |
| 2015 | 2 | 1 |
| 2016 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 0 | 1 |
| 2019 | 1 | 2 |
| 2020 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 1 | 4 |
| 2022 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 4 | 0 |
| 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 0 | 1 |
| 2026 | 1 | 0 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Non-volatile data storage medium and system25 Aug 2026US 12,718,843 B2Ecole Polytechnique Federale De Lausanne (Epfl)
- Sputtering target28 Nov 2023US 11,827,971 B2Dexerials Corporation
- Recording medium, exterior member, and method of recording on recording medium8 Aug 2023US 11,718,118 B2Sony Corporation
- Thin film comprising titanium oxide, and method of producing thin film comprising titanium oxide16 May 2023US 11,651,790 B2JX Nippon Mining & Metals Corporation
- Information storage medium having multiple recording layers3 Jan 2023US 11,545,179 B2Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
- Non-volatile data storage medium and system16 Oct 2025US 2025/0322846 A1Ecole Polytechnique Federale De Lausanne (Epfl)
- Sputtering target17 Jun 2021US 2021/0180180 A1Dexerials Corporation
- Thin Film Comprising Titanium Oxide, and Method of Producing Thin Film Comprising Titanium Oxide10 Jun 2021US 2021/0174831 A1JX Nippon Mining & Metals Corporation
- Information recording medium and method for producing same3 Jun 2021US 2021/0166728 A1Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
- Recording medium, exterior member, and method of recording on recording medium18 Mar 2021US 2021/0078349 A1Sony Corporation
Most cited
By later US patents
- Recording member and process for recording97US 4,069,487 ACanon Kabushiki Kaisha · 1978
- Multiple data surface optical data storage system with transmissive data surfaces96US 5,255,262 AInternational Business Machines Corporation · 1993
- Reduced thickness of a light transmissive layer for a high density optical disc92US 6,246,656 B1Sony Corporation · 2001
- Modulation of laser power in accordance with a linear velocity by pulse division schemes70US 5,848,043 AMitsubishi Chemical Corporation · 1998
- Optical recording process and optical recording system61US 5,818,808 AMitsubishi Chemical Corporation · 1998