G11B 7/26
Apparatus or processes specially adapted for the manufacture of record carriers
G11B7/26 (Apparatus or processes specially adapted for the manufacture of record carriers) appears on 3,212 US grants and 2,510 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G11B- Granted patents
- 3,212
- Published applications
- 2,510
- Assignees
- 647
- Inventors
- 4,339
- Latest grant
- 17 Mar 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1976 | 3 | 0 |
| 1977 | 5 | 0 |
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| 1981 | 17 | 0 |
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| 2001 | 177 | 101 |
| 2002 | 162 | 241 |
| 2003 | 160 | 245 |
| 2004 | 177 | 289 |
| 2005 | 139 | 319 |
| 2006 | 196 | 242 |
| 2007 | 135 | 214 |
| 2008 | 120 | 214 |
| 2009 | 137 | 157 |
| 2010 | 124 | 168 |
| 2011 | 123 | 91 |
| 2012 | 112 | 58 |
| 2013 | 78 | 40 |
| 2014 | 63 | 33 |
| 2015 | 24 | 19 |
| 2016 | 17 | 17 |
| 2017 | 12 | 9 |
| 2018 | 17 | 11 |
| 2019 | 10 | 8 |
| 2020 | 5 | 7 |
| 2021 | 8 | 9 |
| 2022 | 1 | 3 |
| 2023 | 7 | 1 |
| 2024 | 3 | 8 |
| 2025 | 4 | 3 |
| 2026 | 2 | 3 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Method for storing and acquiring information using fluorescence defects in wide bandgap materials17 Mar 2026US 12,579,998 B2University of Science and Technology of China
- Method for fabricating nanostructured optical elements17 Feb 2026US 12,555,604 B2University of Southampton
- Nanostructuring from optical recording media9 Dec 2025US 12,494,227 B2The Board of Regents of the Nevada System of Higher Education On Behalf of the University of Nevada, Las Vegas
- Storage mediums and methods of making the same30 Sep 2025US 12,431,164 B2Corning Incorporated
- Optical recording medium20 May 2025US 12,308,061 B2Sony Group Corporation
- Nanostructuring from optical recording media28 May 2026US 2026/0148752 A1Board of Regents of the Nevada System of Higher Education, on behalf of the University of Nevada
- Optical recording medium manufacturing method, and transfer apparatus for optical recording medium14 May 2026US 2026/0134884 A1Sony Group Corporation
- Method for storing and acquiring information using fluorescence defects in wide bandgap materials15 Jan 2026US 2026/0018188 A1University of Science and Technology of China
- Optical information storage medium6 Nov 2025US 2025/0342857 A1
- Nanostructuring from Optical Recording Media25 Sep 2025US 2025/0299696 A1Board of Regents of the Nevada System of Higher Education, on behalf of the University of Nevada
Most cited
By later US patents
- Method and system for custom manufacture and delivery of a data product588US 5,860,068 APetabyte Corporation · 1999
- Microstructure-bearing composite plastic articles and method of making404US 5,175,030 AMinnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company · 1992
- Method of molding microstructure bearing composite plastic articles307US 5,183,597 AMinnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company · 1993
- Method and system for remote user controlled manufacturing275US 5,930,768 ASupersonic Boom, Inc. · 1999
- Grooved optical data storage device including a chalcogenide memory layer258US 4,719,594 AEnergy Conversion Devices, Inc. · 1988