G12B 11/00
Indicating elements
Official title: Indicating elements; Illumination thereof
G12B11/00 (Indicating elements) appears on 74 US grants and 35 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G12B- Granted patents
- 74
- Published applications
- 35
- Assignees
- 45
- Inventors
- 132
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1978 | 2 | 0 |
| 1979 | 1 | 0 |
| 1980 | 2 | 0 |
| 1981 | 1 | 0 |
| 1982 | 2 | 0 |
| 1983 | 3 | 0 |
| 1984 | 2 | 0 |
| 1985 | 2 | 0 |
| 1986 | 1 | 0 |
| 1987 | 2 | 0 |
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| 1989 | 3 | 0 |
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| 1991 | 2 | 0 |
| 1992 | 2 | 0 |
| 1993 | 1 | 0 |
| 1994 | 2 | 0 |
| 1995 | 0 | 0 |
| 1996 | 0 | 0 |
| 1997 | 4 | 0 |
| 1998 | 1 | 0 |
| 1999 | 2 | 0 |
| 2000 | 3 | 0 |
| 2001 | 3 | 0 |
| 2002 | 1 | 0 |
| 2003 | 3 | 1 |
| 2004 | 1 | 2 |
| 2005 | 1 | 3 |
| 2006 | 2 | 2 |
| 2007 | 1 | 1 |
| 2008 | 1 | 4 |
| 2009 | 2 | 1 |
| 2010 | 0 | 1 |
| 2011 | 0 | 0 |
| 2012 | 2 | 2 |
| 2013 | 1 | 3 |
| 2014 | 1 | 1 |
| 2015 | 2 | 2 |
| 2016 | 3 | 5 |
| 2017 | 3 | 2 |
| 2018 | 2 | 0 |
| 2019 | 1 | 2 |
| 2020 | 1 | 2 |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 |
| 2022 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | 0 | 1 |
| 2025 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026 | 1 | 0 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Faucet water temperature guide device6 Oct 2026US 12,753,588 B2
- Provided an instrument that is capable of improving speaker mounting workability24 Aug 2021US 11,097,666 B2Nippon Seiki Co., Ltd.
- Miniaturized illuminated pointer for instrument cluster8 Dec 2020US 10,859,414 B2N. S. International Ltd.
- Vehicle display device23 Apr 2019US 10,266,054 B2Yazaki Corporation
- Indicating-needle type meter device7 Aug 2018US 10,041,821 B2Yazaki Corporation
- Faucet Water Temperature Guide Device12 Dec 2024US 2024/0410141 A1
- Selectively illuminated area of an instrument panel gauge14 May 2020US 2020/0148103 A1
- Instrument14 May 2020US 2020/0148129 A1Nippon Seiki Co., Ltd.
- Miniaturized illuminated pointer for instrument cluster24 Oct 2019US 2019/0323868 A1N. S. International Ltd.
- Device for displaying markings9 May 2019US 2019/0135108 A1
Most cited
By later US patents
- Laminar light guide81US 4,323,951 ACombined Optical Industries Limited · 1982
- Lighted instrument assembly66US 4,479,173 A1984
- Apparatus for uniform illumination employing light diffuser60US 4,460,940 A1984
- Illuminated indicator gauge with illuminated pointer40US 4,258,643 ANissan Motor Co., Ltd. · 1981
- Indicating apparatus35US 4,975,807 AKabushiki Kaisha Asahi Keiki Seisakusho · 1990