H04N 1/00384
Key input means
Official title: {Key input means, e.g. buttons or keypads (electromechanical details of key input means in general H01H13/00)}
H04N1/00384 (Key input means) appears on 725 US grants and 706 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in H04N- Granted patents
- 725
- Published applications
- 706
- Assignees
- 155
- Inventors
- 1,360
- Latest grant
- 15 Sep 2026
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| 2002 | 22 | 37 |
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| 2004 | 17 | 33 |
| 2005 | 8 | 34 |
| 2006 | 20 | 45 |
| 2007 | 18 | 44 |
| 2008 | 16 | 29 |
| 2009 | 13 | 25 |
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| 2011 | 19 | 32 |
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| 2019 | 29 | 35 |
| 2020 | 32 | 27 |
| 2021 | 35 | 32 |
| 2022 | 24 | 19 |
| 2023 | 23 | 16 |
| 2024 | 14 | 13 |
| 2025 | 7 | 11 |
| 2026 | 9 | 6 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Image processing apparatus, method for controlling image processing apparatus, and storage medium15 Sep 2026US 12,739,332 B2Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Image processing apparatus and method for processing an image with switchable functions15 Sep 2026US 12,739,336 B2Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
- Voice-controlled, AI-enabled device and system for personalized sticker creation and interactive sharing28 Jul 2026US 12,694,251 B1Hapiko Inc.
- Image forming apparatus with sliding keyboard23 Jun 2026US 12,665,973 B2Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L. P.
- Image forming apparatus9 Jun 2026US 12,649,328 B2FUJIFILM Corporation
- Highlight indicator-based screen transitions18 Jun 2026US 2026/0172510 A1Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L. P.
- System and image forming device21 May 2026US 2026/0143075 A1Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
- System and image forming device21 May 2026US 2026/0143076 A1Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
- Device including replaceable component, user interface, and controller configured to cause user interface to operate in both replacement enabled mode and replacement disabled mode2 Apr 2026US 2026/0095529 A1Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
- Information processing apparatus, information processing method, and non-transitory computer readable storage medium12 Mar 2026US 2026/0075153 A1Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
Most cited
By later US patents
- System, computer program product and method for managing documents186US 7,734,715 B2Ricoh Americas Corporation · 2010
- Parallel process communications terminal and network153US 4,902,881 AFaxplus Corporation · 1990
- Electronic mail box145US 4,106,060 ARCA Corporation · 1978
- System and method for facsimile cover page storage and use114US 5,438,433 AMicrosoft Corporation · 1995
- Scanning system and method114US 6,480,304 B1ScanSoft, Inc. · 2002