H04N 1/04

Scanning arrangements , i.e. arrangements for the displacement of active reading or

Official title: Scanning arrangements {, i.e. arrangements for the displacement of active reading or reproducing elements relative to the original or reproducing medium, or vice versa}(H04N1/387 takes precedence)

H04N1/04 (Scanning arrangements , i.e. arrangements for the displacement of active reading or) appears on 10,738 US grants and 7,347 published applications in this corpus.

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Granted patents: 10,738
Published applications: 7,347
Assignees: 1,325
Inventors: 12,914
Latest grant: 6 Oct 2026

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H04N 1/04: granted patents and published applications per publication year
Year	Granted patents	Published applications
1976	32	0
1977	36	0
1978	43	0
1979	37	0
1980	44	0
1981	71	0
1982	64	0
1983	62	0
1984	82	0
1985	96	0
1986	108	0
1987	165	0
1988	145	0
1989	193	0
1990	189	0
1991	176	0
1992	208	0
1993	181	0
1994	201	0
1995	187	0
1996	200	0
1997	231	0
1998	341	0
1999	333	0
2000	326	0
2001	308	121
2002	270	337
2003	301	393
2004	293	452
2005	214	428
2006	321	388
2007	253	379
2008	322	396
2009	322	439
2010	367	385
2011	333	406
2012	386	303
2013	489	325
2014	427	304
2015	343	252
2016	265	275
2017	282	360
2018	319	332
2019	301	234
2020	236	176
2021	149	162
2022	153	147
2023	117	119
2024	116	106
2025	53	74
2026	47	54

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