String Instrument Patents (Class D17/14)
Plural neck (Class D17/15)
Harp (Class D17/16)
Violin (Class D17/17)
Simulative (Class D17/18)
Symmetrical outline (Class D17/19)
Element or attachment (Class D17/20)
  • Guitar body
    Patent number: D437875
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 1999
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2001
    Inventor: Steve Ridinger
  • Guitar body
    Patent number: D438234
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2000
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2001
    Inventor: Steve Ridinger
  • Electric contrabass
    Patent number: D441004
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2001
    Assignee: Yamaha Corporation
    Inventor: Masao Kondo
  • Electric guitar or electric bass musical instrument
    Patent number: D441391
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2001
    Inventors: Arthur Cronos, Bruce Sexauer
  • Electric guitar
    Patent number: D442208
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 1999
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2001
    Inventor: Richard S. Shafer
  • Guitar
    Patent number: D445444
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2000
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2001
    Inventor: Josh Wilson
  • Electric guitar having improved profile for electrical connectors
    Patent number: D510382
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2005
    Inventor: Alan D. Norsworthy
  • Electronic ukulele
    Patent number: D510946
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2005
    Assignee: Yamaha Corporation
    Inventor: Atsushi Kitazawa
  • One piece guitar
    Patent number: D512089
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2005
    Inventor: Thomas G. Barth
  • Guitar
    Patent number: D513277
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2005
    Inventor: Charles P. Thornton
  • Guitar
    Patent number: D450079
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2000
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2001
    Inventors: Jerome Antoine Barde, Fabrice Jules Pialot
  • Electric guitar
    Patent number: D517114
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2006
    Assignee: Paul Reed Smith Guitars LP
    Inventors: Joseph S. Knaggs, Paul Reed Smith, Edwin Krozack, John Ingram, Marc Quigley
  • Stringed musical instrument
    Patent number: D518504
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2006
    Inventors: Ravi K Sawhney, Timothy M Nugent, Paul K Janowski, Glen G Kim
  • Electrical ukulele
    Patent number: D521046
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2006
    Inventor: Anthony Martinez
  • Neckless electric lap guitar
    Patent number: D522041
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2006
    Inventor: David L. Sewell
  • Musical instrument with angled key string relationship
    Patent number: D523465
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2006
    Inventor: Vinson Williams
  • Guitar
    Patent number: D457553
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2002
    Inventor: Dannie G. Cates
  • Toy guitar
    Patent number: D457573
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2002
    Assignee: Potex Toys Manufacturer Ltd.
    Inventor: Ho Man Herman Chan
  • Combination bass/guitar
    Patent number: D526000
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2006
    Inventor: Andrew Wayne Stewart
  • Electric guitar body and headstock
    Patent number: D529069
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2006
    Inventor: Kenneth E. Garrett, Jr.
  • Guitar
    Patent number: D461489
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2002
    Assignee: Guccio Gucci S.p.A.
    Inventors: Monica Maestrelli Dituri, Isabella Kron
  • Guitar
    Patent number: D530358
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2006
    Assignee: Giannini S/A
    Inventor: Giorgio Coen Giannini
  • Guitar
    Patent number: D531202
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2006
    Assignee: Heflen Conceptions LLC
    Inventor: Richard M. Cook
  • Guitar
    Patent number: D531203
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2006
    Assignee: Heflen Conceptions LLC
    Inventor: Richard M. Cook
  • Guitar
    Patent number: D474227
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2003
    Inventor: Kenneth H. Wilson
  • Extended range bass guitar
    Patent number: D475079
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2003
    Inventor: Kevin Zimmerly
  • Guitar body
    Patent number: D475396
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2003
    Inventor: Giuseppe Coppola
  • Stringed instrument body
    Patent number: D475734
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2003
    Inventor: Joel Jordan
  • Guitar
    Patent number: D476678
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2003
    Inventor: Gideon L. Forman
  • Guitar
    Patent number: D477012
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2003
    Inventor: Joey Rico
  • Guitar
    Patent number: D477013
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2003
    Inventor: Joey Rico
  • Electric guitar
    Patent number: D478611
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2003
    Assignee: Yamaha Corporation
    Inventor: Kazuhito Nakajima
  • Stringed instrument
    Patent number: D478612
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2003
    Inventor: William E. Norman
  • Guitar
    Patent number: D483794
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2003
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2003
    Inventor: Un Sub Kwon
  • Front of a guitar
    Patent number: D486175
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2004
    Inventor: Anthony S. Villalba
  • Neckless lap guitar
    Patent number: D489395
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2004
    Inventor: David L. Sewell
  • Guitar
    Patent number: D493481
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2004
    Inventor: Johannes Vogel
  • Guitar body
    Patent number: D496384
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2004
    Inventor: Brian Hoffman
  • Shark guitar
    Patent number: D496681
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2004
    Inventors: Peter Sui Lun Fong, Sheung Chun Fan
  • Electronic guitar
    Patent number: D496958
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2004
    Assignee: Yamaha Corporation
    Inventor: Eizo Amiya
  • Guitar body
    Patent number: D499133
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2004
    Inventor: Brian Hoffman
  • Guitar
    Patent number: D499756
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2003
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2004
    Inventor: Chris Di Pinto
  • Guitar body
    Patent number: D499757
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2004
    Inventor: Brian Hoffman
  • Electric guitar
    Patent number: D417691
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 1998
    Date of Patent: December 14, 1999
    Inventor: Daniel P. Standish
  • Guitar body
    Patent number: D418859
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 1999
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2000
    Inventor: James F. Herbold
  • Electric cello
    Patent number: D419587
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 1998
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2000
    Assignee: Yamaha Corporation
    Inventor: Sunao Okamura
  • Guitar
    Patent number: D420694
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 1999
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2000
    Inventor: Floyd D. Rose
  • Operating apparatus for game machine
    Patent number: D427244
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 1999
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2000
    Assignee: Konami Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Muraki, Toru Okubo, Tomoya Yamano
  • Guitar
    Patent number: D428043
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 1999
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2000
    Inventor: Terry W. Pyle
  • Guitar
    Patent number: D431589
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 1999
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2000
    Assignees: Actodyne General, Inc., Integral Developments Pty, Ltd.
    Inventors: Grant Kenneth Steinberg, John Philip Dunlop Chaplin