A47L 11/4063
Driving means
Official title: {Driving means; Transmission means therefor}
A47L11/4063 (Driving means) appears on 1,161 US grants and 1,204 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A47L- Granted patents
- 1,161
- Published applications
- 1,204
- Assignees
- 429
- Inventors
- 2,171
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
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| 2004 | 3 | 26 |
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| 2022 | 64 | 107 |
| 2023 | 77 | 90 |
| 2024 | 80 | 123 |
| 2025 | 51 | 83 |
| 2026 | 60 | 61 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
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- Robot cleaner and robot cleaner system1 Oct 2026US 2026/0294196 A1LG Electronics Inc.
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- Self-propelled cleaning device with wireless remote-control304US 4,306,329 ANintendo Co., Ltd. · 1981