A61B 1/00148
Using anchoring means
Official title: {using anchoring means}
A61B1/00148 (Using anchoring means) appears on 369 US grants and 630 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 369
- Published applications
- 630
- Assignees
- 219
- Inventors
- 924
- Latest grant
- 15 Sep 2026
Filings by year
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| 2001 | 2 | 0 |
| 2002 | 2 | 6 |
| 2003 | 2 | 6 |
| 2004 | 6 | 6 |
| 2005 | 1 | 12 |
| 2006 | 3 | 13 |
| 2007 | 3 | 20 |
| 2008 | 0 | 22 |
| 2009 | 3 | 19 |
| 2010 | 9 | 10 |
| 2011 | 11 | 20 |
| 2012 | 14 | 29 |
| 2013 | 15 | 29 |
| 2014 | 28 | 36 |
| 2015 | 21 | 21 |
| 2016 | 13 | 31 |
| 2017 | 21 | 39 |
| 2018 | 24 | 32 |
| 2019 | 28 | 44 |
| 2020 | 27 | 42 |
| 2021 | 24 | 40 |
| 2022 | 21 | 34 |
| 2023 | 20 | 42 |
| 2024 | 28 | 32 |
| 2025 | 25 | 33 |
| 2026 | 14 | 12 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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