A61B 13/00
Instruments for depressing the tongue
Official title: Instruments for depressing the tongue (combined with illuminating and viewing instruments A61B1/24; combined with saliva removers A61C17/10)
A61B13/00 (Instruments for depressing the tongue) appears on 115 US grants and 160 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 115
- Published applications
- 160
- Assignees
- 75
- Inventors
- 296
- Latest grant
- 18 Aug 2026
Filings by year
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| 2009 | 1 | 5 |
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| 2011 | 1 | 5 |
| 2012 | 3 | 2 |
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| 2014 | 5 | 7 |
| 2015 | 2 | 10 |
| 2016 | 4 | 12 |
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| 2018 | 10 | 14 |
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| 2020 | 9 | 16 |
| 2021 | 5 | 11 |
| 2022 | 10 | 9 |
| 2023 | 5 | 9 |
| 2024 | 10 | 6 |
| 2025 | 6 | 7 |
| 2026 | 3 | 5 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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