A61B 17/1642
For producing a curved bore
Official title: {for producing a curved bore}
A61B17/1642 (For producing a curved bore) appears on 360 US grants and 457 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 360
- Published applications
- 457
- Assignees
- 129
- Inventors
- 455
- Latest grant
- 15 Sep 2026
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| 2002 | 2 | 6 |
| 2003 | 4 | 5 |
| 2004 | 2 | 19 |
| 2005 | 2 | 8 |
| 2006 | 4 | 13 |
| 2007 | 3 | 11 |
| 2008 | 4 | 14 |
| 2009 | 10 | 15 |
| 2010 | 7 | 27 |
| 2011 | 13 | 29 |
| 2012 | 12 | 18 |
| 2013 | 29 | 25 |
| 2014 | 23 | 39 |
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| 2020 | 23 | 19 |
| 2021 | 15 | 13 |
| 2022 | 11 | 10 |
| 2023 | 19 | 18 |
| 2024 | 14 | 23 |
| 2025 | 20 | 16 |
| 2026 | 8 | 7 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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