A61B 17/1668
For the upper femur
Official title: {for the upper femur (A61B17/164 takes precedence)}
A61B17/1668 (For the upper femur) appears on 716 US grants and 811 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 716
- Published applications
- 811
- Assignees
- 220
- Inventors
- 982
- Latest grant
- 15 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1978 | 1 | 0 |
| 1979 | 0 | 0 |
| 1980 | 0 | 0 |
| 1981 | 3 | 0 |
| 1982 | 3 | 0 |
| 1983 | 1 | 0 |
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| 1998 | 7 | 0 |
| 1999 | 9 | 0 |
| 2000 | 8 | 0 |
| 2001 | 15 | 7 |
| 2002 | 8 | 13 |
| 2003 | 7 | 21 |
| 2004 | 12 | 26 |
| 2005 | 7 | 24 |
| 2006 | 11 | 21 |
| 2007 | 8 | 21 |
| 2008 | 3 | 26 |
| 2009 | 15 | 16 |
| 2010 | 21 | 34 |
| 2011 | 21 | 41 |
| 2012 | 22 | 62 |
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| 2019 | 42 | 26 |
| 2020 | 25 | 28 |
| 2021 | 32 | 27 |
| 2022 | 31 | 50 |
| 2023 | 17 | 34 |
| 2024 | 35 | 38 |
| 2025 | 32 | 27 |
| 2026 | 20 | 20 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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