A61B 17/32053
Punch like cutting instruments
Official title: {Punch like cutting instruments, e.g. using a cylindrical or oval knife (A61B17/326 takes precedence; trepans A61B17/1695)}
A61B17/32053 (Punch like cutting instruments) appears on 1,364 US grants and 1,761 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
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- Published applications
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- Assignees
- 498
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- Latest grant
- 29 Sep 2026
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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