A61B 17/8605
Heads, i.e. proximal ends projecting from bone
Official title: {Heads, i.e. proximal ends projecting from bone}
A61B17/8605 (Heads, i.e. proximal ends projecting from bone) appears on 2,245 US grants and 2,823 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 2,245
- Published applications
- 2,823
- Assignees
- 664
- Inventors
- 3,069
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
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| 2002 | 23 | 28 |
| 2003 | 27 | 37 |
| 2004 | 17 | 61 |
| 2005 | 22 | 78 |
| 2006 | 17 | 79 |
| 2007 | 19 | 68 |
| 2008 | 13 | 104 |
| 2009 | 35 | 82 |
| 2010 | 61 | 115 |
| 2011 | 71 | 109 |
| 2012 | 64 | 98 |
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| 2014 | 99 | 157 |
| 2015 | 148 | 151 |
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| 2018 | 116 | 156 |
| 2019 | 136 | 173 |
| 2020 | 132 | 166 |
| 2021 | 154 | 147 |
| 2022 | 138 | 148 |
| 2023 | 104 | 125 |
| 2024 | 141 | 110 |
| 2025 | 134 | 123 |
| 2026 | 71 | 79 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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