A61B 17/888
The driver bit acting on the central region of the screw head
Official title: {the driver bit acting on the central region of the screw head}
A61B17/888 (The driver bit acting on the central region of the screw head) appears on 341 US grants and 447 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 341
- Published applications
- 447
- Assignees
- 174
- Inventors
- 601
- Latest grant
- 1 Sep 2026
Filings by year
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| 2001 | 2 | 3 |
| 2002 | 6 | 7 |
| 2003 | 3 | 6 |
| 2004 | 2 | 2 |
| 2005 | 2 | 18 |
| 2006 | 6 | 10 |
| 2007 | 2 | 9 |
| 2008 | 1 | 17 |
| 2009 | 10 | 16 |
| 2010 | 16 | 13 |
| 2011 | 15 | 22 |
| 2012 | 11 | 25 |
| 2013 | 17 | 22 |
| 2014 | 16 | 25 |
| 2015 | 20 | 23 |
| 2016 | 18 | 16 |
| 2017 | 18 | 30 |
| 2018 | 21 | 20 |
| 2019 | 22 | 25 |
| 2020 | 14 | 27 |
| 2021 | 19 | 24 |
| 2022 | 26 | 27 |
| 2023 | 18 | 15 |
| 2024 | 17 | 14 |
| 2025 | 10 | 14 |
| 2026 | 13 | 17 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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Most cited
By later US patents
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