A61B 2017/00831
Material properties
Official title: {Material properties}
A61B2017/00831 (Material properties) appears on 13,590 US grants and 18,905 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 13,590
- Published applications
- 18,905
- Assignees
- 3,989
- Inventors
- 19,760
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
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| 2025 | 896 | 1009 |
| 2026 | 563 | 617 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- A61B 2017/00867Shape memory effectIndexing code5,028
- A61B 2017/00876MagneticIndexing code1,834
- A61B 2017/00862Elastic or resilientIndexing code1,793
- A61B 2017/00902Transparent or translucentIndexing code1,612
- A61B 2017/00893Pharmaceutically effectiveIndexing code1,341
- A61B 2017/0084Low frictionIndexing code779
- A61B 2017/00898Expandable upon contact with fluidIndexing code575
- A61B 2017/00946MalleableIndexing code565
All 22 subgroupsShow fewer
- A61B 2017/00951AdhesiveIndexing code533
- A61B 2017/00884Enhancing wound closureIndexing code526
- A61B 2017/00858High friction or non-slipIndexing code508
- A61B 2017/00889Antimicrobial, disinfectantIndexing code478
- A61B 2017/00955ThermoplasticIndexing code400
- A61B 2017/00964CompositeIndexing code356
- A61B 2017/00942HydrophilicIndexing code286
- A61B 2017/00853Low friction, hydrophobic and corrosion-resistant fluorocarbon resin coatingIndexing code275
- A61B 2017/0088CeramicIndexing code266
- A61B 2017/00929Isolating electrical currentIndexing code245
- A61B 2017/00938HydrophobicIndexing code150
- A61B 2017/00836Corrosion-resistantIndexing code81
- A61B 2017/00933Bone or bone-likeIndexing code77
- A61B 2017/0096Self cleaningIndexing code4
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