A61B 2017/0641
Having at least three legs as part of one single body
Official title: {having at least three legs as part of one single body}
A61B2017/0641 (Having at least three legs as part of one single body) appears on 1,094 US grants and 1,397 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 1,094
- Published applications
- 1,397
- Assignees
- 357
- Inventors
- 1,564
- Latest grant
- 22 Sep 2026
Filings by year
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| 2024 | 52 | 59 |
| 2025 | 51 | 50 |
| 2026 | 27 | 25 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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