A61B 5/150259
Improved gripping
Official title: {Improved gripping, e.g. with high friction pattern or projections on the housing surface or an ergonometric shape}
A61B5/150259 (Improved gripping) appears on 596 US grants and 639 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 596
- Published applications
- 639
- Assignees
- 244
- Inventors
- 1,013
- Latest grant
- 29 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 2000 | 11 | 0 |
| 2001 | 8 | 1 |
| 2002 | 8 | 19 |
| 2003 | 16 | 24 |
| 2004 | 6 | 27 |
| 2005 | 9 | 32 |
| 2006 | 7 | 25 |
| 2007 | 11 | 23 |
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| 2009 | 8 | 35 |
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| 2021 | 23 | 34 |
| 2022 | 13 | 25 |
| 2023 | 13 | 24 |
| 2024 | 18 | 21 |
| 2025 | 10 | 14 |
| 2026 | 19 | 7 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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