A61B 90/03
Automatic limiting or abutting means
Official title: {Automatic limiting or abutting means, e.g. for safety}
A61B90/03 (Automatic limiting or abutting means) appears on 7,306 US grants and 8,948 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61B- Granted patents
- 7,306
- Published applications
- 8,948
- Assignees
- 1,942
- Inventors
- 10,243
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 3 | 0 |
| 1977 | 2 | 0 |
| 1978 | 3 | 0 |
| 1979 | 6 | 0 |
| 1980 | 1 | 0 |
| 1981 | 1 | 0 |
| 1982 | 5 | 0 |
| 1983 | 5 | 0 |
| 1984 | 2 | 0 |
| 1985 | 4 | 0 |
| 1986 | 9 | 0 |
| 1987 | 18 | 0 |
| 1988 | 13 | 0 |
| 1989 | 9 | 0 |
| 1990 | 15 | 0 |
| 1991 | 16 | 0 |
| 1992 | 12 | 0 |
| 1993 | 23 | 0 |
| 1994 | 54 | 0 |
| 1995 | 44 | 0 |
| 1996 | 40 | 0 |
| 1997 | 69 | 0 |
| 1998 | 62 | 0 |
| 1999 | 62 | 0 |
| 2000 | 78 | 0 |
| 2001 | 85 | 29 |
| 2002 | 49 | 82 |
| 2003 | 70 | 100 |
| 2004 | 72 | 145 |
| 2005 | 46 | 167 |
| 2006 | 68 | 219 |
| 2007 | 91 | 209 |
| 2008 | 52 | 217 |
| 2009 | 69 | 201 |
| 2010 | 166 | 243 |
| 2011 | 158 | 228 |
| 2012 | 213 | 294 |
| 2013 | 223 | 354 |
| 2014 | 252 | 362 |
| 2015 | 263 | 380 |
| 2016 | 292 | 408 |
| 2017 | 367 | 589 |
| 2018 | 336 | 510 |
| 2019 | 483 | 649 |
| 2020 | 541 | 638 |
| 2021 | 508 | 562 |
| 2022 | 500 | 637 |
| 2023 | 522 | 500 |
| 2024 | 546 | 479 |
| 2025 | 495 | 445 |
| 2026 | 283 | 301 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
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