A61C 5/44
Means for controlling working depth
Official title: Means for controlling working depth, e.g. supports or boxes with depth-gauging means, stop positioners or files with adjustably-mounted handles
A61C5/44 (Means for controlling working depth) appears on 129 US grants and 125 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61C- Granted patents
- 129
- Published applications
- 125
- Assignees
- 64
- Inventors
- 224
- Latest grant
- 25 Aug 2026
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| 2022 | 2 | 8 |
| 2023 | 5 | 5 |
| 2024 | 7 | 3 |
| 2025 | 5 | 7 |
| 2026 | 2 | 2 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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