A61C 7/285
Locking by rotation
Official title: {Locking by rotation}
A61C7/285 (Locking by rotation) appears on 137 US grants and 144 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61C- Granted patents
- 137
- Published applications
- 144
- Assignees
- 43
- Inventors
- 139
- Latest grant
- 26 May 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1978 | 2 | 0 |
| 1979 | 2 | 0 |
| 1980 | 1 | 0 |
| 1981 | 1 | 0 |
| 1982 | 0 | 0 |
| 1983 | 2 | 0 |
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| 1985 | 2 | 0 |
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| 1987 | 4 | 0 |
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| 1998 | 2 | 0 |
| 1999 | 5 | 0 |
| 2000 | 3 | 0 |
| 2001 | 3 | 1 |
| 2002 | 1 | 12 |
| 2003 | 8 | 2 |
| 2004 | 4 | 6 |
| 2005 | 5 | 11 |
| 2006 | 6 | 9 |
| 2007 | 5 | 7 |
| 2008 | 1 | 7 |
| 2009 | 3 | 7 |
| 2010 | 8 | 6 |
| 2011 | 5 | 6 |
| 2012 | 6 | 4 |
| 2013 | 3 | 10 |
| 2014 | 1 | 9 |
| 2015 | 3 | 7 |
| 2016 | 8 | 3 |
| 2017 | 4 | 7 |
| 2018 | 10 | 7 |
| 2019 | 4 | 5 |
| 2020 | 3 | 1 |
| 2021 | 4 | 6 |
| 2022 | 7 | 5 |
| 2023 | 2 | 2 |
| 2024 | 1 | 3 |
| 2025 | 1 | 1 |
| 2026 | 1 | 0 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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Most cited
By later US patents
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