A61F 2002/30316
The prosthesis having different structural features at different locations within the same
Official title: {The prosthesis having different structural features at different locations within the same prosthesis; Connections between prosthetic parts; Special structural features of bone or joint prostheses not otherwise provided for}
A61F2002/30316 (The prosthesis having different structural features at different locations within the same) appears on 14,605 US grants and 16,613 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61F- Granted patents
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- Latest grant
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| 2026 | 330 | 368 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- A61F 2002/30535Special structural features of bone or joint prostheses not otherwise provided forIndexing code11,749
- A61F 2002/30329Connections or couplings between prosthetic partsIndexing code10,362
- A61F 2002/30317The prosthesis having different structural features at different locations within the sameIndexing code1,284
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