A61F 2002/30332
Conically- or frustoconically-shaped protrusion and recess
Official title: {Conically- or frustoconically-shaped protrusion and recess}
A61F2002/30332 (Conically- or frustoconically-shaped protrusion and recess) appears on 1,711 US grants and 1,782 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61F- Granted patents
- 1,711
- Published applications
- 1,782
- Assignees
- 470
- Inventors
- 2,354
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1976 | 1 | 0 |
| 1977 | 5 | 0 |
| 1978 | 2 | 0 |
| 1979 | 3 | 0 |
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| 1981 | 1 | 0 |
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| 2000 | 47 | 0 |
| 2001 | 46 | 21 |
| 2002 | 56 | 56 |
| 2003 | 49 | 58 |
| 2004 | 51 | 104 |
| 2005 | 36 | 97 |
| 2006 | 45 | 74 |
| 2007 | 32 | 76 |
| 2008 | 27 | 81 |
| 2009 | 43 | 66 |
| 2010 | 59 | 76 |
| 2011 | 58 | 74 |
| 2012 | 67 | 71 |
| 2013 | 69 | 87 |
| 2014 | 73 | 100 |
| 2015 | 64 | 57 |
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| 2017 | 75 | 69 |
| 2018 | 56 | 65 |
| 2019 | 67 | 74 |
| 2020 | 50 | 52 |
| 2021 | 57 | 55 |
| 2022 | 47 | 70 |
| 2023 | 35 | 56 |
| 2024 | 43 | 58 |
| 2025 | 55 | 63 |
| 2026 | 25 | 44 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- A61F 2002/30339Double cones, i.e. connecting element having two conical connections, one at eachIndexing code194
- A61F 2002/30337Inverted concave conical connectionsIndexing code40
- A61F 2002/30345Multiple conical connection, i.e. the protrusion and recess having several tapered sectionsIndexing code36
- A61F 2002/30349The male and female complementary cones being of different conicities, i.e. forIndexing code33
- A61F 2002/3035The male convex cone having an inner female concave taperIndexing code23
- A61F 2002/30334Cone of elliptical or oval basisIndexing code22
- A61F 2002/30336Stepped cones, i.e. having discrete diameter changesIndexing code22
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By later US patents
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