A61F 2002/30383
Made by laterally inserting a protrusion
Official title: {made by laterally inserting a protrusion, e.g. a rib into a complementarily-shaped groove}
A61F2002/30383 (Made by laterally inserting a protrusion) appears on 2,918 US grants and 3,398 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61F- Granted patents
- 2,918
- Published applications
- 3,398
- Assignees
- 669
- Inventors
- 3,140
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 1 | 0 |
| 1977 | 3 | 0 |
| 1978 | 1 | 0 |
| 1979 | 1 | 0 |
| 1980 | 0 | 0 |
| 1981 | 1 | 0 |
| 1982 | 1 | 0 |
| 1983 | 1 | 0 |
| 1984 | 0 | 0 |
| 1985 | 5 | 0 |
| 1986 | 2 | 0 |
| 1987 | 6 | 0 |
| 1988 | 8 | 0 |
| 1989 | 4 | 0 |
| 1990 | 8 | 0 |
| 1991 | 4 | 0 |
| 1992 | 4 | 0 |
| 1993 | 6 | 0 |
| 1994 | 10 | 0 |
| 1995 | 12 | 0 |
| 1996 | 21 | 0 |
| 1997 | 26 | 0 |
| 1998 | 24 | 0 |
| 1999 | 31 | 0 |
| 2000 | 35 | 0 |
| 2001 | 36 | 18 |
| 2002 | 46 | 58 |
| 2003 | 50 | 80 |
| 2004 | 44 | 123 |
| 2005 | 38 | 139 |
| 2006 | 49 | 125 |
| 2007 | 38 | 102 |
| 2008 | 23 | 153 |
| 2009 | 63 | 91 |
| 2010 | 96 | 117 |
| 2011 | 92 | 114 |
| 2012 | 114 | 174 |
| 2013 | 133 | 140 |
| 2014 | 151 | 195 |
| 2015 | 126 | 149 |
| 2016 | 166 | 167 |
| 2017 | 187 | 166 |
| 2018 | 180 | 185 |
| 2019 | 162 | 145 |
| 2020 | 139 | 149 |
| 2021 | 123 | 141 |
| 2022 | 151 | 196 |
| 2023 | 134 | 132 |
| 2024 | 142 | 137 |
| 2025 | 145 | 137 |
| 2026 | 75 | 65 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- A61F 2002/30387Dovetail connectionIndexing code1,438
- A61F 2002/3039With possibility of relative movement of the rib within the grooveIndexing code1,096
- A61F 2002/30403Longitudinally-oriented cooperating ribs and grooves on mating lateral surfaces of a mainlyIndexing code258
- A61F 2002/30385The rib and groove having non-parallelIndexing code123
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