A61F 2002/30387
Dovetail connection
Official title: {Dovetail connection}
A61F2002/30387 (Dovetail connection) appears on 1,438 US grants and 1,735 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61F- Granted patents
- 1,438
- Published applications
- 1,735
- Assignees
- 362
- Inventors
- 1,677
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1977 | 1 | 0 |
| 1978 | 0 | 0 |
| 1979 | 1 | 0 |
| 1980 | 0 | 0 |
| 1981 | 1 | 0 |
| 1982 | 0 | 0 |
| 1983 | 0 | 0 |
| 1984 | 0 | 0 |
| 1985 | 1 | 0 |
| 1986 | 1 | 0 |
| 1987 | 3 | 0 |
| 1988 | 3 | 0 |
| 1989 | 4 | 0 |
| 1990 | 4 | 0 |
| 1991 | 2 | 0 |
| 1992 | 1 | 0 |
| 1993 | 4 | 0 |
| 1994 | 7 | 0 |
| 1995 | 6 | 0 |
| 1996 | 11 | 0 |
| 1997 | 8 | 0 |
| 1998 | 7 | 0 |
| 1999 | 8 | 0 |
| 2000 | 13 | 0 |
| 2001 | 14 | 11 |
| 2002 | 15 | 27 |
| 2003 | 19 | 27 |
| 2004 | 16 | 55 |
| 2005 | 16 | 67 |
| 2006 | 22 | 49 |
| 2007 | 18 | 54 |
| 2008 | 9 | 87 |
| 2009 | 34 | 42 |
| 2010 | 47 | 68 |
| 2011 | 44 | 61 |
| 2012 | 59 | 117 |
| 2013 | 76 | 78 |
| 2014 | 72 | 116 |
| 2015 | 80 | 84 |
| 2016 | 88 | 79 |
| 2017 | 87 | 89 |
| 2018 | 90 | 96 |
| 2019 | 88 | 74 |
| 2020 | 74 | 83 |
| 2021 | 65 | 70 |
| 2022 | 72 | 82 |
| 2023 | 73 | 69 |
| 2024 | 64 | 60 |
| 2025 | 73 | 63 |
| 2026 | 37 | 27 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
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- Expandable vertebral implant24 Sep 2026US 2026/0283817 A1Globus Medical, Inc.
- Expandable fusion device and method of installation thereof17 Sep 2026US 2026/0272669 A1Globus Medical, Inc.
- Method and apparatus for joint replacement arthroplasty10 Sep 2026US 2026/0263231 A1Fibioseq Medical Ltd.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Adjustable height fusion device1,160US 6,045,579 ASpinal Concepts, Inc. · 2000
- Intervertebral disk arthroplasty1,076US 5,258,031 ADanek Medical, Inc. · 1993
- Expandable fusion device and method of installation thereof1,044US 8,062,375 B2Globus Medical, Inc. · 2011
- Anterior interbody fusion device986US 5,397,364 ADanek Medical, Inc. · 1995
- Multi-variable-height fusion device977US 6,641,614 B1Spinal Concepts, Inc. · 2003