A61F 2002/30494
Cooperating protrusions and recesses
Official title: {Cooperating protrusions and recesses, e.g. radial serrations, located on abutting end surfaces of a longitudinal connection}
A61F2002/30494 (Cooperating protrusions and recesses) appears on 182 US grants and 189 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61F- Granted patents
- 182
- Published applications
- 189
- Assignees
- 107
- Inventors
- 340
- Latest grant
- 8 Sep 2026
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| 2025 | 12 | 9 |
| 2026 | 4 | 5 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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