A61F 2002/30507
Using a threaded locking member
Official title: {using a threaded locking member, e.g. a locking screw or a set screw}
A61F2002/30507 (Using a threaded locking member) appears on 2,522 US grants and 2,846 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61F- Granted patents
- 2,522
- Published applications
- 2,846
- Assignees
- 588
- Inventors
- 2,652
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1976 | 2 | 0 |
| 1977 | 1 | 0 |
| 1978 | 1 | 0 |
| 1979 | 1 | 0 |
| 1980 | 0 | 0 |
| 1981 | 0 | 0 |
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| 1998 | 28 | 0 |
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| 2000 | 28 | 0 |
| 2001 | 49 | 12 |
| 2002 | 45 | 67 |
| 2003 | 35 | 69 |
| 2004 | 52 | 121 |
| 2005 | 41 | 129 |
| 2006 | 53 | 86 |
| 2007 | 51 | 84 |
| 2008 | 24 | 89 |
| 2009 | 55 | 75 |
| 2010 | 72 | 84 |
| 2011 | 61 | 85 |
| 2012 | 100 | 165 |
| 2013 | 105 | 133 |
| 2014 | 139 | 141 |
| 2015 | 117 | 115 |
| 2016 | 129 | 116 |
| 2017 | 119 | 153 |
| 2018 | 154 | 157 |
| 2019 | 147 | 141 |
| 2020 | 118 | 116 |
| 2021 | 111 | 110 |
| 2022 | 122 | 152 |
| 2023 | 118 | 129 |
| 2024 | 114 | 131 |
| 2025 | 138 | 107 |
| 2026 | 71 | 79 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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Most cited
By later US patents
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