A61F 2002/30578
Having apertures
Official title: {having apertures, e.g. for receiving fixation screws}
A61F2002/30578 (Having apertures) appears on 1,684 US grants and 2,146 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61F- Granted patents
- 1,684
- Published applications
- 2,146
- Assignees
- 531
- Inventors
- 2,143
- Latest grant
- 29 Sep 2026
Filings by year
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| 2025 | 97 | 75 |
| 2026 | 50 | 52 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
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