A61F 2002/30649
Ball-and-socket joints
Official title: {Ball-and-socket joints}
A61F2002/30649 (Ball-and-socket joints) appears on 1,393 US grants and 1,756 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61F- Granted patents
- 1,393
- Published applications
- 1,756
- Assignees
- 439
- Inventors
- 1,623
- Latest grant
- 15 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1977 | 7 | 0 |
| 1978 | 4 | 0 |
| 1979 | 1 | 0 |
| 1980 | 4 | 0 |
| 1981 | 3 | 0 |
| 1982 | 0 | 0 |
| 1983 | 0 | 0 |
| 1984 | 0 | 0 |
| 1985 | 1 | 0 |
| 1986 | 3 | 0 |
| 1987 | 8 | 0 |
| 1988 | 2 | 0 |
| 1989 | 1 | 0 |
| 1990 | 7 | 0 |
| 1991 | 4 | 0 |
| 1992 | 3 | 0 |
| 1993 | 2 | 0 |
| 1994 | 4 | 0 |
| 1995 | 8 | 0 |
| 1996 | 10 | 0 |
| 1997 | 9 | 0 |
| 1998 | 8 | 0 |
| 1999 | 19 | 0 |
| 2000 | 15 | 0 |
| 2001 | 6 | 2 |
| 2002 | 13 | 25 |
| 2003 | 10 | 45 |
| 2004 | 23 | 109 |
| 2005 | 20 | 155 |
| 2006 | 38 | 116 |
| 2007 | 37 | 113 |
| 2008 | 24 | 103 |
| 2009 | 60 | 93 |
| 2010 | 84 | 95 |
| 2011 | 82 | 70 |
| 2012 | 96 | 77 |
| 2013 | 90 | 51 |
| 2014 | 94 | 75 |
| 2015 | 79 | 52 |
| 2016 | 66 | 69 |
| 2017 | 67 | 72 |
| 2018 | 62 | 58 |
| 2019 | 55 | 56 |
| 2020 | 46 | 54 |
| 2021 | 36 | 56 |
| 2022 | 49 | 67 |
| 2023 | 38 | 46 |
| 2024 | 46 | 38 |
| 2025 | 37 | 35 |
| 2026 | 12 | 24 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- A61F 2002/30662With rotation-limiting meansIndexing code532
- A61F 2002/3065Details of the ball-shaped headIndexing code304
- A61F 2002/30654Details of the concave socketIndexing code256
- A61F 2002/30663MultiaxialIndexing code195
- A61F 2002/30665Dual arrangement of two adjacent ball-and-socket jointsIndexing code59
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Most cited
By later US patents
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- Human spinal disc prosthesis1,047US 5,865,846 A1999
- Intervertebral disc endoprosthesis1,035US 5,401,269 AWaldemar Link GmbH & Co. KG · 1995