A61F 2002/30922
Hardened surfaces
Official title: {Hardened surfaces}
A61F2002/30922 (Hardened surfaces) appears on 173 US grants and 164 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61F- Granted patents
- 173
- Published applications
- 164
- Assignees
- 69
- Inventors
- 283
- Latest grant
- 25 Aug 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1988 | 1 | 0 |
| 1989 | 0 | 0 |
| 1990 | 1 | 0 |
| 1991 | 0 | 0 |
| 1992 | 2 | 0 |
| 1993 | 2 | 0 |
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| 2001 | 4 | 0 |
| 2002 | 8 | 3 |
| 2003 | 7 | 7 |
| 2004 | 5 | 14 |
| 2005 | 1 | 14 |
| 2006 | 3 | 6 |
| 2007 | 3 | 7 |
| 2008 | 4 | 15 |
| 2009 | 3 | 8 |
| 2010 | 6 | 8 |
| 2011 | 10 | 8 |
| 2012 | 13 | 16 |
| 2013 | 6 | 5 |
| 2014 | 7 | 8 |
| 2015 | 8 | 6 |
| 2016 | 7 | 6 |
| 2017 | 6 | 2 |
| 2018 | 2 | 3 |
| 2019 | 4 | 1 |
| 2020 | 4 | 6 |
| 2021 | 2 | 0 |
| 2022 | 5 | 7 |
| 2023 | 0 | 3 |
| 2024 | 3 | 3 |
| 2025 | 2 | 5 |
| 2026 | 5 | 3 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
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- Orthopedic implants with increased hardness and increased depth of hardness and method of making19 May 2026US 12,629,449 B2Waldemar Link GmbH & Co. KG
- Surface treatment method for surgical implant and surgical implant12 May 2026US 12,623,004 B2Sugino Machine Limited
- Orthopedic implants with increased hardness and increased depth of hardness and method of making17 Sep 2026US 2026/0273134 A1Waldemar Link GmbH & Co. KG
- Hip joint device and method3 Sep 2026US 2026/0256593 A1
- Hip Joint23 Apr 2026US 2026/0108356 A1
- Hip Joint Method27 Nov 2025US 2025/0360003 A1
- Joint device and method16 Oct 2025US 2025/0318934 A1
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By later US patents
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- Prosthetic hip joint having sintered polycrystalline diamond compact articulation surfaces277US 6,290,726 B1Diamicron, Inc. · 2001
- Diamond-surfaced cup for use in a prosthetic joint262US 6,488,715 B1Diamicron, Inc. · 2002