A61F 2002/3403
Polar aperture
Official title: {Polar aperture}
A61F2002/3403 (Polar aperture) appears on 340 US grants and 299 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61F- Granted patents
- 340
- Published applications
- 299
- Assignees
- 120
- Inventors
- 525
- Latest grant
- 4 Aug 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1976 | 1 | 0 |
| 1977 | 0 | 0 |
| 1978 | 0 | 0 |
| 1979 | 0 | 0 |
| 1980 | 0 | 0 |
| 1981 | 0 | 0 |
| 1982 | 0 | 0 |
| 1983 | 0 | 0 |
| 1984 | 0 | 0 |
| 1985 | 0 | 0 |
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| 1989 | 5 | 0 |
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| 1991 | 5 | 0 |
| 1992 | 8 | 0 |
| 1993 | 3 | 0 |
| 1994 | 10 | 0 |
| 1995 | 6 | 0 |
| 1996 | 12 | 0 |
| 1997 | 6 | 0 |
| 1998 | 10 | 0 |
| 1999 | 20 | 0 |
| 2000 | 16 | 0 |
| 2001 | 5 | 2 |
| 2002 | 10 | 8 |
| 2003 | 4 | 14 |
| 2004 | 6 | 6 |
| 2005 | 7 | 12 |
| 2006 | 5 | 9 |
| 2007 | 5 | 23 |
| 2008 | 3 | 13 |
| 2009 | 9 | 7 |
| 2010 | 18 | 21 |
| 2011 | 7 | 10 |
| 2012 | 12 | 21 |
| 2013 | 16 | 20 |
| 2014 | 15 | 20 |
| 2015 | 11 | 5 |
| 2016 | 16 | 9 |
| 2017 | 9 | 14 |
| 2018 | 6 | 12 |
| 2019 | 13 | 5 |
| 2020 | 8 | 5 |
| 2021 | 8 | 15 |
| 2022 | 9 | 14 |
| 2023 | 5 | 5 |
| 2024 | 9 | 18 |
| 2025 | 5 | 5 |
| 2026 | 5 | 6 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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