A61F 2002/4415
Elements of the prosthesis being arranged in a chain like manner
Official title: {elements of the prosthesis being arranged in a chain like manner}
A61F2002/4415 (Elements of the prosthesis being arranged in a chain like manner) appears on 393 US grants and 501 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61F- Granted patents
- 393
- Published applications
- 501
- Assignees
- 110
- Inventors
- 375
- Latest grant
- 25 Aug 2026
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| 1992 | 1 | 0 |
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| 1994 | 0 | 0 |
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| 1997 | 1 | 0 |
| 1998 | 2 | 0 |
| 1999 | 1 | 0 |
| 2000 | 2 | 0 |
| 2001 | 0 | 0 |
| 2002 | 1 | 5 |
| 2003 | 5 | 3 |
| 2004 | 1 | 10 |
| 2005 | 2 | 12 |
| 2006 | 2 | 26 |
| 2007 | 3 | 25 |
| 2008 | 2 | 17 |
| 2009 | 7 | 23 |
| 2010 | 21 | 15 |
| 2011 | 23 | 35 |
| 2012 | 17 | 36 |
| 2013 | 20 | 26 |
| 2014 | 23 | 22 |
| 2015 | 31 | 35 |
| 2016 | 32 | 37 |
| 2017 | 30 | 23 |
| 2018 | 29 | 24 |
| 2019 | 21 | 18 |
| 2020 | 14 | 23 |
| 2021 | 15 | 18 |
| 2022 | 23 | 20 |
| 2023 | 18 | 16 |
| 2024 | 20 | 13 |
| 2025 | 16 | 9 |
| 2026 | 10 | 10 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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