A61F 2250/0018
Differing in elasticity, stiffness or compressibility
Official title: differing in elasticity, stiffness or compressibility
A61F2250/0018 (Differing in elasticity, stiffness or compressibility) appears on 1,519 US grants and 2,004 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61F- Granted patents
- 1,519
- Published applications
- 2,004
- Assignees
- 624
- Inventors
- 2,608
- Latest grant
- 22 Sep 2026
Filings by year
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| 1981 | 5 | 0 |
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| 2001 | 25 | 12 |
| 2002 | 25 | 45 |
| 2003 | 30 | 41 |
| 2004 | 22 | 74 |
| 2005 | 26 | 86 |
| 2006 | 25 | 85 |
| 2007 | 35 | 111 |
| 2008 | 12 | 93 |
| 2009 | 48 | 93 |
| 2010 | 54 | 94 |
| 2011 | 65 | 85 |
| 2012 | 64 | 106 |
| 2013 | 76 | 66 |
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| 2015 | 68 | 72 |
| 2016 | 70 | 103 |
| 2017 | 77 | 86 |
| 2018 | 74 | 84 |
| 2019 | 75 | 98 |
| 2020 | 107 | 98 |
| 2021 | 67 | 87 |
| 2022 | 78 | 67 |
| 2023 | 63 | 72 |
| 2024 | 50 | 69 |
| 2025 | 52 | 68 |
| 2026 | 29 | 42 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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By later US patents
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- Multi-phase bioerodible implant/carrier and method of manufacturing and using same1,271US 5,607,474 ABoard of Regents, The University of Texas System · 1997