A61F 2250/0056
Differing in wettability
Official title: differing in wettability, e.g. in hydrophilic or hydrophobic behaviours
A61F2250/0056 (Differing in wettability) appears on 63 US grants and 92 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61F- Granted patents
- 63
- Published applications
- 92
- Assignees
- 51
- Inventors
- 189
- Latest grant
- 14 Apr 2026
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| 2010 | 1 | 8 |
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| 2012 | 3 | 5 |
| 2013 | 3 | 1 |
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| 2020 | 8 | 9 |
| 2021 | 7 | 8 |
| 2022 | 5 | 6 |
| 2023 | 7 | 4 |
| 2024 | 5 | 3 |
| 2025 | 1 | 4 |
| 2026 | 4 | 1 |
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