A61J 1/1437
Locking means requiring key or combination to open the container
Official title: {Locking means requiring key or combination to open the container}
A61J1/1437 (Locking means requiring key or combination to open the container) appears on 121 US grants and 161 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61J- Granted patents
- 121
- Published applications
- 161
- Assignees
- 87
- Inventors
- 307
- Latest grant
- 2 Jun 2026
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| 2024 | 11 | 10 |
| 2025 | 7 | 6 |
| 2026 | 3 | 6 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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