A61K 8/27
Zinc
Official title: Zinc; Compounds thereof
A61K8/27 (Zinc) appears on 1,671 US grants and 2,406 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61K- Granted patents
- 1,671
- Published applications
- 2,406
- Assignees
- 723
- Inventors
- 4,152
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 6 | 0 |
| 1977 | 2 | 0 |
| 1978 | 4 | 0 |
| 1979 | 19 | 0 |
| 1980 | 4 | 0 |
| 1981 | 6 | 0 |
| 1982 | 5 | 0 |
| 1983 | 6 | 0 |
| 1984 | 5 | 0 |
| 1985 | 8 | 0 |
| 1986 | 4 | 0 |
| 1987 | 12 | 0 |
| 1988 | 7 | 0 |
| 1989 | 4 | 0 |
| 1990 | 7 | 0 |
| 1991 | 11 | 0 |
| 1992 | 10 | 0 |
| 1993 | 11 | 0 |
| 1994 | 10 | 0 |
| 1995 | 24 | 0 |
| 1996 | 27 | 0 |
| 1997 | 52 | 0 |
| 1998 | 43 | 0 |
| 1999 | 52 | 0 |
| 2000 | 49 | 0 |
| 2001 | 40 | 13 |
| 2002 | 54 | 34 |
| 2003 | 38 | 74 |
| 2004 | 32 | 54 |
| 2005 | 20 | 61 |
| 2006 | 14 | 46 |
| 2007 | 20 | 77 |
| 2008 | 13 | 56 |
| 2009 | 5 | 66 |
| 2010 | 29 | 68 |
| 2011 | 15 | 58 |
| 2012 | 22 | 79 |
| 2013 | 28 | 89 |
| 2014 | 60 | 92 |
| 2015 | 61 | 106 |
| 2016 | 81 | 115 |
| 2017 | 49 | 155 |
| 2018 | 78 | 143 |
| 2019 | 78 | 142 |
| 2020 | 120 | 162 |
| 2021 | 89 | 145 |
| 2022 | 84 | 158 |
| 2023 | 79 | 123 |
| 2024 | 67 | 104 |
| 2025 | 61 | 91 |
| 2026 | 46 | 95 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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Most cited
By later US patents
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