A61L 27/045
Cobalt or cobalt alloys
Official title: {Cobalt or cobalt alloys}
A61L27/045 (Cobalt or cobalt alloys) appears on 122 US grants and 162 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61L- Granted patents
- 122
- Published applications
- 162
- Assignees
- 112
- Inventors
- 329
- Latest grant
- 4 Aug 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1979 | 1 | 0 |
| 1980 | 0 | 0 |
| 1981 | 0 | 0 |
| 1982 | 0 | 0 |
| 1983 | 0 | 0 |
| 1984 | 0 | 0 |
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| 1997 | 2 | 0 |
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| 1999 | 4 | 0 |
| 2000 | 1 | 0 |
| 2001 | 1 | 0 |
| 2002 | 0 | 1 |
| 2003 | 3 | 3 |
| 2004 | 1 | 3 |
| 2005 | 1 | 7 |
| 2006 | 0 | 3 |
| 2007 | 2 | 2 |
| 2008 | 2 | 10 |
| 2009 | 5 | 4 |
| 2010 | 3 | 1 |
| 2011 | 5 | 4 |
| 2012 | 3 | 4 |
| 2013 | 1 | 7 |
| 2014 | 1 | 8 |
| 2015 | 5 | 6 |
| 2016 | 8 | 4 |
| 2017 | 5 | 7 |
| 2018 | 1 | 12 |
| 2019 | 5 | 9 |
| 2020 | 11 | 7 |
| 2021 | 3 | 16 |
| 2022 | 7 | 9 |
| 2023 | 5 | 8 |
| 2024 | 7 | 10 |
| 2025 | 6 | 9 |
| 2026 | 4 | 8 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
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By later US patents
- Low wear artificial spinal disc1,173US 5,676,701 ASmith & Nephew, Inc. · 1997
- Self-expanding prosthesis957US 5,061,275 AMedinvent S.A. · 1991
- Surface hardened biocompatible metallic medical implants217US 5,415,704 ASmith & Nephew Richards Inc. · 1995
- Method of making a porous prothesis with biodegradable coatings184US 5,947,893 ABoard of Regents, The University of Texas System · 1999
- High-strength porous prosthetic device and process for making the same171US 4,156,943 A1979