A61L 31/026
Ceramic or ceramic-like structures
Official title: {Ceramic or ceramic-like structures, e.g. glasses}
A61L31/026 (Ceramic or ceramic-like structures) appears on 143 US grants and 207 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61L- Granted patents
- 143
- Published applications
- 207
- Assignees
- 136
- Inventors
- 396
- Latest grant
- 26 May 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1990 | 1 | 0 |
| 1991 | 0 | 0 |
| 1992 | 0 | 0 |
| 1993 | 0 | 0 |
| 1994 | 0 | 0 |
| 1995 | 0 | 0 |
| 1996 | 2 | 0 |
| 1997 | 0 | 0 |
| 1998 | 4 | 0 |
| 1999 | 2 | 0 |
| 2000 | 3 | 0 |
| 2001 | 5 | 2 |
| 2002 | 6 | 3 |
| 2003 | 1 | 5 |
| 2004 | 2 | 2 |
| 2005 | 1 | 4 |
| 2006 | 0 | 0 |
| 2007 | 2 | 5 |
| 2008 | 1 | 3 |
| 2009 | 0 | 4 |
| 2010 | 1 | 5 |
| 2011 | 6 | 10 |
| 2012 | 3 | 11 |
| 2013 | 7 | 4 |
| 2014 | 8 | 17 |
| 2015 | 6 | 11 |
| 2016 | 14 | 11 |
| 2017 | 7 | 9 |
| 2018 | 5 | 10 |
| 2019 | 8 | 20 |
| 2020 | 6 | 21 |
| 2021 | 11 | 12 |
| 2022 | 7 | 10 |
| 2023 | 7 | 6 |
| 2024 | 11 | 8 |
| 2025 | 5 | 11 |
| 2026 | 1 | 3 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
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