B21F 15/00
Connecting wire to wire or other metallic material or objects
Official title: Connecting wire to wire or other metallic material or objects; Connecting parts by means of wire (tools for both straining and connecting B21F9/02; jacketing or reinforcing B21F17/00; manufacture of wire network B21F27/00; in making bands B21F43/00)
B21F15/00 (Connecting wire to wire or other metallic material or objects) appears on 350 US grants and 330 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B21F- Granted patents
- 350
- Published applications
- 330
- Assignees
- 179
- Inventors
- 539
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1976 | 6 | 0 |
| 1977 | 8 | 0 |
| 1978 | 3 | 0 |
| 1979 | 2 | 0 |
| 1980 | 1 | 0 |
| 1981 | 0 | 0 |
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| 1983 | 2 | 0 |
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| 1998 | 8 | 0 |
| 1999 | 6 | 0 |
| 2000 | 6 | 0 |
| 2001 | 2 | 2 |
| 2002 | 4 | 2 |
| 2003 | 3 | 6 |
| 2004 | 4 | 8 |
| 2005 | 4 | 10 |
| 2006 | 5 | 10 |
| 2007 | 2 | 7 |
| 2008 | 5 | 3 |
| 2009 | 3 | 7 |
| 2010 | 4 | 4 |
| 2011 | 0 | 4 |
| 2012 | 3 | 7 |
| 2013 | 3 | 5 |
| 2014 | 3 | 11 |
| 2015 | 13 | 11 |
| 2016 | 10 | 17 |
| 2017 | 10 | 12 |
| 2018 | 10 | 18 |
| 2019 | 12 | 26 |
| 2020 | 19 | 23 |
| 2021 | 15 | 32 |
| 2022 | 21 | 17 |
| 2023 | 34 | 31 |
| 2024 | 25 | 27 |
| 2025 | 16 | 13 |
| 2026 | 20 | 17 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Cu—Ag alloy wire and method for producing the same6 Oct 2026US 12,755,860 B2SWCC Corporation
- Binding machine25 Aug 2026US 12,716,249 B2Max Co., Ltd.
- Method and device for making wire baskets18 Aug 2026US RE50,992 E1Nyp LLC
- Binding system, method for controlling binding device, and computer readable storage medium storing program23 Jun 2026US 12,661,706 B2Max Co., Ltd.
- Binding machine23 Jun 2026US 12,661,707 B2Max Co., Ltd.
- Binding device27 Aug 2026US 2026/0250968 A1Max Co., Ltd.
- Binding machine13 Aug 2026US 2026/0234948 A1Max Co., Ltd.
- Reinforcing bar binding robot and control method thereof6 Aug 2026US 2026/0225234 A1Max Co., Ltd.
- Reinforcing bar binding device6 Aug 2026US 2026/0226754 A1Max Co., Ltd.
- Reinforcing bar binding device6 Aug 2026US 2026/0226755 A1Max Co., Ltd.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Loop threaded combined surgical needle-suture device263US 5,259,846 AUnited States Surgical Corporation · 1993
- Wire fastening tool200US 5,607,429 A1997
- Guidewire distal tip soldering method183US 6,832,715 B2SciMed Life Systems, Inc. · 2004
- Medical suturing device, a single-strike die mechanism, and a method of using said die mechanism for forming the medical suturing device158US 5,411,521 AAmerican Cyanamid Company · 1995
- Guide wire for medical purpose and manufacturing process of coil thereof142US 5,520,194 AAsahi Intecc Co., Ltd. · 1996