B25J 15/0071
Gripping heads and other end effectors: with needles engaging into objects to
Official title: {with needles engaging into objects to be gripped}
B25J15/0071 (Gripping heads and other end effectors: with needles engaging into objects to) appears on 62 US grants and 86 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B25J- Granted patents
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- Published applications
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- Latest grant
- 7 Jul 2026
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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Most cited
By later US patents
- Piercing element gripping apparatus40US 5,054,831 ARutgers University · 1991
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