B25J 9/04
By rotating at least one arm, excluding the head movement itself
Official title: by rotating at least one arm, excluding the head movement itself, e.g. cylindrical coordinate type or polar coordinate type
B25J9/04 (By rotating at least one arm, excluding the head movement itself) appears on 1,579 US grants and 1,523 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B25J- Granted patents
- 1,579
- Published applications
- 1,523
- Assignees
- 743
- Inventors
- 3,134
- Latest grant
- 8 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 5 | 0 |
| 1977 | 4 | 0 |
| 1978 | 7 | 0 |
| 1979 | 2 | 0 |
| 1980 | 5 | 0 |
| 1981 | 9 | 0 |
| 1982 | 11 | 0 |
| 1983 | 8 | 0 |
| 1984 | 11 | 0 |
| 1985 | 38 | 0 |
| 1986 | 25 | 0 |
| 1987 | 47 | 0 |
| 1988 | 24 | 0 |
| 1989 | 26 | 0 |
| 1990 | 31 | 0 |
| 1991 | 29 | 0 |
| 1992 | 20 | 0 |
| 1993 | 23 | 0 |
| 1994 | 9 | 0 |
| 1995 | 13 | 0 |
| 1996 | 17 | 0 |
| 1997 | 14 | 0 |
| 1998 | 16 | 0 |
| 1999 | 9 | 0 |
| 2000 | 9 | 0 |
| 2001 | 18 | 9 |
| 2002 | 16 | 13 |
| 2003 | 11 | 14 |
| 2004 | 19 | 8 |
| 2005 | 7 | 27 |
| 2006 | 4 | 13 |
| 2007 | 8 | 13 |
| 2008 | 10 | 29 |
| 2009 | 5 | 19 |
| 2010 | 10 | 29 |
| 2011 | 13 | 25 |
| 2012 | 21 | 34 |
| 2013 | 26 | 38 |
| 2014 | 38 | 46 |
| 2015 | 38 | 41 |
| 2016 | 42 | 64 |
| 2017 | 35 | 64 |
| 2018 | 47 | 143 |
| 2019 | 88 | 139 |
| 2020 | 124 | 144 |
| 2021 | 96 | 133 |
| 2022 | 112 | 133 |
| 2023 | 112 | 106 |
| 2024 | 111 | 95 |
| 2025 | 104 | 89 |
| 2026 | 52 | 55 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
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Most cited
By later US patents
- Robotic surgical system for performing minimally invasive medical procedures1,927US 8,506,555 B2European Atomic Energy Community (Euratom) · 2013
- System and method for augmentation of endoscopic surgery1,240US 5,417,210 AInternational Business Machines Corporation · 1995
- Surgical manipulator1,148US 8,491,603 B2MacDonald Dettwiller and Associates Inc. · 2013
- Force estimation for a minimally invasive robotic surgery system1,074US 9,707,684 B2The European Atomic Energy Community (Euratom), Represented By the European Commission · 2017
- Transportation apparatus and drive mechanism1,050US 7,837,425 B2Tokyo Electron Limited · 2010