B60K 17/34

Arrangement or mounting of transmissions in vehicles: for driving both front and

Official title: for driving both front and rear wheels, e.g. four wheel drive vehicles

B60K17/34 (Arrangement or mounting of transmissions in vehicles: for driving both front and) appears on 4,330 US grants and 3,508 published applications in this corpus.

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Published applications: 3,508
Assignees: 833
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Latest grant: 6 Oct 2026

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Year	Granted patents	Published applications
1976	20	0
1977	14	0
1978	17	0
1979	18	0
1980	23	0
1981	27	0
1982	14	0
1983	22	0
1984	25	0
1985	27	0
1986	36	0
1987	74	0
1988	94	0
1989	71	0
1990	67	0
1991	66	0
1992	65	0
1993	55	0
1994	66	0
1995	37	0
1996	49	0
1997	52	0
1998	64	0
1999	109	0
2000	73	0
2001	71	33
2002	92	112
2003	117	113
2004	97	136
2005	100	118
2006	83	104
2007	64	101
2008	81	102
2009	63	84
2010	75	78
2011	66	87
2012	64	87
2013	97	129
2014	121	123
2015	126	153
2016	123	171
2017	166	226
2018	184	187
2019	189	208
2020	171	194
2021	188	218
2022	201	187
2023	178	188
2024	171	145
2025	169	139
2026	88	85

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