B60W 40/076
Slope angle of the road
B60W40/076 (Slope angle of the road) appears on 542 US grants and 645 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B60W- Granted patents
- 542
- Published applications
- 645
- Assignees
- 201
- Inventors
- 1,214
- Latest grant
- 8 Sep 2026
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| 2005 | 0 | 6 |
| 2006 | 3 | 4 |
| 2007 | 4 | 14 |
| 2008 | 5 | 23 |
| 2009 | 8 | 26 |
| 2010 | 11 | 42 |
| 2011 | 23 | 15 |
| 2012 | 19 | 16 |
| 2013 | 24 | 13 |
| 2014 | 18 | 25 |
| 2015 | 40 | 38 |
| 2016 | 25 | 30 |
| 2017 | 35 | 29 |
| 2018 | 27 | 35 |
| 2019 | 30 | 43 |
| 2020 | 27 | 39 |
| 2021 | 34 | 59 |
| 2022 | 47 | 43 |
| 2023 | 37 | 66 |
| 2024 | 41 | 35 |
| 2025 | 55 | 30 |
| 2026 | 20 | 12 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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