B60Y 2304/00
Optimising design
Official title: Optimising design; Manufacturing; Testing
B60Y2304/00 (Optimising design) appears on 461 US grants and 615 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B60Y- Granted patents
- 461
- Published applications
- 615
- Assignees
- 271
- Inventors
- 1,358
- Latest grant
- 1 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 1 | 0 |
| 1998 | 0 | 0 |
| 1999 | 0 | 0 |
| 2000 | 0 | 0 |
| 2001 | 5 | 1 |
| 2002 | 3 | 1 |
| 2003 | 0 | 2 |
| 2004 | 0 | 4 |
| 2005 | 1 | 3 |
| 2006 | 1 | 4 |
| 2007 | 4 | 5 |
| 2008 | 3 | 3 |
| 2009 | 1 | 3 |
| 2010 | 3 | 3 |
| 2011 | 2 | 4 |
| 2012 | 2 | 7 |
| 2013 | 4 | 26 |
| 2014 | 16 | 31 |
| 2015 | 23 | 26 |
| 2016 | 21 | 35 |
| 2017 | 43 | 93 |
| 2018 | 45 | 62 |
| 2019 | 65 | 45 |
| 2020 | 39 | 34 |
| 2021 | 28 | 21 |
| 2022 | 26 | 45 |
| 2023 | 36 | 42 |
| 2024 | 34 | 41 |
| 2025 | 36 | 39 |
| 2026 | 19 | 35 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- B60Y 2304/07Facilitating assembling or mountingIndexing code261
- B60Y 2304/05Reducing production costsIndexing code97
- B60Y 2304/03Reducing weightIndexing code67
- B60Y 2304/01Minimizing space with more compact designs or arrangementsIndexing code58
- B60Y 2304/09Testing or calibrating during manufacturingIndexing code18
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- Mounting bracket17 Sep 2026US 2026/0274059 A1Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.
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- Automated retractable vehicle step58US 10,106,088 B2Lund Motion Products, Inc. · 2018