B61C 17/00
Arrangement or disposition of parts
Official title: Arrangement or disposition of parts; Details or accessories not otherwise provided for; Use of control gear and control systems
B61C17/00 (Arrangement or disposition of parts) appears on 647 US grants and 730 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B61C- Granted patents
- 647
- Published applications
- 730
- Assignees
- 227
- Inventors
- 1,470
- Latest grant
- 25 Aug 2026
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| 2002 | 11 | 5 |
| 2003 | 5 | 7 |
| 2004 | 5 | 11 |
| 2005 | 6 | 4 |
| 2006 | 5 | 9 |
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| 2018 | 37 | 46 |
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| 2020 | 38 | 42 |
| 2021 | 28 | 42 |
| 2022 | 33 | 44 |
| 2023 | 29 | 26 |
| 2024 | 45 | 28 |
| 2025 | 34 | 22 |
| 2026 | 22 | 13 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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