B63B 2221/00
Methods and means for joining members or elements
B63B2221/00 (Methods and means for joining members or elements) appears on 167 US grants and 197 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B63B- Granted patents
- 167
- Published applications
- 197
- Assignees
- 83
- Inventors
- 345
- Latest grant
- 18 Aug 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1976 | 1 | 0 |
| 1977 | 0 | 0 |
| 1978 | 1 | 0 |
| 1979 | 0 | 0 |
| 1980 | 0 | 0 |
| 1981 | 1 | 0 |
| 1982 | 0 | 0 |
| 1983 | 0 | 0 |
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| 1991 | 1 | 0 |
| 1992 | 0 | 0 |
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| 1994 | 1 | 0 |
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| 1996 | 0 | 0 |
| 1997 | 0 | 0 |
| 1998 | 2 | 0 |
| 1999 | 5 | 0 |
| 2000 | 2 | 0 |
| 2001 | 3 | 1 |
| 2002 | 1 | 3 |
| 2003 | 7 | 2 |
| 2004 | 1 | 7 |
| 2005 | 2 | 1 |
| 2006 | 1 | 4 |
| 2007 | 2 | 2 |
| 2008 | 1 | 1 |
| 2009 | 1 | 0 |
| 2010 | 0 | 2 |
| 2011 | 3 | 7 |
| 2012 | 4 | 9 |
| 2013 | 8 | 23 |
| 2014 | 14 | 16 |
| 2015 | 13 | 5 |
| 2016 | 6 | 4 |
| 2017 | 4 | 4 |
| 2018 | 6 | 5 |
| 2019 | 4 | 8 |
| 2020 | 5 | 20 |
| 2021 | 9 | 11 |
| 2022 | 14 | 20 |
| 2023 | 11 | 17 |
| 2024 | 17 | 13 |
| 2025 | 9 | 5 |
| 2026 | 4 | 7 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- B63B 2221/20Joining substantially rigid elements together by means that allow one or moreIndexing code80
- B63B 2221/12Methods and means for joining members or elements: by means of hookIndexing code28
- B63B 2221/08Methods and means for joining members or elements: by means of threadedIndexing code11
- B63B 2221/10Methods and means for joining members or elements: using adhesivesIndexing code10
- B63B 2221/02Methods and means for joining members or elements: by weldingIndexing code9
- B63B 2221/14Methods and means for joining members or elements: by means of zippersIndexing code9
- B63B 2221/16Methods and means for joining members or elements: by means of tiesIndexing code6
- B63B 2221/18Methods and means for joining members or elements: by sewing, stitching, staplingIndexing code6
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