B66B

Elevators

Official title: ELEVATORS; ESCALATORS OR MOVING WALKWAYS ({apparatus for raising or lowering persons on theatrical stages or the like A63J5/12} ; funicular railbound systems with rigid ground-supported tracks and cable traction, e.g. cliff railways, B61B9/00; arrangements of ammunition handlers in vessels B63G3/00; hoists, lifts, or conveyors for loading or unloading in general B65G; braking or detent devices controlling normal movements of winding drums or barrels B66D; ship-lifting devices E02C; garages for many vehicles with mechanical means for lifting vehicles E04H6/12; hoists for feeding ammunition or projectiles to launching apparatus or to loading mechanisms F41A9/00)

B66B (Elevators) appears on 9,320 US grants and 8,561 published applications in this corpus.

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1977830
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1979490
1980570
1981740
1982860
1983520
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19871400
19881060
1989930
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19911560
19921390
19931440
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19971210
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20001310
200115459
2002208136
2003145156
2004102204
200593194
2006156248
2007138277
2008180293
2009175217
2010185227
2011178313
2012201315
2013198247
2014227264
2015225371
2016241396
2017367491
2018403635
2019448623
2020387594
2021368513
2022414428
2023391397
2024348350
2025342342
2026305271

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