B81B 3/0054
For holding or placing an element in a given position
Official title: {For holding or placing an element in a given position}
B81B3/0054 (For holding or placing an element in a given position) appears on 101 US grants and 100 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B81B- Granted patents
- 101
- Published applications
- 100
- Assignees
- 83
- Inventors
- 243
- Latest grant
- 29 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1994 | 1 | 0 |
| 1995 | 0 | 0 |
| 1996 | 1 | 0 |
| 1997 | 0 | 0 |
| 1998 | 2 | 0 |
| 1999 | 3 | 0 |
| 2000 | 2 | 0 |
| 2001 | 4 | 0 |
| 2002 | 4 | 5 |
| 2003 | 3 | 3 |
| 2004 | 2 | 5 |
| 2005 | 1 | 5 |
| 2006 | 7 | 1 |
| 2007 | 4 | 4 |
| 2008 | 2 | 4 |
| 2009 | 4 | 2 |
| 2010 | 2 | 3 |
| 2011 | 2 | 3 |
| 2012 | 2 | 1 |
| 2013 | 2 | 1 |
| 2014 | 3 | 4 |
| 2015 | 1 | 3 |
| 2016 | 3 | 3 |
| 2017 | 2 | 10 |
| 2018 | 7 | 7 |
| 2019 | 8 | 4 |
| 2020 | 8 | 3 |
| 2021 | 4 | 10 |
| 2022 | 2 | 3 |
| 2023 | 2 | 5 |
| 2024 | 3 | 8 |
| 2025 | 5 | 1 |
| 2026 | 5 | 2 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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