C21D 2201/01
Shape memory effect
C21D2201/01 (Shape memory effect) appears on 78 US grants and 98 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in C21D- Granted patents
- 78
- Published applications
- 98
- Assignees
- 89
- Inventors
- 236
- Latest grant
- 20 May 2025
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| 2012 | 4 | 9 |
| 2013 | 3 | 11 |
| 2014 | 6 | 8 |
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| 2016 | 6 | 7 |
| 2017 | 5 | 3 |
| 2018 | 3 | 4 |
| 2019 | 9 | 6 |
| 2020 | 6 | 7 |
| 2021 | 2 | 0 |
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| 2023 | 2 | 9 |
| 2024 | 2 | 0 |
| 2025 | 3 | 1 |
| 2026 | 0 | 2 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Methods and systems for processing materials, including shape memory materials20 May 2025US 12,305,268 B2Smarter Alloys Inc.
- Concrete product comprising an adaptive prestressing system, and method of locally prestressing a concrete product13 May 2025US 12,297,644 B2The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois
- Orthodontic appliance with non-sliding archform14 Jan 2025US 12,193,908 B2Swift Health Systems Inc.
- Materials having superelastic properties including related methods of fabrication and design for medical devices16 Jul 2024US 12,037,672 B2Confluent Medical Technologies, Inc.
- Thermally configurable structural elements especially useful for aircraft components27 Feb 2024US 11,912,397 B2Embraer S.A.
- Heating for memory metal shape-setting23 Jul 2026US 2026/0210341 A1Edwards Lifesciences Corporation
- Push Cable, Push System, Heat Treatment Method, and Method for Preparing Push Cable25 Jun 2026US 2026/0174458 A1Lifetech Scientific (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd.
- Methods and systems for processing materials, including shape memory materials4 Sep 2025US 2025/0277293 A1Smarter Alloys Inc.
- Method for shaping a shape memory workpiece and shaping tool for shaping a shape memory workpiece7 Dec 2023US 2023/0392246 A1Admedes Inc
- Shape memory articles and methods for controlling properties16 Nov 2023US 2023/0364297 A1
Most cited
By later US patents
- Surface treatment of shape memory alloys63US 5,863,360 AThe University of Nottingham · 1999
- Method for controlling phase transformation temperature in metal alloy of a device51US 8,216,398 B2Saint Louis University · 2012
- Process for conditioning shape memory alloys50US 6,149,742 ALockheed Martin Corporation · 2000
- Methods and systems for processing materials, including shape memory materials42US 10,047,421 B2Smarter Alloys Inc. · 2018
- Method of manufacturing an endodontic instrument26US 6,783,438 B2Ormco Corporation · 2004