D06F 2103/40
Opening or locking status of doors
D06F2103/40 (Opening or locking status of doors) appears on 192 US grants and 244 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in D06F- Granted patents
- 192
- Published applications
- 244
- Assignees
- 62
- Inventors
- 500
- Latest grant
- 7 Jul 2026
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| 2004 | 0 | 4 |
| 2005 | 0 | 3 |
| 2006 | 2 | 1 |
| 2007 | 1 | 2 |
| 2008 | 4 | 8 |
| 2009 | 2 | 1 |
| 2010 | 2 | 10 |
| 2011 | 1 | 5 |
| 2012 | 7 | 5 |
| 2013 | 4 | 9 |
| 2014 | 6 | 7 |
| 2015 | 5 | 12 |
| 2016 | 13 | 6 |
| 2017 | 6 | 18 |
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| 2019 | 10 | 20 |
| 2020 | 16 | 17 |
| 2021 | 9 | 16 |
| 2022 | 24 | 20 |
| 2023 | 17 | 13 |
| 2024 | 14 | 22 |
| 2025 | 14 | 21 |
| 2026 | 10 | 12 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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