E01B 5/00
Rails
Official title: Rails; Guard rails (manufacture of rails B21B); Distance-keeping means for them
E01B5/00 (Rails) appears on 142 US grants and 112 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in E01B- Granted patents
- 142
- Published applications
- 112
- Assignees
- 99
- Inventors
- 295
- Latest grant
- 29 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 4 | 0 |
| 1977 | 1 | 0 |
| 1978 | 1 | 0 |
| 1979 | 2 | 0 |
| 1980 | 2 | 0 |
| 1981 | 4 | 0 |
| 1982 | 1 | 0 |
| 1983 | 3 | 0 |
| 1984 | 0 | 0 |
| 1985 | 1 | 0 |
| 1986 | 0 | 0 |
| 1987 | 2 | 0 |
| 1988 | 1 | 0 |
| 1989 | 1 | 0 |
| 1990 | 0 | 0 |
| 1991 | 3 | 0 |
| 1992 | 6 | 0 |
| 1993 | 7 | 0 |
| 1994 | 1 | 0 |
| 1995 | 6 | 0 |
| 1996 | 3 | 0 |
| 1997 | 4 | 0 |
| 1998 | 1 | 0 |
| 1999 | 1 | 0 |
| 2000 | 0 | 0 |
| 2001 | 3 | 0 |
| 2002 | 3 | 2 |
| 2003 | 0 | 0 |
| 2004 | 0 | 3 |
| 2005 | 0 | 2 |
| 2006 | 3 | 0 |
| 2007 | 1 | 6 |
| 2008 | 2 | 3 |
| 2009 | 1 | 3 |
| 2010 | 2 | 2 |
| 2011 | 4 | 4 |
| 2012 | 3 | 5 |
| 2013 | 5 | 3 |
| 2014 | 1 | 6 |
| 2015 | 5 | 9 |
| 2016 | 6 | 7 |
| 2017 | 3 | 10 |
| 2018 | 7 | 7 |
| 2019 | 12 | 8 |
| 2020 | 6 | 7 |
| 2021 | 2 | 5 |
| 2022 | 1 | 7 |
| 2023 | 1 | 1 |
| 2024 | 3 | 3 |
| 2025 | 6 | 4 |
| 2026 | 7 | 5 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Rail connecting structure29 Sep 2026US 12,747,541 B2Thk Co., Ltd.
- Welded rail9 Jun 2026US 12,649,964 B2Nippon Steel Corporation
- Railroad rail profile19 May 2026US 12,630,981 B2
- Rail fastening system and associated rail track19 May 2026US 12,630,982 B2Destec Pty Ltd
- Garbage receptacle transport assembly10 Feb 2026US 12,545,503 B2
- Rail fastening system and associated rail track3 Sep 2026US 2026/0258609 A1Destec Pty Ltd
- Spacer and non-transitory computer-readable storage medium20 Aug 2026US 2026/0243306 A1Thk Co., Ltd.
- Adhesion enhancement compositions6 Aug 2026US 2026/0226334 A1L B Foster Rail Technologies, Inc
- Method for increasing hardened layer thickness of a rail head of a flash welded joint of a steel rail and a steel rail16 Jul 2026US 2026/0200019 A1Chengdu Advanced Metal Materials Industry Technology Research Institute Co., Ltd.
- A welding and heat treatment method for a steel rail with deep hardened layer and a steel rail25 Jun 2026US 2026/0176712 A1Chengdu Advanced Metal Materials
Most cited
By later US patents
- Hollow structural members, a rail system and methods of manufacturing55US 8,066,200 B2Hilltrac, Inc. · 2011
- Repair of a member having a projection34US 4,657,171 AGeneral Electric Company · 1987
- Reprofiling method of the rails of a railroad track and railroad vehicle for performing the same21US 5,086,591 ASpeno International S. A. · 1992
- Spring rail plate fasteners for direct railroad track fixation17US 3,945,566 ANew York City Transit Authority · 1976
- Resiliently mounted rail for rail vehicles17US 5,165,598 A1992