E01B 9/06
Railways spikes
Official title: Railways spikes (nails in general F16B)
E01B9/06 (Railways spikes) appears on 30 US grants and 21 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in E01B- Granted patents
- 30
- Published applications
- 21
- Assignees
- 15
- Inventors
- 38
- Latest grant
- 17 Mar 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1978 | 1 | 0 |
| 1979 | 0 | 0 |
| 1980 | 1 | 0 |
| 1981 | 0 | 0 |
| 1982 | 0 | 0 |
| 1983 | 0 | 0 |
| 1984 | 2 | 0 |
| 1985 | 0 | 0 |
| 1986 | 0 | 0 |
| 1987 | 1 | 0 |
| 1988 | 0 | 0 |
| 1989 | 0 | 0 |
| 1990 | 1 | 0 |
| 1991 | 1 | 0 |
| 1992 | 1 | 0 |
| 1993 | 0 | 0 |
| 1994 | 0 | 0 |
| 1995 | 1 | 0 |
| 1996 | 1 | 0 |
| 1997 | 1 | 0 |
| 1998 | 1 | 0 |
| 1999 | 0 | 0 |
| 2000 | 0 | 0 |
| 2001 | 1 | 0 |
| 2002 | 1 | 1 |
| 2003 | 1 | 1 |
| 2004 | 1 | 0 |
| 2005 | 0 | 1 |
| 2006 | 0 | 0 |
| 2007 | 0 | 0 |
| 2008 | 0 | 0 |
| 2009 | 0 | 0 |
| 2010 | 0 | 1 |
| 2011 | 0 | 0 |
| 2012 | 0 | 0 |
| 2013 | 1 | 1 |
| 2014 | 2 | 1 |
| 2015 | 1 | 2 |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 |
| 2017 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 0 | 2 |
| 2020 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 0 | 4 |
| 2022 | 4 | 3 |
| 2023 | 2 | 1 |
| 2024 | 1 | 3 |
| 2025 | 1 | 0 |
| 2026 | 1 | 0 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Rail anchoring spike17 Mar 2026US 12,577,734 B2Lewis Bolt & Nut Company
- Rail anchoring spike25 Mar 2025US 12,258,717 B2Lewis Bolt & Nut Company
- Rail anchoring spike11 Jun 2024US 12,006,638 B2Lewis Bolt & Nut Company
- Laser-based non-destructive spike defect inspection system21 Nov 2023US 11,821,848 B2University of South Carolina
- Rail tie plate with spike retention capability2 May 2023US 11,639,583 B1
- Tie plate for railroad28 Nov 2024US 2024/0392513 A1Yangtze Railroad Materials
- Laser-based Non-destructive Spike Defect Inspection System25 Jul 2024US 2024/0248047 A1University of South Carolina
- Rail anchoring spike11 Jul 2024US 2024/0229366 A1Lewis Bolt & Nut Company
- Rail anchoring spike9 Mar 2023US 2023/0070978 A1Lewis Bolt & Nut Company
- Method for maintaining wood railroad ties13 Oct 2022US 2022/0325480 A1Railroad Solutions, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Method of attaching a rail and a tie plate to a cross tie25US 4,203,193 A1980
- Rail spike retention and tie preservation mixture and method17US 6,255,370 B1Railroad Solutions, Inc. · 2001
- Railway rail-fastening clip and a railway rail-and-fastening assembly employing it11US 4,073,435 APandrol Limited · 1978
- Railroad rail support and process for manufacture9US 5,464,153 A1995
- Railway spike and an assembly on a railway track incorporating the spike8US 4,461,422 APandrol Limited · 1984