E02D 17/20
Securing of slopes or inclines
Official title: Securing of slopes or inclines {(by soil E02D3/12; protection against snowslides or avalanches E01F7/04, E01F15/00; securing banks or like surfaces facing on bodies of water E02B3/12)}
E02D17/20 (Securing of slopes or inclines) appears on 638 US grants and 700 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in E02D- Granted patents
- 638
- Published applications
- 700
- Assignees
- 374
- Inventors
- 1,120
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 1 | 0 |
| 1977 | 0 | 0 |
| 1978 | 5 | 0 |
| 1979 | 2 | 0 |
| 1980 | 0 | 0 |
| 1981 | 4 | 0 |
| 1982 | 2 | 0 |
| 1983 | 2 | 0 |
| 1984 | 0 | 0 |
| 1985 | 5 | 0 |
| 1986 | 3 | 0 |
| 1987 | 10 | 0 |
| 1988 | 3 | 0 |
| 1989 | 9 | 0 |
| 1990 | 9 | 0 |
| 1991 | 9 | 0 |
| 1992 | 8 | 0 |
| 1993 | 8 | 0 |
| 1994 | 6 | 0 |
| 1995 | 5 | 0 |
| 1996 | 9 | 0 |
| 1997 | 8 | 0 |
| 1998 | 12 | 0 |
| 1999 | 11 | 0 |
| 2000 | 7 | 0 |
| 2001 | 6 | 3 |
| 2002 | 7 | 10 |
| 2003 | 14 | 9 |
| 2004 | 9 | 15 |
| 2005 | 9 | 17 |
| 2006 | 12 | 20 |
| 2007 | 1 | 18 |
| 2008 | 11 | 26 |
| 2009 | 9 | 25 |
| 2010 | 20 | 29 |
| 2011 | 19 | 28 |
| 2012 | 22 | 21 |
| 2013 | 12 | 23 |
| 2014 | 23 | 27 |
| 2015 | 23 | 25 |
| 2016 | 14 | 28 |
| 2017 | 22 | 38 |
| 2018 | 29 | 35 |
| 2019 | 41 | 59 |
| 2020 | 43 | 39 |
| 2021 | 19 | 32 |
| 2022 | 40 | 40 |
| 2023 | 25 | 44 |
| 2024 | 30 | 36 |
| 2025 | 27 | 36 |
| 2026 | 13 | 17 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
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- Erosion control system, and a process for manufacturing the erosion control system22 Sep 2026US 12,742,299 B2Freudenberg Performance Materials B.V.
- Spider-web inspired geogrids8 Sep 2026US 12,729,500 B2Georgia Tech Research Corporation
- Multi-axial integral geogrid and methods of making and using same28 Jul 2026US 12,691,630 B2Tensar International Corporation
- Tubular knitted geotextiles implementing non-biomass based inert threads, methods of making the same, and erosion sediment and pollution control products made from the same23 Jun 2026US 12,662,792 B2Mkb Company
- Below grade waterproofing membrane8 Oct 2026US 2026/0308866 A1GCP Applied Technologies Inc.
- Steep pit wall mining1 Oct 2026US 2026/0298083 A1
- Ground Anchor Assembly Including High-Load Ground Anchor and Method of Using Same24 Sep 2026US 2026/0286636 A1Western Excelsior, LLC
- Method and apparatus for unrolling fabric24 Sep 2026US 2026/0286639 A1
- Truss retaining structure implementation20 Aug 2026US 2026/0243043 A1
Most cited
By later US patents
- Mat for stabilizing particulate materials99US 5,250,340 A1993
- Bonded composite knitted structural textiles97US 5,795,835 AThe Tensar Corporation · 1998
- Production of plastic mesh structure81US 4,374,798 AP. L. G. Research Limited · 1983
- Retaining fill in a geotechnical structure78US 4,530,622 AP. L. G. Research Limited · 1985
- Method for precision bending of a sheet of material and slit sheet therefor75US 6,481,259 B1Castle Company · 2002