E04B 1/34
Extraordinary structures
Official title: Extraordinary structures, e.g. with suspended or cantilever parts supported by masts or tower-like structures enclosing elevators or stairs; Features relating to the elastic stability (E04B1/342, E04B1/343, E04B1/348 take precedence; for floors E04B5/43; buildings for special purposes, e.g. withstanding earthquake, E04H)
E04B1/34 (Extraordinary structures) appears on 173 US grants and 160 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in E04B- Granted patents
- 173
- Published applications
- 160
- Assignees
- 83
- Inventors
- 321
- Latest grant
- 25 Aug 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1976 | 5 | 0 |
| 1977 | 2 | 0 |
| 1978 | 4 | 0 |
| 1979 | 5 | 0 |
| 1980 | 2 | 0 |
| 1981 | 3 | 0 |
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| 2001 | 4 | 0 |
| 2002 | 2 | 1 |
| 2003 | 1 | 3 |
| 2004 | 0 | 8 |
| 2005 | 2 | 4 |
| 2006 | 3 | 3 |
| 2007 | 1 | 3 |
| 2008 | 1 | 4 |
| 2009 | 1 | 7 |
| 2010 | 4 | 11 |
| 2011 | 3 | 5 |
| 2012 | 1 | 5 |
| 2013 | 3 | 6 |
| 2014 | 8 | 8 |
| 2015 | 8 | 11 |
| 2016 | 4 | 5 |
| 2017 | 7 | 8 |
| 2018 | 5 | 14 |
| 2019 | 8 | 6 |
| 2020 | 11 | 15 |
| 2021 | 9 | 14 |
| 2022 | 9 | 9 |
| 2023 | 12 | 1 |
| 2024 | 4 | 6 |
| 2025 | 3 | 3 |
| 2026 | 3 | 0 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Precast concrete stairway construction method25 Aug 2026US 12,716,243 B2Easycore Co., Ltd.
- Long-span corridor comprising two sets of floor cantilevered inclined trusses combined with suspension cable bearing and assembly method thereof21 Jul 2026US 12,687,008 B2
- Rapidly deployable air supported structure systems and related methods21 Jul 2026US 12,687,036 B2
- Method for adjusting a habitable structure11 Mar 2025US 12,247,365 B2Sea Top Homes Ltd.
- Building truss, system, and construction method25 Feb 2025US 12,234,646 B2Trussed Systems Limited
- Housing unit system and method of manufacture4 Dec 2025US 2025/0369223 A1
- Modular building21 Aug 2025US 2025/0263920 A1AssociaçãO Cecolab - Collaborative Laboratory Towards Circular Economy
- Scutoidal sub-cell and cell arrangements3 Apr 2025US 2025/0109586 A1University of Puerto Rico
- Rapidly deployable air supported structure systems and related methods21 Nov 2024US 2024/0384559 A1
- Precast concrete stairway construction method17 Oct 2024US 2024/0344330 A1Easycore Co., Ltd.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Method and apparatus for constructing multi-rise stacked modules for human occupancy37US 5,528,866 A1996
- Tree supported structure33US 5,522,186 A1996
- Deck bracket and method of attaching a deck to a building30US 4,811,542 A1989
- Method of constructing a concrete shear core multistory building30US 7,444,793 B2W. Lease Lewis Company · 2008
- Radially segmented plastic building29US 4,612,741 A1986