E04B 1/70
Drying or keeping dry
Official title: Drying or keeping dry, e.g. by air vents ({using damp-proof courses E04B1/644; using sealings, e.g. sealing masses or foils, E04B1/66}; during erection E04G21/28)
E04B1/70 (Drying or keeping dry) appears on 623 US grants and 602 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in E04B- Granted patents
- 623
- Published applications
- 602
- Assignees
- 259
- Inventors
- 882
- Latest grant
- 25 Aug 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1976 | 5 | 0 |
| 1977 | 2 | 0 |
| 1978 | 5 | 0 |
| 1979 | 2 | 0 |
| 1980 | 5 | 0 |
| 1981 | 8 | 0 |
| 1982 | 1 | 0 |
| 1983 | 3 | 0 |
| 1984 | 1 | 0 |
| 1985 | 3 | 0 |
| 1986 | 4 | 0 |
| 1987 | 4 | 0 |
| 1988 | 2 | 0 |
| 1989 | 7 | 0 |
| 1990 | 5 | 0 |
| 1991 | 2 | 0 |
| 1992 | 7 | 0 |
| 1993 | 8 | 0 |
| 1994 | 7 | 0 |
| 1995 | 6 | 0 |
| 1996 | 6 | 0 |
| 1997 | 6 | 0 |
| 1998 | 17 | 0 |
| 1999 | 15 | 0 |
| 2000 | 9 | 0 |
| 2001 | 13 | 3 |
| 2002 | 16 | 17 |
| 2003 | 14 | 24 |
| 2004 | 15 | 19 |
| 2005 | 13 | 25 |
| 2006 | 11 | 25 |
| 2007 | 8 | 26 |
| 2008 | 6 | 17 |
| 2009 | 7 | 18 |
| 2010 | 21 | 19 |
| 2011 | 16 | 15 |
| 2012 | 13 | 32 |
| 2013 | 24 | 26 |
| 2014 | 28 | 30 |
| 2015 | 32 | 27 |
| 2016 | 25 | 35 |
| 2017 | 22 | 26 |
| 2018 | 30 | 27 |
| 2019 | 33 | 34 |
| 2020 | 31 | 36 |
| 2021 | 21 | 24 |
| 2022 | 15 | 26 |
| 2023 | 22 | 25 |
| 2024 | 19 | 22 |
| 2025 | 21 | 15 |
| 2026 | 7 | 9 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
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