E04B 2002/0256
Special features of building elements
Official title: {Special features of building elements}
E04B2002/0256 (Special features of building elements) appears on 555 US grants and 536 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in E04B- Granted patents
- 555
- Published applications
- 536
- Assignees
- 244
- Inventors
- 757
- Latest grant
- 29 Sep 2026
Filings by year
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| 2022 | 12 | 21 |
| 2023 | 19 | 17 |
| 2024 | 21 | 20 |
| 2025 | 12 | 17 |
| 2026 | 7 | 6 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- E04B 2002/026Splittable building elementsIndexing code106
- E04B 2002/0269Building elements with a natural stone facingIndexing code103
- E04B 2002/0263Building elements for making angled wallsIndexing code97
- E04B 2002/0265Building elements for making arcuate wallsIndexing code94
- E04B 2002/0289Building elements with holes filled with insulating materialIndexing code85
- E04B 2002/028Spacers between building elementsIndexing code74
- E04B 2002/0286Building elements with coatingsIndexing code29
- E04B 2002/0267Building elements with the appearance of several bricksIndexing code25
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- Building block, system and methods12 May 2026US 12,624,547 B2KLD IP Holdings, LLC
- Prefabricated construction wall assembly24 Sep 2026US 2026/0286686 A1Wall to Wall, LLC
- A construction block6 Aug 2026US 2026/0226738 A1Brilliant Ideas Ltd
- Construction process of earthquake-proof masonry walls16 Jul 2026US 2026/0201692 A1
- Glass block assembly, system, and method of use thereof26 Feb 2026US 2026/0055602 A1
- Interlocking construction blocks5 Feb 2026US 2026/0035911 A1Samaraee & Daniel Innovation Specialists Incorporated
Most cited
By later US patents
- Apparatus for fabrication of concrete brick203US 4,869,660 A1989
- Method, building structure and side-split block therefore187US 4,335,549 ADesigner Blocks, Inc. · 1982
- Composite masonry block173US 5,827,015 AAnchor Wall Systems, Inc. · 1998
- Masonry block retaining wall with attached keylock facing panels and method of constructing the same154US 5,788,423 AG. P. Industries, Inc. · 1998
- Composite masonry block139US 5,294,216 AAnchor Wall Systems, Inc. · 1994