E04C 3/32
Of metal
Official title: of metal (E04C3/36 takes precedence)
E04C3/32 (Of metal) appears on 366 US grants and 357 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in E04C- Granted patents
- 366
- Published applications
- 357
- Assignees
- 194
- Inventors
- 553
- Latest grant
- 24 Feb 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 3 | 0 |
| 1977 | 2 | 0 |
| 1978 | 4 | 0 |
| 1979 | 1 | 0 |
| 1980 | 4 | 0 |
| 1981 | 0 | 0 |
| 1982 | 1 | 0 |
| 1983 | 1 | 0 |
| 1984 | 1 | 0 |
| 1985 | 3 | 0 |
| 1986 | 1 | 0 |
| 1987 | 7 | 0 |
| 1988 | 1 | 0 |
| 1989 | 0 | 0 |
| 1990 | 4 | 0 |
| 1991 | 1 | 0 |
| 1992 | 4 | 0 |
| 1993 | 1 | 0 |
| 1994 | 3 | 0 |
| 1995 | 6 | 0 |
| 1996 | 6 | 0 |
| 1997 | 8 | 0 |
| 1998 | 6 | 0 |
| 1999 | 7 | 0 |
| 2000 | 3 | 0 |
| 2001 | 4 | 1 |
| 2002 | 4 | 3 |
| 2003 | 10 | 7 |
| 2004 | 6 | 21 |
| 2005 | 3 | 11 |
| 2006 | 2 | 8 |
| 2007 | 3 | 7 |
| 2008 | 1 | 10 |
| 2009 | 3 | 6 |
| 2010 | 7 | 7 |
| 2011 | 6 | 12 |
| 2012 | 10 | 8 |
| 2013 | 9 | 9 |
| 2014 | 8 | 12 |
| 2015 | 14 | 27 |
| 2016 | 22 | 24 |
| 2017 | 18 | 29 |
| 2018 | 27 | 26 |
| 2019 | 21 | 34 |
| 2020 | 28 | 29 |
| 2021 | 21 | 17 |
| 2022 | 15 | 17 |
| 2023 | 20 | 14 |
| 2024 | 15 | 11 |
| 2025 | 10 | 5 |
| 2026 | 1 | 2 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Apparatus for supporting overhead structure24 Feb 2026US 12,559,966 B2Independence Materials Group, LLC
- Modular structure30 Sep 2025US 12,428,830 B2Upshot Intellectual Holdings Limited
- Structural member assemblies, beams, and support structures comprising same30 Sep 2025US 12,428,831 B2Elevate Structures, LLC
- Modular building panels with building services12 Aug 2025US 12,385,250 B22837929 Ontario Limited
- Rotatable forkend connection system29 Jul 2025US 12,372,108 B2Xtreme Structures & Fabrication, LLC
- Apparatus for supporting overhead structure2 Jul 2026US 2026/0185372 A1Independence Materials Group, LLC
- Prefabrication smart self-storage facility14 May 2026US 2026/0132627 A1
- Modular building panels with building services11 Dec 2025US 2025/0376845 A12837929 Ontario Limited
- Beam-column joint and construction structure including the same20 Nov 2025US 2025/0354371 A1Chien Kuo Construction Co., Ltd.
- Structural stud post with thermal break2 Oct 2025US 2025/0305282 A1Porta-Fab Corporation
Most cited
By later US patents
- Stud wall framing construction185US 5,394,665 A1995
- Metal frames168US 5,157,883 A1992
- Wall frame structure168US 5,325,651 AUniframes Holdings Pty Limited · 1994
- Light steel structural members148US 8,225,581 B2Sur-Stud Structural Technology Inc. · 2012
- Non-ghosting building construction124US 4,011,704 AWheeling-Pittsburgh Steel Corporation · 1977