E04D
Roof coverings
Official title: ROOF COVERINGS; SKY-LIGHTS; GUTTERS; ROOF-WORKING TOOLS (coverings of outer walls by plaster or other porous material E04F13/00)
E04D (Roof coverings) appears on 10,365 US grants and 8,463 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in E04D- Granted patents
- 10,365
- Published applications
- 8,463
- Assignees
- 2,956
- Inventors
- 12,729
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 106 | 0 |
| 1977 | 100 | 0 |
| 1978 | 124 | 0 |
| 1979 | 63 | 0 |
| 1980 | 134 | 0 |
| 1981 | 147 | 0 |
| 1982 | 92 | 0 |
| 1983 | 111 | 0 |
| 1984 | 144 | 0 |
| 1985 | 146 | 0 |
| 1986 | 173 | 0 |
| 1987 | 178 | 0 |
| 1988 | 166 | 0 |
| 1989 | 165 | 0 |
| 1990 | 166 | 0 |
| 1991 | 165 | 0 |
| 1992 | 170 | 0 |
| 1993 | 162 | 0 |
| 1994 | 171 | 0 |
| 1995 | 168 | 0 |
| 1996 | 209 | 0 |
| 1997 | 197 | 0 |
| 1998 | 223 | 0 |
| 1999 | 241 | 0 |
| 2000 | 237 | 0 |
| 2001 | 249 | 80 |
| 2002 | 201 | 183 |
| 2003 | 180 | 244 |
| 2004 | 173 | 317 |
| 2005 | 155 | 349 |
| 2006 | 149 | 356 |
| 2007 | 103 | 306 |
| 2008 | 97 | 316 |
| 2009 | 145 | 304 |
| 2010 | 233 | 341 |
| 2011 | 230 | 396 |
| 2012 | 289 | 345 |
| 2013 | 317 | 333 |
| 2014 | 334 | 401 |
| 2015 | 314 | 346 |
| 2016 | 306 | 366 |
| 2017 | 307 | 366 |
| 2018 | 305 | 365 |
| 2019 | 331 | 376 |
| 2020 | 338 | 383 |
| 2021 | 272 | 371 |
| 2022 | 279 | 352 |
| 2023 | 309 | 347 |
| 2024 | 316 | 371 |
| 2025 | 300 | 338 |
| 2026 | 175 | 211 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Main groups
Granted patents with any code in the group
- E04D 13/00Special arrangements or devices in connection with roof coverings5,611
- E04D 3/00Roof covering by making use of flat or curved slabs or stiff1,905
- E04D 1/00Roof covering by making use of tiles, slates, shingles, or other small1,796
- E04D 5/00Roof covering by making use of flexible material1,378
- E04D 15/00Apparatus or tools for roof working1,016
- E04D 12/00Non-structural supports for roofing materials562
- E04D 11/00Roof covering, as far as not restricted to features covered by only552
- E04D 7/00Roof covering exclusively consisting of sealing masses applied in situ297
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Recent patents
- Roofing materials with increased wind uplift resistance and methods of making thereof6 Oct 2026US 12,753,606 B2Bmic LLC
- Algaecidal roofing granules, roofing products including them, and methods for making them6 Oct 2026US 12,753,607 B2CertainTeed Corporation
- Method for connecting an edge metal flashing on a roofing membrane6 Oct 2026US 12,753,608 B2Sika Technology AG
- Contoured mesh ridge vents6 Oct 2026US 12,753,609 B2Bmic LLC
- Packed roof window product6 Oct 2026US 12,753,610 B2VKR Holding A/S
- Roofing materials and methods of making roofing materials for cold temperature installation8 Oct 2026US 2026/0308913 A1Bmic LLC
- Deck plate and dry roof8 Oct 2026US 2026/0308914 A1Jfe Metal Products Corporation
- Hot mopped asphalt roofing systems incorporating polyisocyanurate coverboards1 Oct 2026US 2026/0295967 A1Johns Manville
- Styrenic block copolymers and polymer modified bitumen therefrom1 Oct 2026US 2026/0297328 A1Kraton Corporation
- Roofing shingle1 Oct 2026US 2026/0297946 A1Bmic LLC
Most cited
By later US patents
- Mounting system for installing an array of solar battery modules of a panel-like configuration on a roof439US 6,105,317 AMatsushita Electric Works, Ltd. · 2000
- Box formed building panel of extruded plastic397US 4,299,070 A1981
- Building panel and method341US 5,349,796 AStructural Panels, Inc. · 1994
- Tongue-groove connection326US 4,100,710 AHoesch Werke Aktiengesellschaft · 1978
- Roof support system for a solar panel316US 6,360,491 B12002