E04D 2001/3452
Characterised by the location of the fastening means
Official title: {characterised by the location of the fastening means}
E04D2001/3452 (Characterised by the location of the fastening means) appears on 228 US grants and 236 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in E04D- Granted patents
- 228
- Published applications
- 236
- Assignees
- 83
- Inventors
- 327
- Latest grant
- 28 Jul 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1978 | 2 | 0 |
| 1979 | 1 | 0 |
| 1980 | 2 | 0 |
| 1981 | 0 | 0 |
| 1982 | 1 | 0 |
| 1983 | 0 | 0 |
| 1984 | 1 | 0 |
| 1985 | 0 | 0 |
| 1986 | 0 | 0 |
| 1987 | 0 | 0 |
| 1988 | 0 | 0 |
| 1989 | 0 | 0 |
| 1990 | 2 | 0 |
| 1991 | 0 | 0 |
| 1992 | 2 | 0 |
| 1993 | 0 | 0 |
| 1994 | 6 | 0 |
| 1995 | 1 | 0 |
| 1996 | 5 | 0 |
| 1997 | 4 | 0 |
| 1998 | 2 | 0 |
| 1999 | 4 | 0 |
| 2000 | 6 | 0 |
| 2001 | 1 | 0 |
| 2002 | 3 | 3 |
| 2003 | 2 | 1 |
| 2004 | 0 | 6 |
| 2005 | 1 | 5 |
| 2006 | 0 | 9 |
| 2007 | 4 | 9 |
| 2008 | 5 | 4 |
| 2009 | 3 | 5 |
| 2010 | 2 | 8 |
| 2011 | 5 | 5 |
| 2012 | 9 | 6 |
| 2013 | 9 | 6 |
| 2014 | 9 | 14 |
| 2015 | 11 | 11 |
| 2016 | 6 | 11 |
| 2017 | 9 | 6 |
| 2018 | 11 | 12 |
| 2019 | 10 | 24 |
| 2020 | 15 | 21 |
| 2021 | 18 | 14 |
| 2022 | 10 | 12 |
| 2023 | 19 | 16 |
| 2024 | 12 | 14 |
| 2025 | 10 | 8 |
| 2026 | 5 | 6 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- E04D 2001/3458On the upper or lower transverse edges of the roof covering elementsIndexing code80
- E04D 2001/3467Through apertures, holes or slotsIndexing code59
- E04D 2001/3461On the lateral edges of the roof covering elementsIndexing code42
- E04D 2001/3455On the internal surface of the roof covering elementsIndexing code37
- E04D 2001/3464On the lateral corners of the roof covering elements for diagonally tiledIndexing code4
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Most cited
By later US patents
- Photovoltaic module and a photovoltaic apparatus243US 5,571,338 ASanyo Electric Co., Ltd. · 1996
- Solar cell module, solar cell array having the module, power generation apparatus using the array, and inspection method and construction method of the apparatus208US 6,093,884 ACanon Kabushiki Kaisha · 2000
- Shingle assembly with support bracket162US 7,155,870 B2PowerLight Corporation · 2007
- Horizontal-roofing roof and mounting method thereof148US 6,336,304 B12002
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