E04D 5/00
Roof covering by making use of flexible material
Official title: Roof covering by making use of flexible material, e.g. supplied in roll form (using stiff sheets E04D3/00; gravelling of flat roofs E04D7/00 {; granulated roof covering E04D7/005}; built-up roofs E04D11/02)
E04D5/00 (Roof covering by making use of flexible material) appears on 1,378 US grants and 1,349 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in E04D- Granted patents
- 1,378
- Published applications
- 1,349
- Assignees
- 495
- Inventors
- 2,030
- Latest grant
- 29 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 10 | 0 |
| 1977 | 4 | 0 |
| 1978 | 10 | 0 |
| 1979 | 7 | 0 |
| 1980 | 17 | 0 |
| 1981 | 14 | 0 |
| 1982 | 6 | 0 |
| 1983 | 14 | 0 |
| 1984 | 16 | 0 |
| 1985 | 22 | 0 |
| 1986 | 28 | 0 |
| 1987 | 21 | 0 |
| 1988 | 36 | 0 |
| 1989 | 26 | 0 |
| 1990 | 20 | 0 |
| 1991 | 19 | 0 |
| 1992 | 26 | 0 |
| 1993 | 17 | 0 |
| 1994 | 18 | 0 |
| 1995 | 26 | 0 |
| 1996 | 40 | 0 |
| 1997 | 17 | 0 |
| 1998 | 23 | 0 |
| 1999 | 28 | 0 |
| 2000 | 16 | 0 |
| 2001 | 20 | 8 |
| 2002 | 23 | 23 |
| 2003 | 25 | 42 |
| 2004 | 20 | 54 |
| 2005 | 19 | 42 |
| 2006 | 17 | 39 |
| 2007 | 15 | 40 |
| 2008 | 11 | 40 |
| 2009 | 19 | 43 |
| 2010 | 24 | 54 |
| 2011 | 20 | 43 |
| 2012 | 30 | 37 |
| 2013 | 23 | 51 |
| 2014 | 42 | 55 |
| 2015 | 33 | 63 |
| 2016 | 51 | 65 |
| 2017 | 50 | 67 |
| 2018 | 44 | 76 |
| 2019 | 69 | 70 |
| 2020 | 55 | 48 |
| 2021 | 43 | 70 |
| 2022 | 44 | 69 |
| 2023 | 51 | 68 |
| 2024 | 59 | 65 |
| 2025 | 58 | 75 |
| 2026 | 32 | 42 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- E04D 5/14Fastening means therefor559
- E04D 5/10Roof covering by making use of flexible material: by making use of485
- E04D 5/12Roof covering by making use of flexible material: specially modified287
- E04D 5/06Roof covering by making use of flexible material: by making use of248
- E04D 5/02Roof covering by making use of flexible material: of materials impregnated with171
- E04D 5/08Roof covering by making use of flexible material: by making use of47
- E04D 5/04Roof covering by making use of flexible material: by making use of11
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