E04F 11/163
Protecting means for edges or corners
Official title: {Protecting means for edges or corners}
E04F11/163 (Protecting means for edges or corners) appears on 128 US grants and 109 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in E04F- Granted patents
- 128
- Published applications
- 109
- Assignees
- 67
- Inventors
- 146
- Latest grant
- 23 Jun 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1977 | 4 | 0 |
| 1978 | 3 | 0 |
| 1979 | 1 | 0 |
| 1980 | 0 | 0 |
| 1981 | 2 | 0 |
| 1982 | 3 | 0 |
| 1983 | 0 | 0 |
| 1984 | 2 | 0 |
| 1985 | 1 | 0 |
| 1986 | 1 | 0 |
| 1987 | 0 | 0 |
| 1988 | 1 | 0 |
| 1989 | 2 | 0 |
| 1990 | 0 | 0 |
| 1991 | 5 | 0 |
| 1992 | 3 | 0 |
| 1993 | 0 | 0 |
| 1994 | 0 | 0 |
| 1995 | 2 | 0 |
| 1996 | 0 | 0 |
| 1997 | 1 | 0 |
| 1998 | 7 | 0 |
| 1999 | 3 | 0 |
| 2000 | 7 | 0 |
| 2001 | 1 | 1 |
| 2002 | 3 | 2 |
| 2003 | 3 | 3 |
| 2004 | 2 | 2 |
| 2005 | 2 | 7 |
| 2006 | 0 | 7 |
| 2007 | 2 | 3 |
| 2008 | 2 | 4 |
| 2009 | 0 | 3 |
| 2010 | 3 | 7 |
| 2011 | 1 | 5 |
| 2012 | 7 | 7 |
| 2013 | 6 | 3 |
| 2014 | 8 | 8 |
| 2015 | 1 | 2 |
| 2016 | 3 | 4 |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 |
| 2018 | 2 | 8 |
| 2019 | 3 | 2 |
| 2020 | 3 | 5 |
| 2021 | 5 | 5 |
| 2022 | 4 | 7 |
| 2023 | 5 | 7 |
| 2024 | 7 | 3 |
| 2025 | 4 | 2 |
| 2026 | 2 | 2 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Luxury vinyl plank stair noses and other moldings23 Jun 2026US 12,662,822 B2Finished Edge Technology LLC
- Stair nosing2 Jun 2026US 12,644,287 B2Macneil IP LLC
- Luxury vinyl plank stair noses and other moldings21 Oct 2025US 12,448,778 B2Finished Edge Technology LLC
- Removal shaft30 Sep 2025US D1,095,353 S1TSC International Products, LLC · Design
- Luxury vinyl plank stair noses and other moldings26 Aug 2025US 12,398,567 B2Finished Edge Technology LLC
- Book matched stair tread and method of manufacture1 Oct 2026US 2026/0297953 A1
- Luxury Vinyl Plank Stair Noses and Other Moldings15 Jan 2026US 2026/0015866 A1Finished Edge Technology LLC
- Stair nosing27 Nov 2025US 2025/0361727 A1Macneil IP LLC
- Flooring system and method for manufacturing the same17 Jul 2025US 2025/0230665 A1Versatrim LLC
- Stair nose molding, and method and apparatus for making a stair nose molding31 Oct 2024US 2024/0360674 A1
Most cited
By later US patents
- Transition molding102US 6,860,074 B2Pergo (Europe) AB · 2005
- Step lighting apparatus86US 5,430,627 ATivoli Lighting, Inc. · 1995
- Tread area and step edge lighting system78US 6,076,936 A2000
- Carpet edge strip71US 5,706,623 AMono Track Systems, Inc. · 1998
- Surface lighting system67US 6,416,200 B1Permlight Products, Inc. · 2002