E04F 11/17
Surfaces
Official title: Surfaces {(guard covers of stairs E04G21/30)}
E04F11/17 (Surfaces) appears on 71 US grants and 103 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in E04F- Granted patents
- 71
- Published applications
- 103
- Assignees
- 44
- Inventors
- 119
- Latest grant
- 21 Oct 2025
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| 1988 | 1 | 0 |
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| 2003 | 3 | 2 |
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| 2006 | 1 | 3 |
| 2007 | 0 | 2 |
| 2008 | 0 | 4 |
| 2009 | 0 | 1 |
| 2010 | 0 | 3 |
| 2011 | 1 | 6 |
| 2012 | 3 | 3 |
| 2013 | 4 | 6 |
| 2014 | 6 | 11 |
| 2015 | 4 | 3 |
| 2016 | 1 | 5 |
| 2017 | 4 | 2 |
| 2018 | 3 | 8 |
| 2019 | 4 | 4 |
| 2020 | 5 | 7 |
| 2021 | 3 | 3 |
| 2022 | 7 | 6 |
| 2023 | 5 | 7 |
| 2024 | 4 | 5 |
| 2025 | 5 | 2 |
| 2026 | 0 | 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 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
- Devices and methods for fitting luxury vinyl floorcovering to interior stairs11 Mar 2025US 12,247,400 B2LVP Stairs LLC
- Method for manufacturing a folded panel, and a folded panel14 Jan 2025US 12,194,655 B2Unilin BV
- Luxury Vinyl Plank Stair Noses and Other Moldings15 Jan 2026US 2026/0015866 A1Finished Edge Technology LLC
- Grooved decorative article8 Jan 2026US 2026/0009231 A1Shaw Industries Group, Inc.
- Devices and methods for fitting luxury vinyl plank floorcovering to interior stairs26 Jun 2025US 2025/0207406 A1
- Method for manufacturing a folded panel, and a folded panel6 Mar 2025US 2025/0073948 A1Unilin BV
- Stair nose molding, and method and apparatus for making a stair nose molding31 Oct 2024US 2024/0360674 A1
Most cited
By later US patents
- Covering for improving worn out steps28US 4,783,939 AFreiher von Kunssberg Vertriebsgesellschaft GmbH · 1988
- Lit-up marking device for steps and grandstands25US 6,606,827 B12003
- Floor or wall covering system with laying units which can be combined in a modular manner25US 9,890,540 B2Weitzer Holding GmbH · 2018
- Step for a stairway and method for making same18US 5,531,048 APrimary Millwork · 1996
- Collapsible stair cover18US 6,640,501 B12003