E04F 15/02161
Floor elements with grooved main surface
Official title: {Floor elements with grooved main surface}
E04F15/02161 (Floor elements with grooved main surface) appears on 144 US grants and 194 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in E04F- Granted patents
- 144
- Published applications
- 194
- Assignees
- 83
- Inventors
- 221
- Latest grant
- 17 Mar 2026
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| 2006 | 4 | 9 |
| 2007 | 0 | 5 |
| 2008 | 3 | 7 |
| 2009 | 3 | 12 |
| 2010 | 2 | 4 |
| 2011 | 5 | 4 |
| 2012 | 3 | 3 |
| 2013 | 6 | 13 |
| 2014 | 7 | 12 |
| 2015 | 7 | 9 |
| 2016 | 11 | 12 |
| 2017 | 6 | 10 |
| 2018 | 9 | 12 |
| 2019 | 9 | 9 |
| 2020 | 7 | 8 |
| 2021 | 8 | 12 |
| 2022 | 6 | 6 |
| 2023 | 7 | 4 |
| 2024 | 7 | 10 |
| 2025 | 7 | 9 |
| 2026 | 2 | 4 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Tile panel, surface covering of a multitude of such tile panels for a floor, ceiling or wall surface17 Mar 2026US 12,577,789 B2i4F Licensing NV
- Panel for composing a floor covering or wall covering, panel system, and method13 Jan 2026US 12,523,046 B2i4F Licensing NV
- Releasable connection means30 Dec 2025US 12,509,872 B2Fergus Jonathan Ardern
- Ceramic tile16 Dec 2025US 12,497,786 B2Unilin BV
- Felt tiles and tile kits2 Dec 2025US 12,486,674 B2FeltRight, LLC.
- Drop deck flooring panel30 Jul 2026US 2026/0218522 A1Sur-Loc Holdings, LLC
- Tile Panel, Surface Covering of a Multitude of Such Tile Panels for a Floor, Ceiling or Wall Surface16 Jul 2026US 2026/0201707 A1i4F Licensing NV
- Ceramic tile12 Mar 2026US 2026/0071443 A1Unilin BV
- Panel for Composing a Floor Covering or Wall Covering, Panel System, and Method19 Feb 2026US 2026/0049480 A1i4F Licensing NV
- Panel forming14 Aug 2025US 2025/0257574 A1Ceraloc Innovation AB
Most cited
By later US patents
- Resilient groove369US 7,584,583 B2Välinge Innovation AB · 2009
- Floorboards having a resilent surface layer with a decorative groove220US 7,930,862 B2Välinge Innovation AB · 2011
- Set of floorboards with sealing arrangement157US 8,245,478 B2Välinge Innovation AB · 2012
- Set F floorboards with overlapping edges154US 8,511,031 B2Välinge Innovation AB · 2013
- Floorboards with decorative grooves127US 7,137,229 B2Välinge Innovation AB · 2006