E04F 2201/0161
With snap action of the edge connectors
Official title: with snap action of the edge connectors
E04F2201/0161 (With snap action of the edge connectors) appears on 291 US grants and 372 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in E04F- Granted patents
- 291
- Published applications
- 372
- Assignees
- 67
- Inventors
- 122
- Latest grant
- 25 Aug 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 1 | 0 |
| 2000 | 0 | 0 |
| 2001 | 0 | 0 |
| 2002 | 1 | 2 |
| 2003 | 0 | 7 |
| 2004 | 1 | 5 |
| 2005 | 5 | 2 |
| 2006 | 3 | 25 |
| 2007 | 0 | 5 |
| 2008 | 3 | 12 |
| 2009 | 8 | 6 |
| 2010 | 33 | 3 |
| 2011 | 2 | 5 |
| 2012 | 6 | 8 |
| 2013 | 12 | 10 |
| 2014 | 14 | 14 |
| 2015 | 11 | 12 |
| 2016 | 16 | 20 |
| 2017 | 14 | 20 |
| 2018 | 16 | 12 |
| 2019 | 14 | 15 |
| 2020 | 21 | 28 |
| 2021 | 12 | 21 |
| 2022 | 16 | 25 |
| 2023 | 16 | 24 |
| 2024 | 28 | 32 |
| 2025 | 28 | 37 |
| 2026 | 10 | 22 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
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Most cited
By later US patents
- Floor panel with edge connectors696US 6,006,486 AUnilin Beheer B. V., besloten vennootschap · 1999
- Floor panel with edge connectors411US 6,490,836 B1Unilin Beheer B. V., besloten vennootschap · 2002
- Floor panels with edge connectors269US 7,040,068 B2Unilin Beheer B. V., besloten vennootschap · 2006
- Mechanical locking of floor panels with vertical snap folding225US 8,353,140 B2Välinge Innovation AB · 2013
- Floor covering209US 6,772,568 B2Unilin Beheer B. V., besloten vennootschap · 2004