E05B 67/003
Chain, wire or cable locks
Official title: {Chain, wire or cable locks (alarms therefor E05B45/005; E05B69/006 takes precedence)}
E05B67/003 (Chain, wire or cable locks) appears on 454 US grants and 380 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in E05B- Granted patents
- 454
- Published applications
- 380
- Assignees
- 159
- Inventors
- 618
- Latest grant
- 28 Jul 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1976 | 5 | 0 |
| 1977 | 2 | 0 |
| 1978 | 6 | 0 |
| 1979 | 1 | 0 |
| 1980 | 1 | 0 |
| 1981 | 2 | 0 |
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| 1997 | 7 | 0 |
| 1998 | 18 | 0 |
| 1999 | 13 | 0 |
| 2000 | 9 | 0 |
| 2001 | 9 | 0 |
| 2002 | 17 | 10 |
| 2003 | 9 | 11 |
| 2004 | 11 | 7 |
| 2005 | 4 | 15 |
| 2006 | 11 | 17 |
| 2007 | 10 | 16 |
| 2008 | 9 | 23 |
| 2009 | 16 | 17 |
| 2010 | 8 | 12 |
| 2011 | 7 | 20 |
| 2012 | 13 | 8 |
| 2013 | 12 | 6 |
| 2014 | 10 | 13 |
| 2015 | 6 | 9 |
| 2016 | 16 | 20 |
| 2017 | 17 | 18 |
| 2018 | 10 | 14 |
| 2019 | 23 | 18 |
| 2020 | 15 | 26 |
| 2021 | 8 | 16 |
| 2022 | 12 | 15 |
| 2023 | 11 | 20 |
| 2024 | 27 | 25 |
| 2025 | 17 | 13 |
| 2026 | 16 | 11 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
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- Lock for locking multiple objects21 Jul 2026US 12,687,045 B2Fullyear-Brother Enterprise Co., Ltd.
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- Portable lock apparatus9 Jun 2026US 12,650,029 B2Schlage Lock Company LLC
- Method for improving tensile strength of the wire lock and the wire lock9 Jun 2026US 12,650,036 B2Shenzhen Wins Electronic Technology Co., Ltd.
- Modular central locking and unlocking padlock10 Sep 2026US 2026/0266098 A1
- Lock apparatuses with secondary locking mechanisms2 Jul 2026US 2026/0185384 A1Schlage Lock Company LLC
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