E05B 81/36
Geared sectors
Official title: Geared sectors, e.g. fan-shaped gears
E05B81/36 (Geared sectors) appears on 146 US grants and 190 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in E05B- Granted patents
- 146
- Published applications
- 190
- Assignees
- 64
- Inventors
- 309
- Latest grant
- 21 Jul 2026
Filings by year
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| 1984 | 1 | 0 |
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| 2010 | 2 | 4 |
| 2011 | 2 | 7 |
| 2012 | 3 | 8 |
| 2013 | 4 | 3 |
| 2014 | 6 | 9 |
| 2015 | 2 | 12 |
| 2016 | 10 | 11 |
| 2017 | 6 | 10 |
| 2018 | 5 | 15 |
| 2019 | 13 | 15 |
| 2020 | 8 | 18 |
| 2021 | 13 | 12 |
| 2022 | 22 | 7 |
| 2023 | 11 | 9 |
| 2024 | 4 | 9 |
| 2025 | 11 | 12 |
| 2026 | 4 | 18 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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Most cited
By later US patents
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