E06B 9/40
Roller blinds
Official title: Roller blinds (usable only as awnings E04F10/06)
E06B9/40 (Roller blinds) appears on 1,554 US grants and 1,980 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in E06B- Granted patents
- 1,554
- Published applications
- 1,980
- Assignees
- 553
- Inventors
- 1,992
- Latest grant
- 29 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1976 | 1 | 0 |
| 1977 | 2 | 0 |
| 1978 | 5 | 0 |
| 1979 | 3 | 0 |
| 1980 | 8 | 0 |
| 1981 | 5 | 0 |
| 1982 | 11 | 0 |
| 1983 | 14 | 0 |
| 1984 | 8 | 0 |
| 1985 | 8 | 0 |
| 1986 | 8 | 0 |
| 1987 | 3 | 0 |
| 1988 | 7 | 0 |
| 1989 | 13 | 0 |
| 1990 | 1 | 0 |
| 1991 | 8 | 0 |
| 1992 | 20 | 0 |
| 1993 | 15 | 0 |
| 1994 | 11 | 0 |
| 1995 | 11 | 0 |
| 1996 | 10 | 0 |
| 1997 | 8 | 0 |
| 1998 | 12 | 0 |
| 1999 | 17 | 0 |
| 2000 | 19 | 0 |
| 2001 | 13 | 4 |
| 2002 | 19 | 11 |
| 2003 | 13 | 16 |
| 2004 | 7 | 31 |
| 2005 | 18 | 40 |
| 2006 | 25 | 42 |
| 2007 | 14 | 47 |
| 2008 | 14 | 45 |
| 2009 | 16 | 49 |
| 2010 | 25 | 44 |
| 2011 | 22 | 69 |
| 2012 | 40 | 70 |
| 2013 | 40 | 87 |
| 2014 | 55 | 110 |
| 2015 | 66 | 114 |
| 2016 | 73 | 96 |
| 2017 | 85 | 120 |
| 2018 | 75 | 124 |
| 2019 | 86 | 140 |
| 2020 | 97 | 143 |
| 2021 | 104 | 96 |
| 2022 | 101 | 118 |
| 2023 | 90 | 107 |
| 2024 | 105 | 114 |
| 2025 | 86 | 77 |
| 2026 | 37 | 66 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Battery-powered motorized window treatment29 Sep 2026US 12,747,631 B2Lutron Technology Company LLC
- Wand for a cord driven blind assembly29 Sep 2026US 12,747,632 B2Rollease Acmeda, Inc.
- Method for adjusting a system having a motorized windable element and system having a motorized windable element implementing said method22 Sep 2026US 12,742,355 B2Somfy Activites SA
- Covering for an architectural opening having nested rollers1 Sep 2026US 12,723,464 B2Hunter Douglas Inc.
- Motor head cover for a roller shade1 Sep 2026US 12,723,466 B2ZMC Metal Coating Inc.
- Cordless steel tape stabilization system8 Oct 2026US 2026/0308976 A1Yuyao Hujia Window Decoration Co., Ltd.
- A textile surface and production method developed for outdoor sun shading fabric applications1 Oct 2026US 2026/0297815 A1Kirayteks Tekstil Sanayi Ve Ticaret Anonim Sirketi
- Fabric clip for roller shade assembly24 Sep 2026US 2026/0286770 A1Smart Shade Innovations Inc.
- Cordless round-tube roller shade and production process thereof24 Sep 2026US 2026/0286771 A1Shanghai Kenda Industrial Co., Ltd.
- Tensioner for an architectural-structure covering24 Sep 2026US 2026/0286773 A1Hunter Douglas Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Motor-operated window cover139US 5,467,266 ALutron Electronics Co., Inc. · 1995
- Motorized window shade with ultraquiet motor drive and ESD protection126US 6,497,267 B1Lutron Electronics Co., Inc. · 2002
- Cellular shade and method and apparatus for manufacturing same118US 5,503,210 AHunter Douglas Inc. · 1996
- Method and apparatus for mounting a retractable window covering114US 5,320,154 AHunter Douglas Inc. · 1994
- Window shade with selectively variable shading characteristics104US 4,766,941 ASytron Corporation · 1988