F04C 2270/04
Force
F04C2270/04 (Force) appears on 1,434 US grants and 1,872 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in F04C- Granted patents
- 1,434
- Published applications
- 1,872
- Assignees
- 709
- Inventors
- 2,721
- Latest grant
- 15 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 0 | 1 |
| 2003 | 1 | 0 |
| 2004 | 0 | 0 |
| 2005 | 0 | 1 |
| 2006 | 0 | 0 |
| 2007 | 0 | 1 |
| 2008 | 1 | 0 |
| 2009 | 0 | 0 |
| 2010 | 0 | 2 |
| 2011 | 0 | 2 |
| 2012 | 1 | 94 |
| 2013 | 25 | 300 |
| 2014 | 74 | 433 |
| 2015 | 159 | 350 |
| 2016 | 231 | 116 |
| 2017 | 195 | 91 |
| 2018 | 203 | 107 |
| 2019 | 158 | 85 |
| 2020 | 99 | 75 |
| 2021 | 78 | 55 |
| 2022 | 51 | 26 |
| 2023 | 48 | 42 |
| 2024 | 55 | 39 |
| 2025 | 38 | 37 |
| 2026 | 17 | 15 |
By publication year. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Surgical device for controlled anchoring in the intestine15 Sep 2026US 12,733,932 B2
- Methods and systems for adjusting an external fixation frame25 Aug 2026US 12,714,467 B2Stryker European Operations Holdings LLC
- Methods and devices to treat nasal airways14 Jul 2026US 12,678,212 B2Aerin Medical Inc.
- Autoinjector7 Jul 2026US 12,673,168 B2Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland GmbH
- Devices for urethral treatment7 Jul 2026US 12,673,192 B2ProArc Medical Ltd.
- Surgical instrument24 Sep 2026US 2026/0283636 A1Livsmed Inc.
- Electronic cigarette27 Aug 2026US 2026/0249028 A1Altria Client Services LLC
- Impeller for catheter pump16 Jul 2026US 2026/0199658 A1Tc1 LLC
- High density epidural stimulation for facilitation of locomotion, posture, voluntary movement, and recovery of autonomic, sexual, vasomotor, and cognitive function after neurological injury16 Jul 2026US 2026/0199682 A1California Institute of Technology
- Surgical device for controlled anchoring in the intestine25 Jun 2026US 2026/0174435 A1
Most cited
By later US patents
- Robotically-controlled surgical stapling devices that produce formed staples having different lengths2,060US 9,237,891 B2Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. · 2016
- Surgical instrument having a multiple rate directional switching mechanism1,717US 8,534,528 B2Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. · 2013
- Tissue thickness compensator comprising a plurality of medicaments1,690US 9,211,120 B2Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. · 2015
- Surgical instruments with fluid management system1,587US 9,283,045 B2Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. · 2016
- Tissue thickness compensator comprising structure to produce a resilient load1,522US 9,220,500 B2Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. · 2015