F16B 15/00
Nails
Official title: Nails; Staples (surgical staples A61B17/064; manufacture of nails or staples B21G {; drawing-pins, thumb-tacks B43M15/00}; railway spikes E01B9/06)
F16B15/00 (Nails) appears on 989 US grants and 805 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in F16B- Granted patents
- 989
- Published applications
- 805
- Assignees
- 417
- Inventors
- 1,505
- Latest grant
- 29 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 29 | 0 |
| 1977 | 18 | 0 |
| 1978 | 14 | 0 |
| 1979 | 6 | 0 |
| 1980 | 14 | 0 |
| 1981 | 17 | 0 |
| 1982 | 10 | 0 |
| 1983 | 9 | 0 |
| 1984 | 12 | 0 |
| 1985 | 10 | 0 |
| 1986 | 15 | 0 |
| 1987 | 20 | 0 |
| 1988 | 19 | 0 |
| 1989 | 22 | 0 |
| 1990 | 25 | 0 |
| 1991 | 23 | 0 |
| 1992 | 18 | 0 |
| 1993 | 11 | 0 |
| 1994 | 12 | 0 |
| 1995 | 16 | 0 |
| 1996 | 21 | 0 |
| 1997 | 16 | 0 |
| 1998 | 26 | 0 |
| 1999 | 17 | 0 |
| 2000 | 25 | 0 |
| 2001 | 17 | 4 |
| 2002 | 19 | 18 |
| 2003 | 14 | 32 |
| 2004 | 24 | 50 |
| 2005 | 17 | 36 |
| 2006 | 33 | 42 |
| 2007 | 22 | 46 |
| 2008 | 15 | 32 |
| 2009 | 16 | 32 |
| 2010 | 21 | 31 |
| 2011 | 14 | 42 |
| 2012 | 23 | 25 |
| 2013 | 24 | 33 |
| 2014 | 22 | 29 |
| 2015 | 34 | 29 |
| 2016 | 24 | 22 |
| 2017 | 20 | 55 |
| 2018 | 20 | 40 |
| 2019 | 38 | 40 |
| 2020 | 35 | 31 |
| 2021 | 27 | 33 |
| 2022 | 22 | 18 |
| 2023 | 26 | 25 |
| 2024 | 17 | 19 |
| 2025 | 9 | 23 |
| 2026 | 11 | 18 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- F16B 15/08Formed in integral series but easily separable257
- F16B 15/0023Nail plates227
- F16B 15/0015Staples157
- F16B 15/06Nails: with barbs154
- F16B 15/02Nails: with specially-shaped heads124
- F16B 15/0092Coated nails or staples57
- F16B 15/04Nails: with spreading shaft42
- F16B 15/0007Nails: with two nail points extending in opposite directions, in order to24
Recent patents
- Construction connector having fastener receiver29 Sep 2026US 12,747,577 B2Columbia Insurance Company
- Collated rebar clip29 Sep 2026US 12,747,588 B2
- Anchoring tool4 Aug 2026US 12,697,704 B2Robert Bosch GmbH
- Seal coated devices14 Jul 2026US 12,680,000 B2Zephyros, Inc.
- Staple and staple collation7 Jul 2026US 12,674,483 B2Milwaukee Electric Tool Corporation
- Tool and Consumable1 Oct 2026US 2026/0295801 A1Hilti Aktiengesellschaft
- Driving tool24 Sep 2026US 2026/0284852 A1Makita Corporation
- Staple and staple collation24 Sep 2026US 2026/0286999 A1Milwaukee Electric Tool Corporation
- Mounting device17 Sep 2026US 2026/0272201 A1Umbra LLC
- Lumber assembly and finishing system3 Sep 2026US 2026/0257394 A1Columbia Insurance Company
Most cited
By later US patents
- Endoscopic surgical instrument and staples for applying purse string sutures2,477US 5,484,451 AEthicon, Inc. · 1996
- Surgical instrument and staples for applying purse string sutures2,405US 5,242,457 AEthicon, Inc. · 1993
- Endoscopic surgical instrument and staples for applying purse string sutures2,167US 5,573,543 AEthicon, Inc. · 1996
- Plastic surgical staple1,925US 4,317,451 AEthicon, Inc. · 1982
- Surgical staples1,747US 4,607,638 ADesign Standards Corporation · 1986