F16B 15/0015
Staples
Official title: {Staples}
F16B15/0015 (Staples) appears on 157 US grants and 145 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in F16B- Granted patents
- 157
- Published applications
- 145
- Assignees
- 84
- Inventors
- 261
- Latest grant
- 4 Aug 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1976 | 1 | 0 |
| 1977 | 1 | 0 |
| 1978 | 2 | 0 |
| 1979 | 0 | 0 |
| 1980 | 0 | 0 |
| 1981 | 2 | 0 |
| 1982 | 2 | 0 |
| 1983 | 1 | 0 |
| 1984 | 0 | 0 |
| 1985 | 1 | 0 |
| 1986 | 1 | 0 |
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| 1991 | 4 | 0 |
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| 1996 | 4 | 0 |
| 1997 | 4 | 0 |
| 1998 | 7 | 0 |
| 1999 | 5 | 0 |
| 2000 | 3 | 0 |
| 2001 | 5 | 1 |
| 2002 | 1 | 0 |
| 2003 | 2 | 8 |
| 2004 | 4 | 12 |
| 2005 | 5 | 6 |
| 2006 | 7 | 4 |
| 2007 | 2 | 5 |
| 2008 | 1 | 6 |
| 2009 | 1 | 6 |
| 2010 | 1 | 6 |
| 2011 | 3 | 7 |
| 2012 | 6 | 2 |
| 2013 | 4 | 6 |
| 2014 | 4 | 7 |
| 2015 | 6 | 8 |
| 2016 | 9 | 4 |
| 2017 | 6 | 9 |
| 2018 | 1 | 9 |
| 2019 | 3 | 9 |
| 2020 | 6 | 4 |
| 2021 | 7 | 6 |
| 2022 | 2 | 4 |
| 2023 | 3 | 3 |
| 2024 | 5 | 4 |
| 2025 | 2 | 5 |
| 2026 | 3 | 4 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Anchoring tool4 Aug 2026US 12,697,704 B2Robert Bosch GmbH
- Staple and staple collation7 Jul 2026US 12,674,483 B2Milwaukee Electric Tool Corporation
- Refill20 Jan 2026US 12,529,392 B2Max Co., Ltd.
- Optical fibre clip4 Nov 2025US 12,461,328 B2Linian Lab Ltd.
- One piece staple strip7 Jan 2025US 12,188,502 B2Apex Mfg. Co., Ltd.
- Driving tool24 Sep 2026US 2026/0284852 A1Makita Corporation
- Staple and staple collation24 Sep 2026US 2026/0286999 A1Milwaukee Electric Tool Corporation
- Refill9 Apr 2026US 2026/0098559 A1Max Co., Ltd.
- Staple and driving tool19 Mar 2026US 2026/0078789 A1Makita Corporation
- Anchoring Tool13 Nov 2025US 2025/0345907 A1Robert Bosch GmbH
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