F16B 7/00

Connections of rods or tubes

Official title: Connections of rods or tubes, e.g. of non-circular section, mutually, including resilient connections ({F16B11/008, F16B17/00 take precedence;} umbrella frames A45B25/02; welding or soldering of connections B23K; vehicle connections in general B60D; railway couplings B61G; bicycle frames B62K; couplings for transmitting rotation F16D; couplings for tubes conveying fluids F16L)

F16B7/00 (Connections of rods or tubes) appears on 5,012 US grants and 4,557 published applications in this corpus.

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Granted patents: 5,012
Published applications: 4,557
Assignees: 2,941
Inventors: 8,491
Latest grant: 6 Oct 2026

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F16B 7/00: granted patents and published applications per publication year
Year	Granted patents	Published applications
1976	60	0
1977	49	0
1978	72	0
1979	43	0
1980	34	0
1981	46	0
1982	44	0
1983	40	0
1984	57	0
1985	62	0
1986	81	0
1987	80	0
1988	60	0
1989	72	0
1990	82	0
1991	78	0
1992	67	0
1993	59	0
1994	55	0
1995	49	0
1996	44	0
1997	62	0
1998	61	0
1999	45	0
2000	47	0
2001	60	24
2002	83	84
2003	87	101
2004	72	117
2005	76	97
2006	59	104
2007	61	107
2008	46	95
2009	57	67
2010	59	115
2011	53	120
2012	72	162
2013	115	174
2014	133	208
2015	156	223
2016	182	251
2017	206	279
2018	201	264
2019	276	297
2020	226	268
2021	236	275
2022	242	272
2023	221	247
2024	234	225
2025	230	225
2026	120	156

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