F16L 3/00
Supports for pipes, cables or protective tubing
Official title: Supports for pipes, cables or protective tubing, e.g. hangers, holders, clamps, cleats, clips, brackets (anchors for holding pipes on or under the ground F16L1/06; noise absorbers in the form of specially adapted hangers or supports F16L55/035; arrangements specially adapted for supporting insulated bodies F16L59/12)
F16L3/00 (Supports for pipes, cables or protective tubing) appears on 5,628 US grants and 4,745 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in F16L- Granted patents
- 5,628
- Published applications
- 4,745
- Assignees
- 2,420
- Inventors
- 8,854
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 61 | 0 |
| 1977 | 58 | 0 |
| 1978 | 49 | 0 |
| 1979 | 30 | 0 |
| 1980 | 62 | 0 |
| 1981 | 61 | 0 |
| 1982 | 36 | 0 |
| 1983 | 60 | 0 |
| 1984 | 64 | 0 |
| 1985 | 66 | 0 |
| 1986 | 49 | 0 |
| 1987 | 77 | 0 |
| 1988 | 52 | 0 |
| 1989 | 61 | 0 |
| 1990 | 68 | 0 |
| 1991 | 92 | 0 |
| 1992 | 69 | 0 |
| 1993 | 59 | 0 |
| 1994 | 86 | 0 |
| 1995 | 72 | 0 |
| 1996 | 73 | 0 |
| 1997 | 75 | 0 |
| 1998 | 112 | 0 |
| 1999 | 94 | 0 |
| 2000 | 91 | 0 |
| 2001 | 101 | 20 |
| 2002 | 88 | 64 |
| 2003 | 91 | 79 |
| 2004 | 67 | 73 |
| 2005 | 49 | 141 |
| 2006 | 70 | 118 |
| 2007 | 64 | 131 |
| 2008 | 73 | 128 |
| 2009 | 78 | 136 |
| 2010 | 91 | 139 |
| 2011 | 103 | 130 |
| 2012 | 83 | 130 |
| 2013 | 110 | 189 |
| 2014 | 146 | 251 |
| 2015 | 176 | 257 |
| 2016 | 261 | 265 |
| 2017 | 252 | 261 |
| 2018 | 226 | 264 |
| 2019 | 272 | 291 |
| 2020 | 267 | 295 |
| 2021 | 251 | 269 |
| 2022 | 257 | 278 |
| 2023 | 239 | 256 |
| 2024 | 234 | 234 |
| 2025 | 193 | 216 |
| 2026 | 109 | 130 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- F16L 3/08Substantially surrounding the pipe, cable or protective tubing2,599
- F16L 3/22Supports for pipes, cables or protective tubing: specially adapted for supporting a1,841
- F16L 3/02Partly surrounding the pipes, cables or protective tubing609
- F16L 3/16Supports for pipes, cables or protective tubing: with special provision allowing movement594
- F16L 3/24Supports for pipes, cables or protective tubing: with special member for attachment565
- F16L 3/01Supports for pipes, cables or protective tubing: for supporting or guiding the484
- F16L 3/26Supports for pipes, cables or protective tubing: specially adapted for supporting the374
- F16L 3/14Hangers in the form of bands or chains186
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Most cited
By later US patents
- Method of installing an insulating sleeve on a staple1,528US 3,940,844 APCI Group, Inc. · 1976
- Universal clamp1,330US 5,037,397 AMedical Distributors, Inc. · 1991
- Articulated tubular conduit arm for sucking gaseous fluids1,149US 4,540,202 A1985
- Support system having an interchangeable splice1,034US 5,868,361 ASigma-Aldrich Co. · 1999
- Offset coupling for electrical conduit363US 4,946,202 A1990