F21V 17/107
Using hinge joints
Official title: {using hinge joints}
F21V17/107 (Using hinge joints) appears on 395 US grants and 287 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in F21V- Granted patents
- 395
- Published applications
- 287
- Assignees
- 220
- Inventors
- 654
- Latest grant
- 22 Sep 2026
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| 2021 | 13 | 9 |
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| 2023 | 11 | 11 |
| 2024 | 19 | 7 |
| 2025 | 10 | 9 |
| 2026 | 3 | 7 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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