H01B 7/04
Flexible cables, conductors, or cords
Official title: Flexible cables, conductors, or cords, e.g. trailing cables
H01B7/04 (Flexible cables, conductors, or cords) appears on 913 US grants and 1,061 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in H01B- Granted patents
- 913
- Published applications
- 1,061
- Assignees
- 483
- Inventors
- 2,072
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 2 | 0 |
| 1977 | 6 | 0 |
| 1978 | 11 | 0 |
| 1979 | 3 | 0 |
| 1980 | 5 | 0 |
| 1981 | 5 | 0 |
| 1982 | 5 | 0 |
| 1983 | 1 | 0 |
| 1984 | 4 | 0 |
| 1985 | 6 | 0 |
| 1986 | 5 | 0 |
| 1987 | 15 | 0 |
| 1988 | 9 | 0 |
| 1989 | 2 | 0 |
| 1990 | 4 | 0 |
| 1991 | 1 | 0 |
| 1992 | 5 | 0 |
| 1993 | 3 | 0 |
| 1994 | 2 | 0 |
| 1995 | 5 | 0 |
| 1996 | 2 | 0 |
| 1997 | 0 | 0 |
| 1998 | 4 | 0 |
| 1999 | 4 | 0 |
| 2000 | 5 | 0 |
| 2001 | 4 | 1 |
| 2002 | 6 | 7 |
| 2003 | 6 | 6 |
| 2004 | 4 | 7 |
| 2005 | 3 | 7 |
| 2006 | 5 | 22 |
| 2007 | 15 | 16 |
| 2008 | 7 | 14 |
| 2009 | 12 | 14 |
| 2010 | 10 | 34 |
| 2011 | 14 | 34 |
| 2012 | 15 | 42 |
| 2013 | 17 | 50 |
| 2014 | 28 | 55 |
| 2015 | 41 | 62 |
| 2016 | 54 | 64 |
| 2017 | 55 | 55 |
| 2018 | 54 | 74 |
| 2019 | 79 | 97 |
| 2020 | 72 | 72 |
| 2021 | 54 | 69 |
| 2022 | 57 | 80 |
| 2023 | 57 | 48 |
| 2024 | 60 | 54 |
| 2025 | 45 | 39 |
| 2026 | 25 | 38 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Cables for cable deployed electric submersible pumps6 Oct 2026US 12,755,862 B2Schlumberger Technology Corporation
- Cable with abnormality sign detection function and wire abnormality sign detection system6 Oct 2026US 12,755,864 B2Autonetworks Technologies, Ltd.
- Cable routing and assemblies for medical device handles15 Sep 2026US 12,733,908 B2NuVera Medical, Inc.
- Continuously grounded travel gate system, barrier system and related methods15 Sep 2026US 12,738,393 B2Vanquish Fencing, Inc.
- Ribbon cable for detecting a break, connection assembly with composite panel, method for detecting a break, and use of the ribbon cable15 Sep 2026US 12,738,395 B2Saint-Gobain Sekurit France
- Ignition Suppression Circuiting Technology8 Oct 2026US 2026/0312382 A1Isct LLC
- Ignition Suppression Circuiting Technology8 Oct 2026US 2026/0312383 A1Isct LLC
- Ignition Suppression Circuiting Technology8 Oct 2026US 2026/0312384 A1Isct LLC
- Ignition Suppression Circuiting Technology8 Oct 2026US 2026/0312385 A1Isct LLC
- Collapse resistant coupled electro-optics slickline cable1 Oct 2026US 2026/0299238 A1Schlumberger Technology Corporation
Most cited
By later US patents
- Electrosurgical apparatus with tissue site sensing and feedback control575US 9,050,089 B2Covidien LP · 2015
- Low noise oximetry cable336US 11,389,093 B2Masimo Corporation · 2022
- Low flux leakage cables and cable terminations for A.C. electrical heating of oil deposits325US 5,713,415 AUentech Corporation · 1998
- Continous power/signal conductor and cover for downhole use226US 6,103,031 ABaker Hughes Incorporated · 2000
- Downhole cable223US 8,369,667 B2Halliburton Energy Services.Inc. · 2013