H01J 37/32577
Electrical connecting means
Official title: {Electrical connecting means}
H01J37/32577 (Electrical connecting means) appears on 476 US grants and 647 published applications in this corpus.
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- 15 Sep 2026
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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