H01R 12/712
Co-operating with the surface of the printed circuit or with a coupling
Official title: {co-operating with the surface of the printed circuit or with a coupling device exclusively provided on the surface of the printed circuit (H01R12/72 takes precedence)}
H01R12/712 (Co-operating with the surface of the printed circuit or with a coupling) appears on 7,609 US grants and 6,724 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in H01R- Granted patents
- 7,609
- Published applications
- 6,724
- Assignees
- 1,635
- Inventors
- 10,625
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1976 | 21 | 0 |
| 1977 | 25 | 0 |
| 1978 | 20 | 0 |
| 1979 | 12 | 0 |
| 1980 | 23 | 0 |
| 1981 | 23 | 0 |
| 1982 | 17 | 0 |
| 1983 | 19 | 0 |
| 1984 | 26 | 0 |
| 1985 | 27 | 0 |
| 1986 | 35 | 0 |
| 1987 | 46 | 0 |
| 1988 | 32 | 0 |
| 1989 | 53 | 0 |
| 1990 | 51 | 0 |
| 1991 | 78 | 0 |
| 1992 | 96 | 0 |
| 1993 | 90 | 0 |
| 1994 | 95 | 0 |
| 1995 | 81 | 0 |
| 1996 | 73 | 0 |
| 1997 | 85 | 0 |
| 1998 | 128 | 0 |
| 1999 | 136 | 0 |
| 2000 | 201 | 0 |
| 2001 | 204 | 43 |
| 2002 | 151 | 108 |
| 2003 | 146 | 137 |
| 2004 | 164 | 175 |
| 2005 | 172 | 239 |
| 2006 | 230 | 208 |
| 2007 | 180 | 215 |
| 2008 | 230 | 278 |
| 2009 | 235 | 293 |
| 2010 | 297 | 244 |
| 2011 | 229 | 197 |
| 2012 | 177 | 164 |
| 2013 | 119 | 177 |
| 2014 | 158 | 224 |
| 2015 | 210 | 250 |
| 2016 | 255 | 235 |
| 2017 | 290 | 248 |
| 2018 | 242 | 330 |
| 2019 | 372 | 393 |
| 2020 | 376 | 381 |
| 2021 | 311 | 429 |
| 2022 | 333 | 365 |
| 2023 | 272 | 375 |
| 2024 | 214 | 372 |
| 2025 | 311 | 330 |
| 2026 | 238 | 314 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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