H01R 12/721

Cooperating directly with the edge of the rigid printed circuits

Official title: {cooperating directly with the edge of the rigid printed circuits}

H01R12/721 (Cooperating directly with the edge of the rigid printed circuits) appears on 2,837 US grants and 2,391 published applications in this corpus.

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Granted patents: 2,837
Published applications: 2,391
Assignees: 806
Inventors: 4,619
Latest grant: 22 Sep 2026

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H01R 12/721: granted patents and published applications per publication year
Year	Granted patents	Published applications
1976	7	0
1977	9	0
1978	19	0
1979	8	0
1980	7	0
1981	6	0
1982	7	0
1983	6	0
1984	3	0
1985	15	0
1986	16	0
1987	20	0
1988	17	0
1989	15	0
1990	17	0
1991	37	0
1992	26	0
1993	35	0
1994	27	0
1995	38	0
1996	41	0
1997	36	0
1998	72	0
1999	70	0
2000	90	0
2001	87	16
2002	64	61
2003	78	55
2004	78	70
2005	63	75
2006	79	69
2007	67	95
2008	81	78
2009	66	78
2010	87	83
2011	78	98
2012	76	82
2013	70	100
2014	61	85
2015	80	79
2016	88	76
2017	102	108
2018	123	120
2019	119	140
2020	130	125
2021	113	121
2022	96	109
2023	81	113
2024	63	125
2025	94	128
2026	69	102

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