H10W 40/257

Having a heterogeneous or anisotropic structure

Official title: {having a heterogeneous or anisotropic structure, e.g. powder or fibres in a matrix, wire mesh or porous structures (H10W40/254, H10W40/251 take precedence)}

H10W40/257 (Having a heterogeneous or anisotropic structure) appears on 771 US grants and 961 published applications in this corpus.

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H10W 40/257: granted patents and published applications per publication year
Year	Granted patents	Published applications
1980	2	0
1981	3	0
1982	1	0
1983	1	0
1984	3	0
1985	2	0
1986	2	0
1987	2	0
1988	0	0
1989	4	0
1990	2	0
1991	6	0
1992	10	0
1993	11	0
1994	11	0
1995	9	0
1996	15	0
1997	17	0
1998	25	0
1999	22	0
2000	23	0
2001	18	8
2002	23	21
2003	15	28
2004	24	33
2005	21	26
2006	16	31
2007	22	47
2008	18	21
2009	13	23
2010	14	20
2011	14	16
2012	15	26
2013	18	17
2014	19	29
2015	18	26
2016	17	30
2017	22	29
2018	17	38
2019	33	33
2020	30	57
2021	35	64
2022	32	50
2023	37	53
2024	41	60
2025	41	46
2026	27	129

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