Y
General tagging of new technological developments
Official title: General tagging of new technological developments; general tagging of cross-sectional technologies spanning over several sections of the ipc; technical subjects covered by former uspc cross-reference art collections [xracs] and digests
Y (General tagging of new technological developments) appears on 1,487,013 US grants and 1,211,887 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in Y- Granted patents
- 1,487,013
- Published applications
- 1,211,887
- Assignees
- 223,737
- Inventors
- 1,745,325
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 16843 | 0 |
| 1977 | 15742 | 0 |
| 1978 | 16794 | 0 |
| 1979 | 11918 | 0 |
| 1980 | 15500 | 0 |
| 1981 | 17113 | 0 |
| 1982 | 14697 | 0 |
| 1983 | 14279 | 0 |
| 1984 | 16867 | 0 |
| 1985 | 17922 | 0 |
| 1986 | 17869 | 0 |
| 1987 | 20774 | 0 |
| 1988 | 19031 | 0 |
| 1989 | 23030 | 0 |
| 1990 | 21556 | 0 |
| 1991 | 22643 | 0 |
| 1992 | 23295 | 0 |
| 1993 | 23728 | 0 |
| 1994 | 24327 | 0 |
| 1995 | 23657 | 0 |
| 1996 | 25073 | 0 |
| 1997 | 25581 | 0 |
| 1998 | 31715 | 0 |
| 1999 | 32418 | 0 |
| 2000 | 32103 | 0 |
| 2001 | 33599 | 11075 |
| 2002 | 33249 | 35409 |
| 2003 | 34253 | 42112 |
| 2004 | 32209 | 45538 |
| 2005 | 27830 | 45849 |
| 2006 | 31308 | 43871 |
| 2007 | 28345 | 43845 |
| 2008 | 26833 | 49716 |
| 2009 | 29036 | 54818 |
| 2010 | 37801 | 60424 |
| 2011 | 40432 | 60949 |
| 2012 | 44200 | 62698 |
| 2013 | 46023 | 64364 |
| 2014 | 52207 | 68291 |
| 2015 | 51955 | 66092 |
| 2016 | 49479 | 47436 |
| 2017 | 48798 | 45714 |
| 2018 | 42620 | 45430 |
| 2019 | 45056 | 45312 |
| 2020 | 41848 | 45918 |
| 2021 | 37216 | 44741 |
| 2022 | 33881 | 42391 |
| 2023 | 35285 | 47404 |
| 2024 | 33566 | 39332 |
| 2025 | 30646 | 32561 |
| 2026 | 14863 | 20597 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Classes
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Slider for a slide fastener6 Oct 2026US 12,751,525 B2YKK Corporation
- Light weight modular pouch attachment system and method6 Oct 2026US 12,751,540 B2FirstSpear Technology Group, LLC
- Time-of-flight measurement on user with cameras and position sensor6 Oct 2026US 12,751,628 B2Omni Medsci, Inc.
- Surgical system for positioning prosthetic component and/or for constraining movement of surgical tool6 Oct 2026US 12,751,774 B2MAKO Surgical Corp.
- Lanyard systems for prosthetic devices and related methods6 Oct 2026US 12,751,841 B2Click Holdings, LLC
- Reel-based lacing system8 Oct 2026US 2026/0305766 A1Boa Technology Inc.
- Closure device components and methods8 Oct 2026US 2026/0305770 A1Boa Technology Inc.
- User-prompted cleaning by autonomous vacuum8 Oct 2026US 2026/0305895 A1Matic Robots, Inc. (fka Matician, Inc.)
- Left atrial appendage closure implant8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306102 A1Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
- Patterned Apertured Webs8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306312 A1The Procter & Gamble Company
Most cited
By later US patents
- Process for amplifying, detecting, and/or-cloning nucleic acid sequences5,418US 4,683,195 ACetus Corporation · 1987
- Mutant dwarfism gene of petunia5,133US 5,523,520 AGoldsmith Seeds, Inc. · 1996
- Recombinant immunoglobin preparations4,785US 4,816,567 AGenentech, Inc. · 1989
- Semiconductor device4,046US 7,297,977 B2Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L. P. · 2007
- Oxide thin film4,015US 6,294,274 B1TDK Corporation · 2001