Y10T 24/00
Buckles, buttons, clasps, etc
Official title: Buckles, buttons, clasps, etc.
Y10T24/00 (Buckles, buttons, clasps, etc) appears on 22,322 US grants and 11,712 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in Y10T- Granted patents
- 22,322
- Published applications
- 11,712
- Assignees
- 6,590
- Inventors
- 26,883
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 461 | 0 |
| 1977 | 393 | 0 |
| 1978 | 430 | 0 |
| 1979 | 273 | 0 |
| 1980 | 353 | 0 |
| 1981 | 332 | 0 |
| 1982 | 285 | 0 |
| 1983 | 360 | 0 |
| 1984 | 379 | 0 |
| 1985 | 422 | 0 |
| 1986 | 456 | 0 |
| 1987 | 560 | 0 |
| 1988 | 443 | 0 |
| 1989 | 528 | 0 |
| 1990 | 557 | 0 |
| 1991 | 535 | 0 |
| 1992 | 480 | 0 |
| 1993 | 462 | 0 |
| 1994 | 514 | 0 |
| 1995 | 500 | 0 |
| 1996 | 506 | 0 |
| 1997 | 587 | 0 |
| 1998 | 617 | 0 |
| 1999 | 596 | 0 |
| 2000 | 570 | 0 |
| 2001 | 613 | 145 |
| 2002 | 673 | 521 |
| 2003 | 641 | 629 |
| 2004 | 512 | 668 |
| 2005 | 412 | 741 |
| 2006 | 497 | 671 |
| 2007 | 446 | 661 |
| 2008 | 460 | 843 |
| 2009 | 439 | 937 |
| 2010 | 638 | 881 |
| 2011 | 598 | 791 |
| 2012 | 676 | 860 |
| 2013 | 771 | 780 |
| 2014 | 758 | 796 |
| 2015 | 625 | 748 |
| 2016 | 548 | 215 |
| 2017 | 419 | 187 |
| 2018 | 261 | 151 |
| 2019 | 218 | 115 |
| 2020 | 132 | 95 |
| 2021 | 104 | 71 |
| 2022 | 73 | 50 |
| 2023 | 73 | 66 |
| 2024 | 69 | 44 |
| 2025 | 42 | 32 |
| 2026 | 25 | 14 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- Y10T 24/44Clasp, clip, support-clamp, or required component thereof4,164
- Y10T 24/45Separable-fastener or required component thereof [e.g., projection and cavity to complete interlock]4,023
- Y10T 24/14Bale and package ties, hose clamps2,734
- Y10T 24/39Cord and rope holders2,444
- Y10T 24/25Zipper or required component thereof1,684
- Y10T 24/27Including readily dissociable fastener having numerous, protruding, unitary filaments randomly interlocking with1,386
- Y10T 24/34Combined diverse multipart fasteners1,377
- Y10T 24/13Article holder attachable to apparel or body1,290
All 42 subgroupsShow fewer
- Y10T 24/21Strap tighteners1,275
- Y10T 24/40Buckles1,202
- Y10T 24/30Trim molding fastener1,006
- Y10T 24/47Strap-end-attaching devices888
- Y10T 24/15Bag fasteners738
- Y10T 24/32Buckles, buttons, clasps, etc: having magnetic fastener712
- Y10T 24/37Drawstring, laced-fastener, or separate essential cooperating device therefor636
- Y10T 24/31Plural fasteners having intermediate flaccid connector607
- Y10T 24/36Button with fastener550
- Y10T 24/20Paper fastener517
- Y10T 24/42Independent, headed, aperture pass-through fastener441
- Y10T 24/16Belt fasteners283
- Y10T 24/33Buckles, buttons, clasps, etc: having adhesive fastener277
- Y10T 24/46Pin or separate essential cooperating device therefor277
- Y10T 24/50Readily interlocking, two-part fastener requiring either destructive or tool disengagement212
- Y10T 24/19Necktie fastener201
- Y10T 24/23Bedclothes holders146
- Y10T 24/28Freight container to freight container fastener99
- Y10T 24/49Fastener destructively secured by reshaping distortion force [e.g., ductile fastener]83
- Y10T 24/41Pierced earring fastener64
- Y10T 24/10Miscellaneous63
- Y10T 24/51Hanger on portable article support for manual attachment thereof to overhead support62
- Y10T 24/26Slit closing means including guides on opposite edges of slit and slidable46
- Y10T 24/38Strap cable or pipe button45
- Y10T 24/12Gun band type34
- Y10T 24/18Cuff holder24
- Y10T 24/17Buttoners17
- Y10T 24/24T-head nongripping, fabric engaging type17
- Y10T 24/29Drum or can spacer fastener14
- Y10T 24/22Trouser guards, clips, straps [e.g., above shoetops]12
- Y10T 24/11Album fasteners3
- Y10T 24/48Pivoted edge stays3
- Y10T 24/43Fastener with revolving component wrapping structure-to-be-secured about fastener2
- Y10T 24/35Interchangeable button loop and pin0
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Most cited
By later US patents
- Pull-through circular anastomosic intraluminal stapler with absorbable fastener means2,163US 5,222,963 AEthicon, Inc. · 1993
- Surgical fastener and means for applying same2,134US 4,402,445 AUnited States Surgical Corporation · 1983
- Velcro-like closure system with absorbable suture materials for absorbable hemostatic clips and surgical strips1,698US 5,171,253 A1992
- Surgical clip1,693US 7,699,860 B2Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. · 2010
- Self-gripping devices with flexible self-gripping means and method1,530US 4,198,734 A1980