Methods or devices enabling patients or disabled persons to operate an apparatus or a device not forming part of the body

Methods or devices enabling patients or disabled persons to operate an apparatus or a device not forming part of the body · Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC)

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CPC classification statistics
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CPC codeA61F4/00
Official titleMethods or devices enabling patients or disabled persons to operate an apparatus or a device not forming part of the body
Display labelMethods or devices enabling patients or disabled persons to operate an apparatus or a device not forming part of the body
Total patents185

Filing trend

Year-over-year patent counts classified under this CPC code.

Filing activity over the last five years is declining.

Patents filed per year
YearPatents
20158
201615
201715
201817
201928
202016
202123
202216
202311
202418
202516
20262

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Representative publications under this CPC code from precomputed stats, or recent filings when stats are unavailable.

Frequently asked questions

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What is CPC A61F4/00?
CPC A61F4/00 is the Cooperative Patent Classification code for “Methods or devices enabling patients or disabled persons to operate an apparatus or a device not forming part of the body.”
How many patents are filed under CPC A61F4/00 (Methods or devices enabling patients or disabled persons to operate an apparatus or a device not forming part of the body)?
Our database includes 185 publications tagged with this CPC code.
Is patent activity under CPC A61F4/00 growing?
Publication counts under this code: 18 in 2024 vs 16 in 2025 (latest complete years).