Flexible shafts (flexible shafts in dental machines for boring or cutting A61C1/18); Mechanical means for transmitting movement in a flexible sheathing

Flexible shafts (flexible shafts in dental machines for boring or cutting A61C1/18); Mechanical means for transmitting movement in a flexible sheathing · Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC)

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CPC classification statistics
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CPC codeF16C1/00
Official titleFlexible shafts (flexible shafts in dental machines for boring or cutting A61C1/18); Mechanical means for transmitting movement in a flexible sheathing
Display labelFlexible shafts (flexible shafts in dental machines for boring or cutting A61C1/18); Mechanical means for transmitting movement in a flexible sheathing
Total patents48

Filing trend

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

Filing activity over the last five years is rapidly declining.

Patents filed per year
YearPatents
20151
20167
20177
20187
20198
20204
20216
20221
20234
20241
20252

Representative patents

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 F16C1/00?
CPC F16C1/00 is the Cooperative Patent Classification code for “Flexible shafts (flexible shafts in dental machines for boring or cutting A61C1/18); Mechanical means for transmitting movement in a flexible sheathing.”
How many patents are filed under CPC F16C1/00 (Flexible shafts (flexible shafts in dental machines for boring or cutting A61C1/18); Mechanical means for transmitting movement in a flexible sheathing)?
Our database includes 48 publications tagged with this CPC code.
Is patent activity under CPC F16C1/00 growing?
Publication counts under this code: 1 in 2024 vs 2 in 2025 (latest complete years).