A24F 40/00
Electrically operated smoking devices
Official title: Electrically operated smoking devices; Component parts thereof; Manufacture thereof; Maintenance or testing thereof; Charging means specially adapted therefor
A24F40/00 (Electrically operated smoking devices) appears on 6,909 US grants and 13,601 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A24F- Granted patents
- 6,909
- Published applications
- 13,601
- Assignees
- 1,038
- Inventors
- 6,740
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1979 | 1 | 0 |
| 1980 | 0 | 0 |
| 1981 | 1 | 0 |
| 1982 | 0 | 0 |
| 1983 | 0 | 0 |
| 1984 | 0 | 0 |
| 1985 | 0 | 0 |
| 1986 | 1 | 0 |
| 1987 | 0 | 0 |
| 1988 | 3 | 0 |
| 1989 | 3 | 0 |
| 1990 | 6 | 0 |
| 1991 | 1 | 0 |
| 1992 | 3 | 0 |
| 1993 | 6 | 0 |
| 1994 | 4 | 0 |
| 1995 | 2 | 0 |
| 1996 | 7 | 0 |
| 1997 | 10 | 0 |
| 1998 | 5 | 0 |
| 1999 | 10 | 0 |
| 2000 | 9 | 0 |
| 2001 | 3 | 0 |
| 2002 | 2 | 2 |
| 2003 | 3 | 3 |
| 2004 | 6 | 12 |
| 2005 | 0 | 5 |
| 2006 | 5 | 6 |
| 2007 | 5 | 8 |
| 2008 | 1 | 7 |
| 2009 | 0 | 15 |
| 2010 | 3 | 9 |
| 2011 | 2 | 31 |
| 2012 | 8 | 38 |
| 2013 | 17 | 90 |
| 2014 | 40 | 251 |
| 2015 | 61 | 392 |
| 2016 | 132 | 465 |
| 2017 | 212 | 672 |
| 2018 | 458 | 767 |
| 2019 | 471 | 721 |
| 2020 | 580 | 1057 |
| 2021 | 596 | 1215 |
| 2022 | 634 | 1473 |
| 2023 | 709 | 1531 |
| 2024 | 1181 | 1924 |
| 2025 | 1073 | 1575 |
| 2026 | 635 | 1332 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- A24F 40/40Constructional details5,603
- A24F 40/10Devices using liquid inhalable precursors4,451
- A24F 40/50Control or monitoring2,929
- A24F 40/20Devices using solid inhalable precursors2,047
- A24F 40/60Devices with integrated user interfaces1,097
- A24F 40/90Arrangements or methods specially adapted for charging batteries thereof812
- A24F 40/30Devices using two or more structurally separated inhalable precursors790
- A24F 40/70Manufacture604
Recent patents
- Aerosol-generating material6 Oct 2026US 12,751,483 B2Nicoventures Trading Limited
- Consumable for use with a non-combustible aerosol provision device6 Oct 2026US 12,751,484 B2Nicoventures Trading Limited
- Evaporator device for an inhaler, and method for producing an inhaler6 Oct 2026US 12,751,485 B2Nicoventures Trading Limited
- Vaporizing device and method6 Oct 2026US 12,751,486 B1Terp Chasers Club LLC
- Aerosol generation device comprising a thermal insulation wall and associated assembly method6 Oct 2026US 12,751,487 B2JT International SA
- A Method for Manufacturing an Aerosol Generating Article8 Oct 2026US 2026/0305682 A1JT Internationa lSA
- An Aerosol-Generating System with a Replaceable Filter Rod8 Oct 2026US 2026/0305686 A1JT International SA
- Aerosol provision system8 Oct 2026US 2026/0305687 A1Nicoventures Trading Limited
- Aerosol generating device8 Oct 2026US 2026/0305689 A1Beijing WONZ Technology Co. Ltd
- Aerosol-generating device with article detection8 Oct 2026US 2026/0305692 A1Philip Morris Products S. A.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Flavor generating article1,074US 5,060,671 APhilip Morris Incorporated · 1991
- Flavor-delivery article1,043US 5,144,962 APhilip Morris Incorporated · 1992
- Dispenser1,019US 5,894,841 APonwell Enterprises Limited · 1999
- Smoking articles utilizing electrical energy956US 4,947,874 AR. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company · 1990
- Flavor-generating device934US 6,155,268 AJapan Tobacco Inc. · 2000