A24F 40/10
Devices using liquid inhalable precursors
A24F40/10 (Devices using liquid inhalable precursors) appears on 4,451 US grants and 8,014 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A24F- Granted patents
- 4,451
- Published applications
- 8,014
- Assignees
- 704
- Inventors
- 4,359
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1981 | 1 | 0 |
| 1982 | 0 | 0 |
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| 1986 | 1 | 0 |
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| 2002 | 1 | 1 |
| 2003 | 2 | 0 |
| 2004 | 0 | 2 |
| 2005 | 0 | 2 |
| 2006 | 2 | 4 |
| 2007 | 1 | 2 |
| 2008 | 0 | 6 |
| 2009 | 0 | 6 |
| 2010 | 2 | 5 |
| 2011 | 2 | 22 |
| 2012 | 5 | 26 |
| 2013 | 13 | 68 |
| 2014 | 28 | 182 |
| 2015 | 38 | 281 |
| 2016 | 86 | 351 |
| 2017 | 153 | 516 |
| 2018 | 376 | 600 |
| 2019 | 371 | 522 |
| 2020 | 426 | 654 |
| 2021 | 431 | 727 |
| 2022 | 385 | 815 |
| 2023 | 471 | 822 |
| 2024 | 705 | 935 |
| 2025 | 633 | 868 |
| 2026 | 306 | 597 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
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- Atomizer and aerosol generating device6 Oct 2026US 12,751,492 B2Changzhou Patent Electronic Technology Co., Ltd
- Smoking article for identifying an attribute of an aerosol-generating element for adaptive power output and an associated method6 Oct 2026US 12,751,493 B2RAI Strategic Holdings, Inc.
- Aerosol generating device8 Oct 2026US 2026/0305689 A1Beijing WONZ Technology Co. Ltd
- Aerosol-generating system including a cartridge containing a gel and a device for heating the cartridge8 Oct 2026US 2026/0305695 A1Altria Client Services LLC
- Reservoir for aerosol-generating system having specific surface chemistry8 Oct 2026US 2026/0305696 A1Philip Morris Products S. A.
- Heater assembly for an aerosol-geenrating system8 Oct 2026US 2026/0305699 A1Philip Morris Products S. A.
- Aerosol Generating Device8 Oct 2026US 2026/0305706 A1JT International SA
Most cited
By later US patents
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- Drug delivery articles utilizing electrical energy925US 4,922,901 AR. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company · 1990
- Electrical smoking article using liquid tobacco flavor medium delivery system900US 5,666,977 APhilip Morris Incorporated · 1997