A24F 40/485
Valves
Official title: Valves; Apertures
A24F40/485 (Valves) appears on 1,817 US grants and 3,520 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A24F- Granted patents
- 1,817
- Published applications
- 3,520
- Assignees
- 417
- Inventors
- 2,652
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
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| 2012 | 2 | 15 |
| 2013 | 3 | 31 |
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| 2015 | 16 | 108 |
| 2016 | 43 | 120 |
| 2017 | 69 | 179 |
| 2018 | 134 | 276 |
| 2019 | 125 | 229 |
| 2020 | 173 | 229 |
| 2021 | 174 | 256 |
| 2022 | 173 | 365 |
| 2023 | 171 | 422 |
| 2024 | 293 | 430 |
| 2025 | 275 | 428 |
| 2026 | 137 | 345 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Vaporizing device and method6 Oct 2026US 12,751,486 B1Terp Chasers Club LLC
- Aerosol-generating arrangement for generating an inhalable aerosol from an aerosol-forming liquid6 Oct 2026US 12,751,489 B2Philip Morris Products S. A.
- Atomizer and aerosol generating device6 Oct 2026US 12,751,492 B2Changzhou Patent Electronic Technology Co., Ltd
- Hand-held inhalable vapor producing device and method6 Oct 2026US 12,752,064 B2
- Mouthpiece for aerosol delivery device29 Sep 2026US 12,745,797 B2RAI Strategic Holdings, Inc.
- 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.
- Aerosol generating device8 Oct 2026US 2026/0305707 A1Kt&G Corporation
- Aerosol delivery device8 Oct 2026US 2026/0305710 A1Imperial Tobacco Limited
- Control method of aerosol generating device and aerosol generating device8 Oct 2026US 2026/0305723 A1Shenzhen First Union Technology Co., Ltd.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Flavor-generating device934US 6,155,268 AJapan Tobacco Inc. · 2000
- Electrical smoking article using liquid tobacco flavor medium delivery system900US 5,666,977 APhilip Morris Incorporated · 1997
- Dosing device to provide vaporized medicament to the lungs as a fine aerosol833US 4,735,217 AThe Procter & Gamble Company · 1988
- Electrical smoking system for delivering flavors and method for making same740US 5,388,594 APhilip Morris Incorporated · 1995
- Device for evaporation and inhalation of volatile compounds and medications660US 4,303,083 A1981