A24F 40/49
Child proofing
A24F40/49 (Child proofing) appears on 88 US grants and 196 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A24F- Granted patents
- 88
- Published applications
- 196
- Assignees
- 50
- Inventors
- 218
- Latest grant
- 14 Jul 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 0 | 1 |
| 2013 | 0 | 0 |
| 2014 | 1 | 2 |
| 2015 | 0 | 4 |
| 2016 | 0 | 2 |
| 2017 | 1 | 10 |
| 2018 | 5 | 19 |
| 2019 | 9 | 19 |
| 2020 | 9 | 20 |
| 2021 | 8 | 10 |
| 2022 | 11 | 22 |
| 2023 | 4 | 14 |
| 2024 | 24 | 20 |
| 2025 | 11 | 36 |
| 2026 | 5 | 17 |
By publication year. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Element for an aerosol-generating system comprising disabling mechanism14 Jul 2026US 12,677,881 B2Altria Client Services LLC
- Child resistant vaporizer2 Jun 2026US 12,645,698 B2
- Aerosol generating device and method of unlocking the same12 May 2026US 12,622,468 B2Kt&G Corporation
- Mouthpiece assembly and vaporizer apparatus equipped with mouthpiece assembly24 Feb 2026US 12,557,842 B2Yttrium LLC
- Smoking device with authentication means13 Jan 2026US 12,520,877 B2Philip Morris Products S. A.
- Aerosol-generating device with a key unit operating as a child-proof lock1 Oct 2026US 2026/0293994 A1Philip Morris Products S. A.
- Aerosol-Generating Device1 Oct 2026US 2026/0293999 A1JT International SA
- Unlocking an aerosol-generating system for use24 Sep 2026US 2026/0283254 A1Philip Morris Products S. A.
- Improved youth access prevention for aerosol-generating devices10 Sep 2026US 2026/0262735 A1Philip Morris Products S. A.
- Aerosol generating device including planar inverted-f antenna, and user authentication method27 Aug 2026US 2026/0248199 A1Kt&G Corporation
Most cited
By later US patents
- LED torch34US 8,829,395 B22014
- Self-locking cartridge26US 9,980,522 B1National Concessions Group Inc. · 2018
- Electronic cigarette, liquid container, and method of operating an electronic cigarette23US 10,194,696 B2Infineon Technologies AG · 2019
- Functional control and age verification of electronic devices through visual communication21US 11,200,770 B2RAI Strategic Holdings, Inc. · 2021
- Atomizer and electronic cigarette thereof13US 11,877,600 B2China Tobacco Hunan Industrial Co., Ltd. · 2024