A24F 40/50
Control or monitoring
A24F40/50 (Control or monitoring) appears on 2,929 US grants and 6,087 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A24F- Granted patents
- 2,929
- Published applications
- 6,087
- Assignees
- 547
- Inventors
- 3,586
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1988 | 2 | 0 |
| 1989 | 1 | 0 |
| 1990 | 3 | 0 |
| 1991 | 1 | 0 |
| 1992 | 2 | 0 |
| 1993 | 3 | 0 |
| 1994 | 1 | 0 |
| 1995 | 0 | 0 |
| 1996 | 0 | 0 |
| 1997 | 2 | 0 |
| 1998 | 1 | 0 |
| 1999 | 5 | 0 |
| 2000 | 3 | 0 |
| 2001 | 1 | 0 |
| 2002 | 0 | 0 |
| 2003 | 3 | 3 |
| 2004 | 5 | 8 |
| 2005 | 0 | 2 |
| 2006 | 3 | 1 |
| 2007 | 4 | 5 |
| 2008 | 0 | 3 |
| 2009 | 0 | 4 |
| 2010 | 2 | 5 |
| 2011 | 1 | 6 |
| 2012 | 2 | 15 |
| 2013 | 7 | 27 |
| 2014 | 10 | 70 |
| 2015 | 16 | 148 |
| 2016 | 31 | 163 |
| 2017 | 67 | 270 |
| 2018 | 172 | 263 |
| 2019 | 187 | 286 |
| 2020 | 204 | 463 |
| 2021 | 255 | 558 |
| 2022 | 252 | 645 |
| 2023 | 351 | 725 |
| 2024 | 562 | 968 |
| 2025 | 459 | 766 |
| 2026 | 311 | 683 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Vaporizing device and method6 Oct 2026US 12,751,486 B1Terp Chasers Club LLC
- 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.
- Temperature detection in peripherally heated aerosol-generating device6 Oct 2026US 12,751,494 B2Philip Morris Products S. A.
- Aerosol provision system6 Oct 2026US 12,751,495 B2Nicoventures Trading Limited
- Air pressure measurement to detect an obstruction in an airflow path6 Oct 2026US 12,751,496 B2Philip Morris Products S. A.
- An Aerosol-Generating System with a Replaceable Filter Rod8 Oct 2026US 2026/0305686 A1JT International SA
- Aerosol-generating device with article detection8 Oct 2026US 2026/0305692 A1Philip Morris Products S. A.
- Aerosol provision system8 Oct 2026US 2026/0305701 A1Nicoventures Trading Limited
- Aerosol provision system8 Oct 2026US 2026/0305702 A1Nicoventures Trading Limited
- Aerosol provision system8 Oct 2026US 2026/0305703 A1Nicoventures Trading Limited
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
- Electrical smoking article using liquid tobacco flavor medium delivery system900US 5,666,977 APhilip Morris Incorporated · 1997