A46B 11/0082
Means for closing, sealing or controlling the flow using capillary action
Official title: {Means for closing, sealing or controlling the flow using capillary action}
A46B11/0082 (Means for closing, sealing or controlling the flow using capillary action) appears on 46 US grants and 53 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A46B- Granted patents
- 46
- Published applications
- 53
- Assignees
- 14
- Inventors
- 66
- Latest grant
- 14 Oct 2025
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| 2012 | 0 | 1 |
| 2013 | 3 | 3 |
| 2014 | 2 | 6 |
| 2015 | 2 | 1 |
| 2016 | 3 | 4 |
| 2017 | 5 | 4 |
| 2018 | 3 | 6 |
| 2019 | 3 | 4 |
| 2020 | 7 | 8 |
| 2021 | 7 | 1 |
| 2022 | 4 | 2 |
| 2023 | 2 | 1 |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025 | 1 | 2 |
| 2026 | 0 | 3 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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