A47J 2037/0617
With means to adjust the distance between heating plates
Official title: {with means to adjust the distance between heating plates}
A47J2037/0617 (With means to adjust the distance between heating plates) appears on 133 US grants and 143 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A47J- Granted patents
- 133
- Published applications
- 143
- Assignees
- 68
- Inventors
- 245
- Latest grant
- 25 Aug 2026
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| 2023 | 8 | 7 |
| 2024 | 6 | 9 |
| 2025 | 6 | 5 |
| 2026 | 1 | 4 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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