A61H 2201/0257
By a heat accumulator
Official title: by a heat accumulator, e.g. a sand or liquid reservoir
A61H2201/0257 (By a heat accumulator) appears on 177 US grants and 259 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61H- Granted patents
- 177
- Published applications
- 259
- Assignees
- 100
- Inventors
- 394
- Latest grant
- 6 Jan 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1978 | 2 | 0 |
| 1979 | 0 | 0 |
| 1980 | 2 | 0 |
| 1981 | 0 | 0 |
| 1982 | 0 | 0 |
| 1983 | 0 | 0 |
| 1984 | 0 | 0 |
| 1985 | 1 | 0 |
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| 1987 | 1 | 0 |
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| 1991 | 2 | 0 |
| 1992 | 3 | 0 |
| 1993 | 1 | 0 |
| 1994 | 5 | 0 |
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| 1996 | 3 | 0 |
| 1997 | 5 | 0 |
| 1998 | 2 | 0 |
| 1999 | 4 | 0 |
| 2000 | 3 | 0 |
| 2001 | 1 | 0 |
| 2002 | 1 | 1 |
| 2003 | 2 | 3 |
| 2004 | 3 | 9 |
| 2005 | 3 | 7 |
| 2006 | 4 | 5 |
| 2007 | 5 | 12 |
| 2008 | 2 | 5 |
| 2009 | 2 | 6 |
| 2010 | 2 | 7 |
| 2011 | 4 | 6 |
| 2012 | 4 | 13 |
| 2013 | 4 | 21 |
| 2014 | 4 | 17 |
| 2015 | 7 | 27 |
| 2016 | 3 | 23 |
| 2017 | 13 | 31 |
| 2018 | 19 | 18 |
| 2019 | 14 | 12 |
| 2020 | 16 | 8 |
| 2021 | 5 | 7 |
| 2022 | 5 | 3 |
| 2023 | 7 | 7 |
| 2024 | 2 | 4 |
| 2025 | 5 | 5 |
| 2026 | 1 | 2 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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By later US patents
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