A61M 15/0016
Located downstream of the dispenser, i.e. traversed by the product
Official title: {located downstream of the dispenser, i.e. traversed by the product}
A61M15/0016 (Located downstream of the dispenser, i.e. traversed by the product) appears on 249 US grants and 329 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61M- Granted patents
- 249
- Published applications
- 329
- Assignees
- 169
- Inventors
- 551
- Latest grant
- 17 Feb 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1977 | 1 | 0 |
| 1978 | 0 | 0 |
| 1979 | 1 | 0 |
| 1980 | 0 | 0 |
| 1981 | 0 | 0 |
| 1982 | 0 | 0 |
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| 1998 | 8 | 0 |
| 1999 | 2 | 0 |
| 2000 | 7 | 0 |
| 2001 | 6 | 1 |
| 2002 | 3 | 10 |
| 2003 | 7 | 6 |
| 2004 | 3 | 4 |
| 2005 | 3 | 8 |
| 2006 | 3 | 4 |
| 2007 | 7 | 6 |
| 2008 | 1 | 7 |
| 2009 | 2 | 7 |
| 2010 | 3 | 8 |
| 2011 | 6 | 9 |
| 2012 | 5 | 12 |
| 2013 | 4 | 12 |
| 2014 | 4 | 12 |
| 2015 | 5 | 7 |
| 2016 | 8 | 19 |
| 2017 | 13 | 17 |
| 2018 | 14 | 29 |
| 2019 | 14 | 25 |
| 2020 | 15 | 14 |
| 2021 | 10 | 26 |
| 2022 | 17 | 24 |
| 2023 | 18 | 16 |
| 2024 | 17 | 17 |
| 2025 | 3 | 21 |
| 2026 | 5 | 8 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
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By later US patents
- Electrical smoking article using liquid tobacco flavor medium delivery system900US 5,666,977 APhilip Morris Incorporated · 1997
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- Method and apparatus for delivering aerosol to the airways and/or lungs of a patient398US 4,819,629 ASiemens Aktiengesellschaft · 1989
- Nebulizer method370US 8,127,772 B22012
- Aerosol device simulating a smoking article356US 4,945,929 ABritish-American Tobacco Company Limited · 1990