A61M 16/109
The humidifying liquid or the beneficial agent
Official title: {the humidifying liquid or the beneficial agent}
A61M16/109 (The humidifying liquid or the beneficial agent) appears on 1,105 US grants and 1,531 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61M- Granted patents
- 1,105
- Published applications
- 1,531
- Assignees
- 249
- Inventors
- 1,668
- Latest grant
- 15 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1976 | 1 | 0 |
| 1977 | 4 | 0 |
| 1978 | 5 | 0 |
| 1979 | 2 | 0 |
| 1980 | 2 | 0 |
| 1981 | 1 | 0 |
| 1982 | 1 | 0 |
| 1983 | 2 | 0 |
| 1984 | 0 | 0 |
| 1985 | 0 | 0 |
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| 1987 | 3 | 0 |
| 1988 | 2 | 0 |
| 1989 | 4 | 0 |
| 1990 | 8 | 0 |
| 1991 | 2 | 0 |
| 1992 | 3 | 0 |
| 1993 | 4 | 0 |
| 1994 | 2 | 0 |
| 1995 | 1 | 0 |
| 1996 | 3 | 0 |
| 1997 | 1 | 0 |
| 1998 | 3 | 0 |
| 1999 | 2 | 0 |
| 2000 | 7 | 0 |
| 2001 | 3 | 2 |
| 2002 | 3 | 14 |
| 2003 | 7 | 22 |
| 2004 | 14 | 24 |
| 2005 | 7 | 7 |
| 2006 | 10 | 17 |
| 2007 | 5 | 17 |
| 2008 | 8 | 29 |
| 2009 | 9 | 35 |
| 2010 | 11 | 22 |
| 2011 | 22 | 29 |
| 2012 | 25 | 27 |
| 2013 | 25 | 46 |
| 2014 | 29 | 56 |
| 2015 | 32 | 74 |
| 2016 | 34 | 64 |
| 2017 | 55 | 77 |
| 2018 | 54 | 69 |
| 2019 | 57 | 84 |
| 2020 | 85 | 100 |
| 2021 | 88 | 117 |
| 2022 | 102 | 169 |
| 2023 | 109 | 135 |
| 2024 | 97 | 127 |
| 2025 | 102 | 114 |
| 2026 | 44 | 54 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
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