A61M 3/022
Volume
Official title: {Volume; Flow rate}
A61M3/022 (Volume) appears on 621 US grants and 640 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61M- Granted patents
- 621
- Published applications
- 640
- Assignees
- 250
- Inventors
- 1,119
- Latest grant
- 4 Aug 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 3 | 0 |
| 1977 | 3 | 0 |
| 1978 | 1 | 0 |
| 1979 | 4 | 0 |
| 1980 | 2 | 0 |
| 1981 | 5 | 0 |
| 1982 | 4 | 0 |
| 1983 | 7 | 0 |
| 1984 | 2 | 0 |
| 1985 | 5 | 0 |
| 1986 | 4 | 0 |
| 1987 | 11 | 0 |
| 1988 | 4 | 0 |
| 1989 | 3 | 0 |
| 1990 | 4 | 0 |
| 1991 | 8 | 0 |
| 1992 | 5 | 0 |
| 1993 | 7 | 0 |
| 1994 | 9 | 0 |
| 1995 | 12 | 0 |
| 1996 | 11 | 0 |
| 1997 | 8 | 0 |
| 1998 | 16 | 0 |
| 1999 | 14 | 0 |
| 2000 | 11 | 0 |
| 2001 | 11 | 3 |
| 2002 | 13 | 11 |
| 2003 | 12 | 14 |
| 2004 | 9 | 13 |
| 2005 | 7 | 14 |
| 2006 | 5 | 19 |
| 2007 | 9 | 18 |
| 2008 | 1 | 14 |
| 2009 | 6 | 14 |
| 2010 | 11 | 29 |
| 2011 | 13 | 26 |
| 2012 | 15 | 22 |
| 2013 | 27 | 26 |
| 2014 | 20 | 23 |
| 2015 | 14 | 29 |
| 2016 | 22 | 32 |
| 2017 | 20 | 37 |
| 2018 | 27 | 31 |
| 2019 | 35 | 54 |
| 2020 | 27 | 43 |
| 2021 | 36 | 36 |
| 2022 | 30 | 43 |
| 2023 | 21 | 25 |
| 2024 | 31 | 29 |
| 2025 | 23 | 24 |
| 2026 | 13 | 11 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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