A62C 3/00
Fire prevention, containment or extinguishing specially adapted for particular objects or places
Official title: Fire prevention, containment or extinguishing specially adapted for particular objects or places ({in oil wells E21B29/08, A62C35/00; in mines or tunnels E21F5/00} ; for nuclear reactors G21C9/04)
A62C3/00 (Fire prevention, containment or extinguishing specially adapted for particular objects or places) appears on 2,828 US grants and 3,860 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A62C- Granted patents
- 2,828
- Published applications
- 3,860
- Assignees
- 1,399
- Inventors
- 5,998
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 11 | 0 |
| 1977 | 11 | 0 |
| 1978 | 14 | 0 |
| 1979 | 12 | 0 |
| 1980 | 16 | 0 |
| 1981 | 16 | 0 |
| 1982 | 17 | 0 |
| 1983 | 17 | 0 |
| 1984 | 18 | 0 |
| 1985 | 10 | 0 |
| 1986 | 15 | 0 |
| 1987 | 19 | 0 |
| 1988 | 10 | 0 |
| 1989 | 19 | 0 |
| 1990 | 21 | 0 |
| 1991 | 25 | 0 |
| 1992 | 39 | 0 |
| 1993 | 22 | 0 |
| 1994 | 21 | 0 |
| 1995 | 18 | 0 |
| 1996 | 26 | 0 |
| 1997 | 27 | 0 |
| 1998 | 44 | 0 |
| 1999 | 38 | 0 |
| 2000 | 35 | 0 |
| 2001 | 25 | 11 |
| 2002 | 29 | 33 |
| 2003 | 30 | 35 |
| 2004 | 31 | 60 |
| 2005 | 20 | 54 |
| 2006 | 26 | 58 |
| 2007 | 36 | 71 |
| 2008 | 37 | 76 |
| 2009 | 21 | 79 |
| 2010 | 43 | 82 |
| 2011 | 36 | 70 |
| 2012 | 37 | 84 |
| 2013 | 50 | 94 |
| 2014 | 78 | 110 |
| 2015 | 63 | 135 |
| 2016 | 111 | 151 |
| 2017 | 115 | 171 |
| 2018 | 109 | 165 |
| 2019 | 146 | 195 |
| 2020 | 135 | 249 |
| 2021 | 170 | 237 |
| 2022 | 152 | 317 |
| 2023 | 190 | 299 |
| 2024 | 229 | 385 |
| 2025 | 211 | 363 |
| 2026 | 177 | 276 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- A62C 3/07In vehicles841
- A62C 3/02Fire prevention, containment or extinguishing specially adapted for particular objects or places712
- A62C 3/16In electrical installations522
- A62C 3/06Fire prevention, containment or extinguishing specially adapted for particular objects or places416
- A62C 3/002Fire prevention, containment or extinguishing specially adapted for particular objects or places289
- A62C 3/006Fire prevention, containment or extinguishing specially adapted for particular objects or places181
- A62C 3/04Fire prevention, containment or extinguishing specially adapted for particular objects or places89
- A62C 3/14In connection with doors, windows, ventilators, partitions, or shutters55
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Most cited
By later US patents
- Fire condition detection and control system for air moving and filtering units228US 4,818,970 AGPAC, Inc. · 1989
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