A62C 3/02
Fire prevention, containment or extinguishing specially adapted for particular objects or places
Official title: for area conflagrations, e.g. forest fires, subterranean fires
A62C3/02 (Fire prevention, containment or extinguishing specially adapted for particular objects or places) appears on 712 US grants and 1,027 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A62C- Granted patents
- 712
- Published applications
- 1,027
- Assignees
- 395
- Inventors
- 1,527
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 1 | 0 |
| 1977 | 0 | 0 |
| 1978 | 2 | 0 |
| 1979 | 0 | 0 |
| 1980 | 2 | 0 |
| 1981 | 1 | 0 |
| 1982 | 6 | 0 |
| 1983 | 2 | 0 |
| 1984 | 2 | 0 |
| 1985 | 0 | 0 |
| 1986 | 1 | 0 |
| 1987 | 3 | 0 |
| 1988 | 1 | 0 |
| 1989 | 5 | 0 |
| 1990 | 5 | 0 |
| 1991 | 5 | 0 |
| 1992 | 8 | 0 |
| 1993 | 7 | 0 |
| 1994 | 5 | 0 |
| 1995 | 4 | 0 |
| 1996 | 7 | 0 |
| 1997 | 9 | 0 |
| 1998 | 17 | 0 |
| 1999 | 10 | 0 |
| 2000 | 11 | 0 |
| 2001 | 11 | 5 |
| 2002 | 12 | 16 |
| 2003 | 14 | 12 |
| 2004 | 12 | 23 |
| 2005 | 9 | 27 |
| 2006 | 11 | 25 |
| 2007 | 16 | 21 |
| 2008 | 7 | 24 |
| 2009 | 8 | 29 |
| 2010 | 13 | 30 |
| 2011 | 9 | 18 |
| 2012 | 12 | 23 |
| 2013 | 12 | 22 |
| 2014 | 19 | 30 |
| 2015 | 17 | 25 |
| 2016 | 23 | 36 |
| 2017 | 32 | 37 |
| 2018 | 21 | 32 |
| 2019 | 29 | 48 |
| 2020 | 18 | 66 |
| 2021 | 42 | 58 |
| 2022 | 42 | 102 |
| 2023 | 51 | 78 |
| 2024 | 54 | 79 |
| 2025 | 59 | 97 |
| 2026 | 45 | 64 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- A62C 3/0228With delivery of fire extinguishing material by air or aircraft287
- A62C 3/0292By spraying extinguishants directly into the fire108
- A62C 3/0214For buildings or installations in fire storms98
- A62C 3/0271Detection of area conflagration fires92
- A62C 3/0257Fire curtains, blankets, walls, fences82
- A62C 3/0207By blowing air or gas currents with or without dispersion of fire64
- A62C 3/0278By creating zones devoid of flammable material52
- A62C 3/0221For tunnels48
Recent patents
- Forest fire suppression system6 Oct 2026US 12,752,137 B2
- Pilot controlled refill tanks for firefighting aircraft15 Sep 2026US 12,735,312 B2Whaling Fire Line Equipment, Inc.
- System for detecting fire outbreaks comprising a plurality of detection devices forming a meshing8 Sep 2026US 12,731,476 B2Sylviacare
- Device for jettisoning fluid in a determined direction for a firefighting host aircraft and aircraft equipped with such a device25 Aug 2026US 12,714,893 B2Airbus SAS
- System for dropping a liquid25 Aug 2026US 12,715,011 B2Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
- Drone-based fire prevention, suppression and evacuation system8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306885 A1
- Fire Detection and Suppression System8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306891 A1Highland Fire Suppression, LLC
- Ignition formulation8 Oct 2026US 2026/0308080 A1Raindance Systems Pty Ltd.
- Watering unit, watering system and watering method24 Sep 2026US 2026/0284454 A1Fire and Rescue Innovation Finland FRIF Oy
- Catastrophic wildfire index for forecasting utility-caused wildfires10 Sep 2026US 2026/0263847 A1Technosylva, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Fire condition detection and control system for air moving and filtering units228US 4,818,970 AGPAC, Inc. · 1989
- Emergency well-control vessel110US 4,336,843 AOdeco Engineers Inc. · 1982
- Robotic fire protection system93US 6,364,026 B12002
- Hypoxic fire prevention and fire suppression systems with breathable fire extinguishing compositions for human occupied environments92US 6,401,487 B12002
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