A62C 3/0242
By spraying extinguishants from the aircraft
Official title: {by spraying extinguishants from the aircraft (spraying from aircraft in general B64D1/16)}
A62C3/0242 (By spraying extinguishants from the aircraft) appears on 106 US grants and 179 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A62C- Granted patents
- 106
- Published applications
- 179
- Assignees
- 63
- Inventors
- 178
- Latest grant
- 25 Aug 2026
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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