B23K 9/164
Making use of a moving fluid
Official title: {making use of a moving fluid}
B23K9/164 (Making use of a moving fluid) appears on 153 US grants and 198 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B23K- Granted patents
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- Published applications
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- 7 Jul 2026
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| 2021 | 5 | 25 |
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| 2023 | 13 | 11 |
| 2024 | 11 | 7 |
| 2025 | 12 | 5 |
| 2026 | 2 | 9 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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