B65G 49/065
Supported partially or completely on fluid cushions
Official title: {supported partially or completely on fluid cushions, e.g. a gas cushion (in general B65G51/00)}
B65G49/065 (Supported partially or completely on fluid cushions) appears on 108 US grants and 133 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B65G- Granted patents
- 108
- Published applications
- 133
- Assignees
- 64
- Inventors
- 278
- Latest grant
- 23 Jun 2026
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| 2023 | 5 | 5 |
| 2024 | 5 | 7 |
| 2025 | 5 | 3 |
| 2026 | 2 | 1 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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