B67D 1/0878
Safety, warning or controlling devices
Official title: {Safety, warning or controlling devices (B67D1/12 takes precedence)}
B67D1/0878 (Safety, warning or controlling devices) appears on 544 US grants and 711 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B67D- Granted patents
- 544
- Published applications
- 711
- Assignees
- 237
- Inventors
- 1,111
- Latest grant
- 1 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1983 | 1 | 0 |
| 1984 | 1 | 0 |
| 1985 | 0 | 0 |
| 1986 | 1 | 0 |
| 1987 | 3 | 0 |
| 1988 | 1 | 0 |
| 1989 | 2 | 0 |
| 1990 | 1 | 0 |
| 1991 | 2 | 0 |
| 1992 | 1 | 0 |
| 1993 | 0 | 0 |
| 1994 | 1 | 0 |
| 1995 | 1 | 0 |
| 1996 | 0 | 0 |
| 1997 | 0 | 0 |
| 1998 | 1 | 0 |
| 1999 | 0 | 0 |
| 2000 | 0 | 0 |
| 2001 | 3 | 1 |
| 2002 | 2 | 0 |
| 2003 | 2 | 8 |
| 2004 | 1 | 3 |
| 2005 | 3 | 8 |
| 2006 | 6 | 14 |
| 2007 | 3 | 6 |
| 2008 | 6 | 13 |
| 2009 | 2 | 9 |
| 2010 | 9 | 36 |
| 2011 | 7 | 16 |
| 2012 | 13 | 11 |
| 2013 | 16 | 30 |
| 2014 | 17 | 25 |
| 2015 | 28 | 38 |
| 2016 | 18 | 40 |
| 2017 | 28 | 56 |
| 2018 | 29 | 35 |
| 2019 | 32 | 53 |
| 2020 | 47 | 66 |
| 2021 | 72 | 52 |
| 2022 | 53 | 49 |
| 2023 | 47 | 42 |
| 2024 | 30 | 37 |
| 2025 | 34 | 35 |
| 2026 | 20 | 28 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Water mixing device and water purifier including the same1 Sep 2026US 12,724,435 B2Coway Co., Ltd.
- Beverage preparation machine and cooling module25 Aug 2026US 12,715,751 B2Koninklijke Douwe Egberts B. V.
- Touchless beverage dispensing25 Aug 2026US 12,715,752 B2Hydration Labs, Inc.
- Methods and systems for maintaining carbonation levels in beverages using dynamic carbonation preconditioning4 Aug 2026US 12,698,195 B2Coors Brewing Company
- Beverage filling robot21 Jul 2026US 12,686,606 B2
- Unattended beverage dispensing systems and methods24 Sep 2026US 2026/0285667 A1PepsiCo, Inc.
- Automated dispensing system for customized beverages10 Sep 2026US 2026/0265038 A1Starbucks Corporation
- Dispense and leak detection systems and methods10 Sep 2026US 2026/0265039 A1Hydration Labs, Inc.
- Water dispensing device30 Jul 2026US 2026/0217519 A1LG Electronics Inc.
- Smart hub for water dispenser23 Jul 2026US 2026/0209025 A1Be Wtr SA
Most cited
By later US patents
- Dispenser for wine121US 4,706,847 ASenmar Corporation · 1987
- Method and system of setting and/or controlling of a food product dispensing machine using a tag-type communication device104US 7,032,818 B2Nestec S. A. · 2006
- Beverage maker102US 8,985,395 B2Fountain Master, LLC · 2015
- Apparatus and method for dispensing and preserving bottled degradable liquids such as wine and the like98US 4,595,121 A1986
- Drink supply canister for beverage dispensing apparatus86US 7,083,071 B1Beverage Works, Inc. · 2006