B67D 1/1202
Flow control
Official title: {Flow control, e.g. for controlling total amount or mixture ratio of liquids to be dispensed}
B67D1/1202 (Flow control) appears on 804 US grants and 781 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B67D- Granted patents
- 804
- Published applications
- 781
- Assignees
- 357
- Inventors
- 1,557
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1981 | 6 | 0 |
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| 1997 | 9 | 0 |
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| 1999 | 7 | 0 |
| 2000 | 8 | 0 |
| 2001 | 12 | 7 |
| 2002 | 15 | 15 |
| 2003 | 11 | 14 |
| 2004 | 14 | 18 |
| 2005 | 5 | 11 |
| 2006 | 6 | 11 |
| 2007 | 9 | 9 |
| 2008 | 4 | 27 |
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| 2018 | 26 | 38 |
| 2019 | 33 | 39 |
| 2020 | 45 | 69 |
| 2021 | 60 | 53 |
| 2022 | 46 | 60 |
| 2023 | 54 | 69 |
| 2024 | 44 | 56 |
| 2025 | 51 | 53 |
| 2026 | 30 | 26 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Countertop filtered water dispenser6 Oct 2026US 12,753,063 B1SharkNinja Operating LLC
- Scalable modular system and method for valve control and selectively dispensing beverages22 Sep 2026US 12,741,858 B2Versabev, Inc.
- Refrigerator dispenser control including integrated dispense level input sensor22 Sep 2026US 12,741,859 B2Midea Group Co., Ltd.
- Apparatus for the preparation and dispensing of post-mix carbonated drinks25 Aug 2026US 12,715,748 B2Sodaflo Limited
- Water purifier control method and module, and water purifier system using same25 Aug 2026US 12,715,753 B2Mobilint Inc.
- System and method for automated fluid dispensing with adaptive level detection and control8 Oct 2026US 2026/0307975 A1Pentair, Inc.
- Methods and apparatus for dispensing at multiple dispensing points10 Sep 2026US 2026/0265041 A1Lancer Corporation
- Precision-controlled liquid dispensing system with weight-based feedback and deformable flow regulation components10 Sep 2026US 2026/0265042 A1Mixim, Inc.
- System and method for dispensing a consumable material27 Aug 2026US 2026/0250118 A1Breville Pty Limited
- Water dispensing device30 Jul 2026US 2026/0217519 A1LG Electronics Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Automatic liquid dispenser and refrigerator with the same865US 7,661,448 B2LG Electronics Inc. · 2010
- Tri-mix sugar based dispensing system174US 4,753,370 AThe Coca-Cola Company · 1988
- Concentrate dispensing system for a post-mix beverage dispenser150US 4,708,266 AThe Coca-Cola Company · 1987
- Automatic beverage dispenser150US 5,454,406 AEaton Corporation · 1995
- Automatic level sensing system147US 4,572,253 A1986