B67D 1/1247
Means for detecting the presence or absence of liquid
Official title: {Means for detecting the presence or absence of liquid}
B67D1/1247 (Means for detecting the presence or absence of liquid) appears on 151 US grants and 150 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B67D- Granted patents
- 151
- Published applications
- 150
- Assignees
- 93
- Inventors
- 345
- Latest grant
- 3 Feb 2026
Filings by year
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| 1981 | 1 | 0 |
| 1982 | 0 | 0 |
| 1983 | 3 | 0 |
| 1984 | 0 | 0 |
| 1985 | 0 | 0 |
| 1986 | 1 | 0 |
| 1987 | 2 | 0 |
| 1988 | 2 | 0 |
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| 2000 | 8 | 0 |
| 2001 | 4 | 1 |
| 2002 | 3 | 2 |
| 2003 | 2 | 4 |
| 2004 | 4 | 4 |
| 2005 | 3 | 4 |
| 2006 | 2 | 3 |
| 2007 | 0 | 5 |
| 2008 | 1 | 1 |
| 2009 | 3 | 3 |
| 2010 | 1 | 3 |
| 2011 | 2 | 3 |
| 2012 | 2 | 5 |
| 2013 | 1 | 4 |
| 2014 | 2 | 3 |
| 2015 | 4 | 4 |
| 2016 | 5 | 6 |
| 2017 | 1 | 6 |
| 2018 | 6 | 4 |
| 2019 | 5 | 9 |
| 2020 | 8 | 14 |
| 2021 | 14 | 13 |
| 2022 | 10 | 15 |
| 2023 | 14 | 13 |
| 2024 | 8 | 7 |
| 2025 | 6 | 10 |
| 2026 | 2 | 4 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
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- Beverage dispenser14 Oct 2025US 12,441,597 B2Drinkstation Holdings Corporation
- Beverage dispenser with dispensing area cameras30 Sep 2025US 12,428,283 B2The Coca-Cola Company
- Water dispensing apparatus30 Jul 2026US 2026/0219182 A1LG Electronics Inc.
- Foam on fluid detector4 Jun 2026US 2026/0152376 A1
- Radio transmitter device for use in method and system for monitoring, controlling and optimizing flow of products2 Apr 2026US 2026/0094140 A1KegSpeed, LLC
- Beverage dispense system8 Jan 2026US 2026/0008663 A1Heineken UK Limited
- Beverage dispenser with dispensing area cameras20 Nov 2025US 2025/0353728 A1The Coca-Cola Company
Most cited
By later US patents
- Apparatus for dispensing a carbonated beverage95US 4,377,246 ACornelius, Inc. · 1983
- Apparatus for dispensing a carbonated beverage90US 4,413,752 ACornelius, Inc. · 1983
- Universal beverage dispenser57US 7,997,448 B12011
- Post mix fruit juice dispenser55US 4,610,145 A1986
- Solid state pressure detector for beverage dispensers52US 5,757,667 AIMI Wilshire Inc. · 1998