D06F 37/02
Rotary receptacles
Official title: Rotary receptacles, e.g. drums
D06F37/02 (Rotary receptacles) appears on 1,107 US grants and 1,427 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in D06F- Granted patents
- 1,107
- Published applications
- 1,427
- Assignees
- 170
- Inventors
- 1,974
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1976 | 5 | 0 |
| 1977 | 0 | 0 |
| 1978 | 1 | 0 |
| 1979 | 1 | 0 |
| 1980 | 5 | 0 |
| 1981 | 1 | 0 |
| 1982 | 2 | 0 |
| 1983 | 1 | 0 |
| 1984 | 2 | 0 |
| 1985 | 2 | 0 |
| 1986 | 1 | 0 |
| 1987 | 6 | 0 |
| 1988 | 1 | 0 |
| 1989 | 4 | 0 |
| 1990 | 3 | 0 |
| 1991 | 3 | 0 |
| 1992 | 3 | 0 |
| 1993 | 2 | 0 |
| 1994 | 9 | 0 |
| 1995 | 5 | 0 |
| 1996 | 3 | 0 |
| 1997 | 1 | 0 |
| 1998 | 3 | 0 |
| 1999 | 5 | 0 |
| 2000 | 3 | 0 |
| 2001 | 4 | 1 |
| 2002 | 13 | 13 |
| 2003 | 9 | 10 |
| 2004 | 4 | 22 |
| 2005 | 7 | 33 |
| 2006 | 8 | 10 |
| 2007 | 6 | 21 |
| 2008 | 10 | 20 |
| 2009 | 7 | 23 |
| 2010 | 12 | 28 |
| 2011 | 15 | 25 |
| 2012 | 13 | 26 |
| 2013 | 14 | 31 |
| 2014 | 26 | 38 |
| 2015 | 22 | 53 |
| 2016 | 35 | 50 |
| 2017 | 43 | 147 |
| 2018 | 66 | 158 |
| 2019 | 92 | 138 |
| 2020 | 117 | 132 |
| 2021 | 129 | 96 |
| 2022 | 113 | 114 |
| 2023 | 96 | 65 |
| 2024 | 76 | 53 |
| 2025 | 56 | 70 |
| 2026 | 42 | 50 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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