D06F 39/08
Liquid supply or discharge arrangements
Official title: Liquid supply or discharge arrangements (supply of soap or other washing agents D06F39/02)
D06F39/08 (Liquid supply or discharge arrangements) appears on 1,791 US grants and 2,183 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in D06F- Granted patents
- 1,791
- Published applications
- 2,183
- Assignees
- 318
- Inventors
- 2,908
- Latest grant
- 29 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1976 | 12 | 0 |
| 1977 | 5 | 0 |
| 1978 | 10 | 0 |
| 1979 | 10 | 0 |
| 1980 | 4 | 0 |
| 1981 | 7 | 0 |
| 1982 | 7 | 0 |
| 1983 | 5 | 0 |
| 1984 | 8 | 0 |
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| 1987 | 11 | 0 |
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| 1989 | 13 | 0 |
| 1990 | 11 | 0 |
| 1991 | 14 | 0 |
| 1992 | 14 | 0 |
| 1993 | 7 | 0 |
| 1994 | 14 | 0 |
| 1995 | 5 | 0 |
| 1996 | 11 | 0 |
| 1997 | 7 | 0 |
| 1998 | 19 | 0 |
| 1999 | 22 | 0 |
| 2000 | 17 | 0 |
| 2001 | 10 | 0 |
| 2002 | 16 | 9 |
| 2003 | 15 | 16 |
| 2004 | 10 | 43 |
| 2005 | 13 | 47 |
| 2006 | 7 | 34 |
| 2007 | 11 | 40 |
| 2008 | 22 | 43 |
| 2009 | 21 | 44 |
| 2010 | 25 | 59 |
| 2011 | 29 | 65 |
| 2012 | 25 | 63 |
| 2013 | 37 | 49 |
| 2014 | 40 | 78 |
| 2015 | 57 | 109 |
| 2016 | 61 | 98 |
| 2017 | 85 | 139 |
| 2018 | 93 | 155 |
| 2019 | 101 | 158 |
| 2020 | 119 | 189 |
| 2021 | 150 | 160 |
| 2022 | 154 | 143 |
| 2023 | 125 | 106 |
| 2024 | 140 | 116 |
| 2025 | 97 | 141 |
| 2026 | 77 | 79 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Clothes care apparatus and method for controlling the same29 Sep 2026US 12,747,529 B2Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Washing machine and control method for washing machine29 Sep 2026US 12,747,530 B2Haier Smart Home Co., Ltd.
- Washing machine and clothing treatment apparatus22 Sep 2026US 12,742,276 B2Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Control method for washing machine and washing machine22 Sep 2026US 12,742,278 B2Haier Smart Home Co., Ltd.
- Dispensing system of laundry treatment apparatus, and laundry treatment apparatus having same15 Sep 2026US 12,735,828 B2Wuxi Little Swan Electric Co., Ltd.
- Method of using turbidity measurements to detect wash additives in a washing machine appliance24 Sep 2026US 2026/0286591 A1Haier US Appliance Solutions, Inc.
- Clothing treatment device24 Sep 2026US 2026/0286593 A1LG Electronics Inc.
- Twist-locking lug17 Sep 2026US 2026/0272262 A1Haier US Appliance Solutions, Inc.
- External lint filtering device, washing system and control method17 Sep 2026US 2026/0275616 A1Haier Smart Home Co., Ltd.
- Device for controlling a washing machine10 Sep 2026US 2026/0263974 A1ABZ Zierler GmbH & Co. KG
Most cited
By later US patents
- Drum type washing machine and dryer147US 5,768,730 ASharp Kabushiki Kaisha · 1998
- Branch tail piece110US 4,162,546 ACarrcraft Manufacturing Company · 1979
- Apparatus for highly efficient laundering of textiles99US 4,489,574 AThe Procter & Gamble Company · 1984
- Nebulizer system for a fabric treatment appliance94US 7,921,578 B2Whirlpool Corporation · 2011
- High performance washing process for vertical axis automatic washer91US 4,987,627 AWhirlpool Corporation · 1991