F01B

Machines or engines, in general or of positive-displacement type

Official title: MACHINES OR ENGINES, IN GENERAL OR OF POSITIVE-DISPLACEMENT TYPE, e.g. STEAM ENGINES (of rotary-piston or oscillating-piston type F01C; of non-positive-displacement type F01D; internal-combustion engines F02B; combustion-product engine plants F02G; machines or engines, other than of positive-displacement type, for liquids F03B; positive-displacement engines driven by liquids F03C; wind motors F03D; positive-displacement machines for liquids F04B; rotary-piston, or oscillating-piston, positive-displacement machines for liquids F04C)

F01B (Machines or engines, in general or of positive-displacement type) appears on 3,309 US grants and 2,017 published applications in this corpus.

Search patents in F01B
Granted patents
3,309
Published applications
2,017
Assignees
1,064
Inventors
4,217
Latest grant
25 Aug 2026

Filings by year

F01B: granted patents and published applications per publication year
YearGranted patentsPublished applications
19761030
1977750
1978750
1979630
1980620
1981590
1982580
1983490
1984780
1985660
1986530
1987610
1988550
1989810
1990690
1991580
1992650
1993540
1994480
1995380
1996590
1997540
1998650
1999600
2000540
20015821
20025345
20036150
20044688
20054970
20065260
20074465
20084852
20093167
20103681
20113368
201255103
201372147
201495135
201594119
201684121
2017125109
201812198
2019114118
2020115107
202110986
20227673
20236633
20245045
20254237
20261819

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