F01K 11/02
The engines being turbines
Official title: the engines being turbines
F01K11/02 (The engines being turbines) appears on 335 US grants and 374 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in F01K- Granted patents
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- Published applications
- 374
- Assignees
- 148
- Inventors
- 691
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
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| 2024 | 42 | 39 |
| 2025 | 25 | 25 |
| 2026 | 19 | 8 |
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