F01K 17/04
Steam engine plants: using steam or condensate extracted or exhausted from steam
Official title: for specific purposes other than heating (F01K17/06 takes precedence)
F01K17/04 (Steam engine plants: using steam or condensate extracted or exhausted from steam) appears on 114 US grants and 155 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in F01K- Granted patents
- 114
- Published applications
- 155
- Assignees
- 99
- Inventors
- 347
- Latest grant
- 11 Aug 2026
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| 2026 | 3 | 2 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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