F01K 7/38
The engines being of turbine type
Official title: the engines being of turbine type
F01K7/38 (The engines being of turbine type) appears on 120 US grants and 148 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in F01K- Granted patents
- 120
- Published applications
- 148
- Assignees
- 60
- Inventors
- 263
- Latest grant
- 1 Sep 2026
Filings by year
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| 1981 | 1 | 0 |
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| 2009 | 0 | 3 |
| 2010 | 0 | 1 |
| 2011 | 0 | 12 |
| 2012 | 1 | 3 |
| 2013 | 5 | 5 |
| 2014 | 7 | 7 |
| 2015 | 2 | 11 |
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| 2018 | 6 | 15 |
| 2019 | 16 | 10 |
| 2020 | 5 | 10 |
| 2021 | 15 | 11 |
| 2022 | 17 | 13 |
| 2023 | 7 | 11 |
| 2024 | 10 | 10 |
| 2025 | 3 | 10 |
| 2026 | 3 | 3 |
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