F01N 2470/18
The axis of inlet or outlet tubes being other than the longitudinal
Official title: the axis of inlet or outlet tubes being other than the longitudinal axis of apparatus
F01N2470/18 (The axis of inlet or outlet tubes being other than the longitudinal) appears on 454 US grants and 410 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in F01N- Granted patents
- 454
- Published applications
- 410
- Assignees
- 207
- Inventors
- 1,007
- Latest grant
- 15 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1976 | 8 | 0 |
| 1977 | 2 | 0 |
| 1978 | 6 | 0 |
| 1979 | 1 | 0 |
| 1980 | 6 | 0 |
| 1981 | 3 | 0 |
| 1982 | 7 | 0 |
| 1983 | 0 | 0 |
| 1984 | 2 | 0 |
| 1985 | 0 | 0 |
| 1986 | 1 | 0 |
| 1987 | 5 | 0 |
| 1988 | 2 | 0 |
| 1989 | 4 | 0 |
| 1990 | 5 | 0 |
| 1991 | 1 | 0 |
| 1992 | 2 | 0 |
| 1993 | 3 | 0 |
| 1994 | 7 | 0 |
| 1995 | 7 | 0 |
| 1996 | 5 | 0 |
| 1997 | 10 | 0 |
| 1998 | 5 | 0 |
| 1999 | 3 | 0 |
| 2000 | 3 | 0 |
| 2001 | 4 | 0 |
| 2002 | 2 | 7 |
| 2003 | 5 | 6 |
| 2004 | 9 | 11 |
| 2005 | 7 | 4 |
| 2006 | 5 | 12 |
| 2007 | 1 | 6 |
| 2008 | 4 | 17 |
| 2009 | 6 | 18 |
| 2010 | 8 | 14 |
| 2011 | 11 | 21 |
| 2012 | 16 | 15 |
| 2013 | 21 | 26 |
| 2014 | 26 | 30 |
| 2015 | 30 | 42 |
| 2016 | 34 | 33 |
| 2017 | 34 | 19 |
| 2018 | 15 | 22 |
| 2019 | 27 | 29 |
| 2020 | 24 | 18 |
| 2021 | 14 | 12 |
| 2022 | 18 | 16 |
| 2023 | 16 | 8 |
| 2024 | 6 | 7 |
| 2025 | 11 | 10 |
| 2026 | 2 | 7 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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Most cited
By later US patents
- Noise silencer97US 4,109,751 ADeere & Company · 1978
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- Split flow particulate filter50US 4,673,423 AMack Trucks, Inc. · 1987