F02C 1/00
Gas-turbine plants characterised by the use of hot gases or unheated pressurised
Official title: Gas-turbine plants characterised by the use of hot gases or unheated pressurised gases, as the working fluid (by the use of combustion products F02C3/00, F02C5/00)
F02C1/00 (Gas-turbine plants characterised by the use of hot gases or unheated pressurised) appears on 1,099 US grants and 1,136 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in F02C- Granted patents
- 1,099
- Published applications
- 1,136
- Assignees
- 534
- Inventors
- 2,125
- Latest grant
- 22 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 11 | 0 |
| 1977 | 11 | 0 |
| 1978 | 14 | 0 |
| 1979 | 9 | 0 |
| 1980 | 14 | 0 |
| 1981 | 11 | 0 |
| 1982 | 11 | 0 |
| 1983 | 15 | 0 |
| 1984 | 10 | 0 |
| 1985 | 5 | 0 |
| 1986 | 2 | 0 |
| 1987 | 7 | 0 |
| 1988 | 5 | 0 |
| 1989 | 2 | 0 |
| 1990 | 4 | 0 |
| 1991 | 2 | 0 |
| 1992 | 10 | 0 |
| 1993 | 5 | 0 |
| 1994 | 6 | 0 |
| 1995 | 11 | 0 |
| 1996 | 8 | 0 |
| 1997 | 16 | 0 |
| 1998 | 7 | 0 |
| 1999 | 9 | 0 |
| 2000 | 5 | 0 |
| 2001 | 23 | 5 |
| 2002 | 8 | 17 |
| 2003 | 16 | 17 |
| 2004 | 18 | 26 |
| 2005 | 12 | 21 |
| 2006 | 15 | 25 |
| 2007 | 9 | 23 |
| 2008 | 11 | 35 |
| 2009 | 18 | 32 |
| 2010 | 15 | 46 |
| 2011 | 22 | 55 |
| 2012 | 21 | 42 |
| 2013 | 34 | 63 |
| 2014 | 33 | 56 |
| 2015 | 25 | 65 |
| 2016 | 47 | 56 |
| 2017 | 45 | 44 |
| 2018 | 64 | 51 |
| 2019 | 57 | 64 |
| 2020 | 58 | 58 |
| 2021 | 66 | 67 |
| 2022 | 71 | 75 |
| 2023 | 59 | 66 |
| 2024 | 67 | 54 |
| 2025 | 47 | 47 |
| 2026 | 28 | 26 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Device for generating energy from compressed air, system having such a device and method for operating the system22 Sep 2026US 12,742,414 B2Everllence SE
- Additively manufactured gas turbine engine and ventilator15 Sep 2026US 12,735,995 B2Technion Research & Development Foundation Limited
- Thermodynamic cycle system with thermal plant integration1 Sep 2026US 12,723,542 B2Malta Inc.
- Cryogenic fuel semi-closed recirculating bottoming cycle25 Aug 2026US 12,716,388 B2Rtx Corporation
- Concentrated solar energy collection, thermal storage, and power generation systems and methods with optional supplemental fuel production25 Aug 2026US 12,716,618 B2247Solar Inc.
- Closed brayton cycle shutdown control with chargeable fluid reservoir for cooling electrical components24 Sep 2026US 2026/0286885 A1Rolls-Royce North American Technologies Inc.
- Power plant10 Sep 2026US 2026/0266217 A1Energy Dome S.P.A.
- System for recovering energy3 Sep 2026US 2026/0258752 A1Primetals Technologies Germany GmbH
- Compressed Air Energy Storage Device13 Aug 2026US 2026/0235071 A1Hitachi Industrial Equipment Systems Co., Ltd.
- System and method for regulating non-energy-consuming complex environment in mine based on compressed air energy storage6 Aug 2026US 2026/0226832 A1China University of Geosciences (Wuhan)
Most cited
By later US patents
- Carbon dioxide power cycle257US 4,498,289 A1985
- Method and apparatus for boosting gas turbine engine performance243US 8,616,005 B12013
- Semi-closed Brayton cycle gas turbine power systems196US 6,910,335 B2Clean Energy Systems, Inc. · 2005
- Semi-closed brayton cycle gas turbine power systems191US 6,637,183 B2Clean Energy Systems, Inc. · 2003
- Partially-open gas turbine cycle providing high thermal efficiencies and ultra-low emissions178US 6,532,745 B12003