F02C 3/00
Gas-turbine plants characterised by the use of combustion products as the working
Official title: Gas-turbine plants characterised by the use of combustion products as the working fluid (generated by intermittent combustion F02C5/00)
F02C3/00 (Gas-turbine plants characterised by the use of combustion products as the working) appears on 6,619 US grants and 7,513 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in F02C- Granted patents
- 6,619
- Published applications
- 7,513
- Assignees
- 1,074
- Inventors
- 9,297
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 31 | 0 |
| 1977 | 28 | 0 |
| 1978 | 21 | 0 |
| 1979 | 24 | 0 |
| 1980 | 28 | 0 |
| 1981 | 25 | 0 |
| 1982 | 16 | 0 |
| 1983 | 22 | 0 |
| 1984 | 25 | 0 |
| 1985 | 21 | 0 |
| 1986 | 15 | 0 |
| 1987 | 33 | 0 |
| 1988 | 30 | 0 |
| 1989 | 37 | 0 |
| 1990 | 36 | 0 |
| 1991 | 28 | 0 |
| 1992 | 45 | 0 |
| 1993 | 53 | 0 |
| 1994 | 50 | 0 |
| 1995 | 30 | 0 |
| 1996 | 29 | 0 |
| 1997 | 39 | 0 |
| 1998 | 38 | 0 |
| 1999 | 45 | 0 |
| 2000 | 55 | 0 |
| 2001 | 79 | 16 |
| 2002 | 76 | 54 |
| 2003 | 65 | 64 |
| 2004 | 57 | 95 |
| 2005 | 63 | 79 |
| 2006 | 42 | 99 |
| 2007 | 41 | 128 |
| 2008 | 48 | 145 |
| 2009 | 77 | 176 |
| 2010 | 103 | 206 |
| 2011 | 134 | 171 |
| 2012 | 130 | 206 |
| 2013 | 152 | 314 |
| 2014 | 165 | 344 |
| 2015 | 192 | 418 |
| 2016 | 206 | 719 |
| 2017 | 272 | 683 |
| 2018 | 469 | 612 |
| 2019 | 623 | 423 |
| 2020 | 633 | 476 |
| 2021 | 462 | 352 |
| 2022 | 379 | 300 |
| 2023 | 346 | 346 |
| 2024 | 398 | 425 |
| 2025 | 377 | 369 |
| 2026 | 226 | 293 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- F02C 3/04Gas-turbine plants characterised by the use of combustion products as the working3,639
- F02C 3/20Gas-turbine plants characterised by the use of combustion products as the working2,181
- F02C 3/14Gas-turbine plants characterised by the use of combustion products as the working661
- F02C 3/34Gas-turbine plants characterised by the use of combustion products as the working456
- F02C 3/36Open cycles97
- F02C 3/32Inducing air flow by fluid jet68
- F02C 3/02Gas-turbine plants characterised by the use of combustion products as the working60
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