F03B 13/00
Adaptations of machines or engines for special use
Official title: Adaptations of machines or engines for special use; Combinations of machines or engines with driving or driven apparatus (if the apparatus aspects are predominant, see the relevant subclasses for such apparatus, e.g. H02K7/18); Power stations or aggregates (incorporating only machines or engines of positive-displacement type F03C; hydraulic engineering aspects E02B; {combinations with wind energy converters F03D9/008})
F03B13/00 (Adaptations of machines or engines for special use) appears on 3,372 US grants and 3,834 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in F03B- Granted patents
- 3,372
- Published applications
- 3,834
- Assignees
- 1,376
- Inventors
- 5,704
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 30 | 0 |
| 1977 | 28 | 0 |
| 1978 | 45 | 0 |
| 1979 | 35 | 0 |
| 1980 | 39 | 0 |
| 1981 | 51 | 0 |
| 1982 | 46 | 0 |
| 1983 | 45 | 0 |
| 1984 | 37 | 0 |
| 1985 | 26 | 0 |
| 1986 | 32 | 0 |
| 1987 | 19 | 0 |
| 1988 | 30 | 0 |
| 1989 | 20 | 0 |
| 1990 | 12 | 0 |
| 1991 | 9 | 0 |
| 1992 | 14 | 0 |
| 1993 | 15 | 0 |
| 1994 | 12 | 0 |
| 1995 | 17 | 0 |
| 1996 | 11 | 0 |
| 1997 | 6 | 0 |
| 1998 | 12 | 0 |
| 1999 | 12 | 0 |
| 2000 | 14 | 0 |
| 2001 | 23 | 1 |
| 2002 | 18 | 21 |
| 2003 | 21 | 35 |
| 2004 | 32 | 46 |
| 2005 | 29 | 52 |
| 2006 | 33 | 50 |
| 2007 | 35 | 84 |
| 2008 | 60 | 117 |
| 2009 | 46 | 144 |
| 2010 | 76 | 236 |
| 2011 | 111 | 237 |
| 2012 | 127 | 215 |
| 2013 | 158 | 202 |
| 2014 | 183 | 246 |
| 2015 | 142 | 219 |
| 2016 | 136 | 192 |
| 2017 | 179 | 191 |
| 2018 | 127 | 185 |
| 2019 | 178 | 182 |
| 2020 | 161 | 193 |
| 2021 | 152 | 155 |
| 2022 | 122 | 182 |
| 2023 | 156 | 182 |
| 2024 | 169 | 186 |
| 2025 | 189 | 157 |
| 2026 | 92 | 124 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- F03B 13/12Adaptations of machines or engines for special use: characterised by using wave2,140
- F03B 13/10Submerged units incorporating electric generators or motors528
- F03B 13/06Stations or aggregates of water-storage type279
- F03B 13/08Machine or engine aggregates in dams or the like264
- F03B 13/02Adaptations for drilling wells135
- F03B 13/04Adaptations for use in dentistry for driving tools or the like having17
Recent patents
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- Reconfigurable turbine for geothermal energy production8 Oct 2026US 2026/0309115 A1Sage Geosystems Inc.
- Fluid displacement energy storage systems and processes to enable pressure equilibrized subsea tank8 Oct 2026US 2026/0309116 A1Innovator Energy, LLC
- Wave energy converter8 Oct 2026US 2026/0309117 A1Breaking Wave Technologies Ltd.
- Tensegrity adaptive-geometry wave energy converter8 Oct 2026US 2026/0309118 A1The Florida State University Research Foundation, Inc.
- Infrastructure-integrated fluid turbine system8 Oct 2026US 2026/0309119 A1
Most cited
By later US patents
- Energy conversion systems and methods405US 10,060,473 B2Oceana Energy Company · 2018
- Well drilling tool with diamond radial/thrust bearings383US 4,410,054 AMaurer Engineering Inc. · 1983
- Fluid powered electrical generator260US 4,720,640 ATurboStar, Inc. · 1988
- Scavenger energy converter system its new applications and its control systems239US 6,327,994 B12001
- Water-mist blower cooling system and its new applications215US 6,293,121 B12001