F03G 7/00
Mechanical-power-producing mechanisms, not otherwise provided for or using energy sources not otherwise
Official title: Mechanical-power-producing mechanisms, not otherwise provided for or using energy sources not otherwise provided for
F03G7/00 (Mechanical-power-producing mechanisms, not otherwise provided for or using energy sources not otherwise) appears on 3,126 US grants and 3,592 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in F03G- Granted patents
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- Published applications
- 3,592
- Assignees
- 1,319
- Inventors
- 5,999
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
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| 2002 | 39 | 35 |
| 2003 | 20 | 53 |
| 2004 | 40 | 64 |
| 2005 | 33 | 93 |
| 2006 | 42 | 91 |
| 2007 | 38 | 114 |
| 2008 | 49 | 109 |
| 2009 | 53 | 137 |
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| 2012 | 88 | 137 |
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| 2018 | 145 | 156 |
| 2019 | 122 | 188 |
| 2020 | 125 | 173 |
| 2021 | 174 | 165 |
| 2022 | 150 | 201 |
| 2023 | 165 | 190 |
| 2024 | 160 | 233 |
| 2025 | 196 | 176 |
| 2026 | 102 | 98 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- F03G 7/06Mechanical-power-producing mechanisms, not otherwise provided for or using energy sources not otherwise1,626
- F03G 7/04Mechanical-power-producing mechanisms, not otherwise provided for or using energy sources not otherwise396
- F03G 7/008Mechanical-power-producing mechanisms, not otherwise provided for or using energy sources not otherwise387
- F03G 7/08Recovering energy derived from swinging, rolling, pitching or like movements363
- F03G 7/10Alleged perpetua mobilia260
- F03G 7/025Mechanical-power-producing mechanisms, not otherwise provided for or using energy sources not otherwise142
- F03G 7/029Mechanical-power-producing mechanisms, not otherwise provided for or using energy sources not otherwise102
- F03G 7/027Control or monitoring94
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- F03G 7/002Mechanical-power-producing mechanisms, not otherwise provided for or using energy sources not otherwise78
- F03G 7/092Motors following new scientific theories not otherwise provide for12
- F03G 7/004Thermo-magnetic motors7
- F03G 7/028Safety arrangements5
- F03G 7/003Motors driven by thermophoresis or thermodiffusion2
- F03G 2007/007Mechanical-power-producing mechanisms, not otherwise provided for or using energy sources not otherwiseIndexing code0
- F03G 7/005Electro-chemical actuators0
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By later US patents
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