F03G 7/0612
Using polymers
Official title: {using polymers}
F03G7/0612 (Using polymers) appears on 158 US grants and 181 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in F03G- Granted patents
- 158
- Published applications
- 181
- Assignees
- 111
- Inventors
- 387
- Latest grant
- 25 Aug 2026
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| 2011 | 6 | 9 |
| 2012 | 2 | 3 |
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| 2017 | 5 | 13 |
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| 2019 | 9 | 17 |
| 2020 | 9 | 17 |
| 2021 | 25 | 13 |
| 2022 | 9 | 10 |
| 2023 | 14 | 6 |
| 2024 | 5 | 6 |
| 2025 | 6 | 9 |
| 2026 | 5 | 4 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Elastomer skins with embedded and unequally pre-loaded coated actuators25 Aug 2026US 12,716,401 B2Board of Regents, The University of Texas System
- Polymer-based turgor pressure actuator, and driving method and use thereof25 Aug 2026US 12,716,402 B2Seoul National University R&Db Foundation
- Aircraft actuator formed of thermally adaptive materials and a thermoelectric junction18 Aug 2026US 12,712,473 B2Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation
- Locking device formed of thermally adaptive multi-metallic material and a thermoelectric junction and method of manufacturing the same19 May 2026US 12,635,412 B2Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation
- Morphable surface7 Apr 2026US 12,595,810 B1Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
- Bidirectional actuator and method for manufacturing the same27 Aug 2026US 2026/0251129 A1Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
- Temperature-sensitive neuromorphic-based actuator-responsive optical skin device and its manufacturing method16 Apr 2026US 2026/0107688 A1UIF (University Industry Foundation), Yonsei University
- Morphable surface9 Apr 2026US 2026/0098548 A1Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
- Elastomer Skins with Embedded and Unequally Pre-Loaded Coated Actuators12 Feb 2026US 2026/0043391 A1Board of Regents, The University of Texas System
- Polymer-based turgor pressure actuator, and driving method and use thereof18 Dec 2025US 2025/0382948 A1Seoul National University R&Db Foundation
Most cited
By later US patents
- Hydraulic shape memory material stress to hydraulic pressure transducer99US 5,079,920 A1992
- Active energy absorbing cellular metals and method of manufacturing and using the same77US 7,288,326 B2University of Virginia Patent Foundation · 2007
- Bistable electroactive polymers58US 8,237,324 B2The Regents of the University of California · 2012
- Actuation concepts for variable stiffness materials55US 7,901,524 B1HRL Laboratories, LLC · 2011
- Hybrid active deformable material structure49US 7,575,807 B1HRL Laboratories, LLC · 2009