F03G 7/064
Characterised by its use
Official title: {characterised by its use}
F03G7/064 (Characterised by its use) appears on 507 US grants and 460 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in F03G- Granted patents
- 507
- Published applications
- 460
- Assignees
- 262
- Inventors
- 967
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 5 | 0 |
| 1977 | 10 | 0 |
| 1978 | 7 | 0 |
| 1979 | 2 | 0 |
| 1980 | 9 | 0 |
| 1981 | 8 | 0 |
| 1982 | 5 | 0 |
| 1983 | 5 | 0 |
| 1984 | 9 | 0 |
| 1985 | 4 | 0 |
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| 1987 | 6 | 0 |
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| 1989 | 3 | 0 |
| 1990 | 5 | 0 |
| 1991 | 3 | 0 |
| 1992 | 2 | 0 |
| 1993 | 4 | 0 |
| 1994 | 4 | 0 |
| 1995 | 3 | 0 |
| 1996 | 1 | 0 |
| 1997 | 1 | 0 |
| 1998 | 4 | 0 |
| 1999 | 6 | 0 |
| 2000 | 7 | 0 |
| 2001 | 9 | 0 |
| 2002 | 13 | 7 |
| 2003 | 4 | 8 |
| 2004 | 13 | 14 |
| 2005 | 5 | 12 |
| 2006 | 7 | 15 |
| 2007 | 6 | 11 |
| 2008 | 10 | 15 |
| 2009 | 7 | 16 |
| 2010 | 13 | 8 |
| 2011 | 13 | 20 |
| 2012 | 7 | 23 |
| 2013 | 10 | 17 |
| 2014 | 21 | 17 |
| 2015 | 15 | 18 |
| 2016 | 12 | 27 |
| 2017 | 14 | 20 |
| 2018 | 30 | 20 |
| 2019 | 19 | 14 |
| 2020 | 16 | 21 |
| 2021 | 15 | 16 |
| 2022 | 21 | 37 |
| 2023 | 34 | 36 |
| 2024 | 35 | 38 |
| 2025 | 27 | 17 |
| 2026 | 13 | 13 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Electrically actuated valves6 Oct 2026US 12,753,849 B2Schukra Berndorf GmbH
- Actuator assembly29 Sep 2026US 12,747,724 B2Cambridge Mechatronics Limited
- Passive thermally-switched heat transfer system1 Sep 2026US 12,727,122 B1United States of America as represented by the Administrator of NASA
- Elastomer skins with embedded and unequally pre-loaded coated actuators25 Aug 2026US 12,716,401 B2Board of Regents, The University of Texas System
- Aircraft actuator formed of thermally adaptive materials and a thermoelectric junction18 Aug 2026US 12,712,473 B2Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation
- Haptic wearable devices for tactile experiences1 Oct 2026US 2026/0299696 A1Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology
- Tunable Lens with Actuator Brakes3 Sep 2026US 2026/0259401 A1Apple Inc.
- Robotic device and method for operating same27 Aug 2026US 2026/0251130 A1
- A shape memory alloy heat pump23 Jul 2026US 2026/0210590 A1Exergyn Ltd.
- Force sensor23 Jul 2026US 2026/0210781 A1Cambridge Mechatronics Limited
Most cited
By later US patents
- Device and method employing shape memory alloy491US 6,916,159 B2TheraSense, Inc. · 2005
- Shape-memory alloy micro-actuator445US 5,061,914 ATiNi Alloy Company · 1991
- Thin film shape memory alloy and method for producing411US 4,864,824 AAmerican Telephone and Telegraph Company, AT&T Bell Laboratories · 1989
- Variable area nozzle for gas turbine engines driven by shape memory alloy actuators396US 6,318,070 B1United Technologies Corporation · 2001
- Thermal arched beam microelectromechanical switching array171US 5,955,817 AMcnc · 1999