F04B 39/10
Adaptations or arrangements of distribution members
F04B39/10 (Adaptations or arrangements of distribution members) appears on 1,021 US grants and 989 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in F04B- Granted patents
- 1,021
- Published applications
- 989
- Assignees
- 509
- Inventors
- 1,927
- Latest grant
- 22 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1976 | 14 | 0 |
| 1977 | 11 | 0 |
| 1978 | 5 | 0 |
| 1979 | 5 | 0 |
| 1980 | 11 | 0 |
| 1981 | 5 | 0 |
| 1982 | 5 | 0 |
| 1983 | 8 | 0 |
| 1984 | 12 | 0 |
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| 1987 | 11 | 0 |
| 1988 | 17 | 0 |
| 1989 | 19 | 0 |
| 1990 | 13 | 0 |
| 1991 | 11 | 0 |
| 1992 | 19 | 0 |
| 1993 | 19 | 0 |
| 1994 | 14 | 0 |
| 1995 | 7 | 0 |
| 1996 | 16 | 0 |
| 1997 | 18 | 0 |
| 1998 | 22 | 0 |
| 1999 | 22 | 0 |
| 2000 | 17 | 0 |
| 2001 | 19 | 11 |
| 2002 | 20 | 19 |
| 2003 | 18 | 36 |
| 2004 | 23 | 32 |
| 2005 | 16 | 26 |
| 2006 | 14 | 23 |
| 2007 | 11 | 25 |
| 2008 | 11 | 28 |
| 2009 | 7 | 27 |
| 2010 | 10 | 22 |
| 2011 | 13 | 25 |
| 2012 | 20 | 24 |
| 2013 | 11 | 37 |
| 2014 | 21 | 41 |
| 2015 | 19 | 57 |
| 2016 | 23 | 51 |
| 2017 | 33 | 69 |
| 2018 | 44 | 74 |
| 2019 | 77 | 68 |
| 2020 | 61 | 55 |
| 2021 | 55 | 54 |
| 2022 | 41 | 55 |
| 2023 | 42 | 31 |
| 2024 | 43 | 28 |
| 2025 | 28 | 43 |
| 2026 | 23 | 28 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- F04B 39/1073The members being reed valves387
- F04B 39/102The members being disc valves184
- F04B 39/1066Valve plates143
- F04B 39/1013The members being of the poppet valve type72
- F04B 39/1053The members being hoerbigen valves63
- F04B 39/1046Combination of in- and outlet valve29
- F04B 39/1006The members being ball valves28
- F04B 39/104The members being parallel flexible strips7
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