F04B 47/00
Pumps or pumping installations specially adapted for raising fluids from great depths
Official title: Pumps or pumping installations specially adapted for raising fluids from great depths, e.g. well pumps (by using positive or negative pressurised fluid medium acting directly on the liquid to be pumped F04F1/00)
F04B47/00 (Pumps or pumping installations specially adapted for raising fluids from great depths) appears on 2,089 US grants and 1,828 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in F04B- Granted patents
- 2,089
- Published applications
- 1,828
- Assignees
- 760
- Inventors
- 2,914
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 20 | 0 |
| 1977 | 16 | 0 |
| 1978 | 18 | 0 |
| 1979 | 11 | 0 |
| 1980 | 19 | 0 |
| 1981 | 22 | 0 |
| 1982 | 22 | 0 |
| 1983 | 38 | 0 |
| 1984 | 47 | 0 |
| 1985 | 52 | 0 |
| 1986 | 27 | 0 |
| 1987 | 39 | 0 |
| 1988 | 28 | 0 |
| 1989 | 20 | 0 |
| 1990 | 12 | 0 |
| 1991 | 22 | 0 |
| 1992 | 13 | 0 |
| 1993 | 21 | 0 |
| 1994 | 26 | 0 |
| 1995 | 19 | 0 |
| 1996 | 9 | 0 |
| 1997 | 17 | 0 |
| 1998 | 23 | 0 |
| 1999 | 19 | 0 |
| 2000 | 19 | 0 |
| 2001 | 24 | 5 |
| 2002 | 21 | 17 |
| 2003 | 21 | 14 |
| 2004 | 13 | 21 |
| 2005 | 16 | 34 |
| 2006 | 21 | 42 |
| 2007 | 13 | 23 |
| 2008 | 23 | 38 |
| 2009 | 23 | 33 |
| 2010 | 22 | 46 |
| 2011 | 25 | 61 |
| 2012 | 36 | 56 |
| 2013 | 55 | 62 |
| 2014 | 60 | 73 |
| 2015 | 49 | 95 |
| 2016 | 44 | 97 |
| 2017 | 58 | 151 |
| 2018 | 113 | 138 |
| 2019 | 121 | 121 |
| 2020 | 132 | 105 |
| 2021 | 110 | 135 |
| 2022 | 125 | 120 |
| 2023 | 124 | 112 |
| 2024 | 99 | 116 |
| 2025 | 111 | 71 |
| 2026 | 51 | 42 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- F04B 47/02The driving mechanisms being situated at ground level1,154
- F04B 47/06Pumps or pumping installations specially adapted for raising fluids from great depths580
- F04B 47/12Pumps or pumping installations specially adapted for raising fluids from great depths176
- F04B 47/14Counterbalancing66
- F04B 47/005Sand trap arrangements23
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