F16K 11/02
Multiple-way valves: with all movable sealing faces moving as one unit
Official title: with all movable sealing faces moving as one unit
F16K11/02 (Multiple-way valves: with all movable sealing faces moving as one unit) appears on 5,759 US grants and 5,187 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in F16K- Granted patents
- 5,759
- Published applications
- 5,187
- Assignees
- 2,553
- Inventors
- 9,620
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1976 | 66 | 0 |
| 1977 | 56 | 0 |
| 1978 | 52 | 0 |
| 1979 | 37 | 0 |
| 1980 | 62 | 0 |
| 1981 | 66 | 0 |
| 1982 | 70 | 0 |
| 1983 | 41 | 0 |
| 1984 | 54 | 0 |
| 1985 | 68 | 0 |
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| 1990 | 68 | 0 |
| 1991 | 38 | 0 |
| 1992 | 45 | 0 |
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| 1994 | 51 | 0 |
| 1995 | 66 | 0 |
| 1996 | 40 | 0 |
| 1997 | 41 | 0 |
| 1998 | 74 | 0 |
| 1999 | 97 | 0 |
| 2000 | 80 | 0 |
| 2001 | 90 | 23 |
| 2002 | 78 | 63 |
| 2003 | 70 | 78 |
| 2004 | 76 | 100 |
| 2005 | 85 | 100 |
| 2006 | 80 | 125 |
| 2007 | 64 | 121 |
| 2008 | 60 | 127 |
| 2009 | 51 | 126 |
| 2010 | 87 | 162 |
| 2011 | 59 | 135 |
| 2012 | 104 | 151 |
| 2013 | 140 | 174 |
| 2014 | 138 | 212 |
| 2015 | 168 | 261 |
| 2016 | 220 | 304 |
| 2017 | 274 | 339 |
| 2018 | 243 | 321 |
| 2019 | 295 | 328 |
| 2020 | 355 | 345 |
| 2021 | 309 | 319 |
| 2022 | 282 | 296 |
| 2023 | 268 | 270 |
| 2024 | 290 | 278 |
| 2025 | 238 | 243 |
| 2026 | 163 | 186 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
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- Multi-way switching valve device8 Oct 2026US 2026/0309240 A1Mikuni Corporation
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- Multi-way switching valve device8 Oct 2026US 2026/0309242 A1Mikuni Corporation
Most cited
By later US patents
- Six-way stopcock274US 3,957,082 AArbrook, Inc. · 1976
- Sensitized aromatic iodonium or aromatic sulfonium salt photoinitiator systems219US 4,250,053 AMinnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company · 1981
- Mobile congeneration apparatus including inventive valve and boiler216US 5,517,822 AApplied Energy Systems of Oklahoma, Inc. · 1996
- Bi-planar fluid control valve164US 5,104,387 ASt. Jude Medical, Inc. · 1992
- Valve with flexible sheet member161US 4,848,722 AIntegrated Fluidics, Inc. · 1989