F16K 11/06

Comprising only sliding valves , i.e. sliding closure elements

Official title: comprising only sliding valves {, i.e. sliding closure elements}

F16K11/06 (Comprising only sliding valves , i.e. sliding closure elements) appears on 3,408 US grants and 3,036 published applications in this corpus.

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Granted patents: 3,408
Published applications: 3,036
Assignees: 1,569
Inventors: 5,737
Latest grant: 6 Oct 2026

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F16K 11/06: granted patents and published applications per publication year
Year	Granted patents	Published applications
1976	42	0
1977	27	0
1978	27	0
1979	20	0
1980	36	0
1981	44	0
1982	37	0
1983	22	0
1984	30	0
1985	37	0
1986	39	0
1987	44	0
1988	27	0
1989	36	0
1990	35	0
1991	21	0
1992	17	0
1993	21	0
1994	32	0
1995	35	0
1996	17	0
1997	23	0
1998	43	0
1999	54	0
2000	46	0
2001	46	14
2002	44	30
2003	38	39
2004	47	59
2005	51	56
2006	48	72
2007	30	69
2008	40	73
2009	32	71
2010	48	104
2011	42	85
2012	69	98
2013	78	115
2014	90	146
2015	112	157
2016	141	176
2017	179	212
2018	149	191
2019	188	199
2020	222	211
2021	199	187
2022	170	164
2023	150	155
2024	176	144
2025	131	117
2026	76	92

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