F16K 11/074
With flat sealing faces
Official title: with flat sealing faces
F16K11/074 (With flat sealing faces) appears on 1,000 US grants and 896 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in F16K- Granted patents
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- Published applications
- 896
- Assignees
- 578
- Inventors
- 1,785
- Latest grant
- 29 Sep 2026
Filings by year
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| 2001 | 21 | 7 |
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| 2003 | 18 | 10 |
| 2004 | 21 | 23 |
| 2005 | 21 | 13 |
| 2006 | 17 | 23 |
| 2007 | 11 | 25 |
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| 2010 | 17 | 30 |
| 2011 | 14 | 34 |
| 2012 | 21 | 27 |
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| 2019 | 50 | 56 |
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| 2021 | 49 | 45 |
| 2022 | 34 | 53 |
| 2023 | 30 | 42 |
| 2024 | 59 | 66 |
| 2025 | 47 | 44 |
| 2026 | 38 | 43 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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Most cited
By later US patents
- Flow regulated pressure swing adsorption system153US 6,063,161 ASoFinoy Societte Financiere d'Innovation Inc. · 2000
- Computer controllable multi-port valve125US 4,156,437 AThe Perkin-Elmer Corporation · 1979
- Rotary valve assembly for pressure swing adsorption system118US 6,311,719 B1SeQual Technologies, Inc. · 2001
- Rotary valve assembly for pressure swing adsorption system105US 6,712,087 B2SeQual Technologies, Inc. · 2004
- Absorption apparatus including rotary valve101US 4,705,627 AToray Industries, Inc. · 1987