F16K 17/0406
In the form of balls
Official title: {in the form of balls}
F16K17/0406 (In the form of balls) appears on 180 US grants and 186 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in F16K- Granted patents
- 180
- Published applications
- 186
- Assignees
- 155
- Inventors
- 458
- Latest grant
- 8 Sep 2026
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| 2019 | 14 | 12 |
| 2020 | 8 | 15 |
| 2021 | 12 | 9 |
| 2022 | 8 | 10 |
| 2023 | 10 | 13 |
| 2024 | 8 | 8 |
| 2025 | 10 | 6 |
| 2026 | 7 | 6 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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By later US patents
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- Pressure relief latching solenoid valve36US 6,164,322 ASaturn Electronic & Engineering, Inc. · 2000