F16K 17/0446

With an obturating member having at least a component of their opening

Official title: {with an obturating member having at least a component of their opening and closing motion not perpendicular to the closing faces}

F16K17/0446 (With an obturating member having at least a component of their opening) appears on 219 US grants and 154 published applications in this corpus.

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Granted patents: 219
Published applications: 154
Assignees: 159
Inventors: 429
Latest grant: 15 Sep 2026

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F16K 17/0446: granted patents and published applications per publication year
Year	Granted patents	Published applications
1977	2	0
1978	2	0
1979	0	0
1980	2	0
1981	3	0
1982	2	0
1983	2	0
1984	2	0
1985	4	0
1986	0	0
1987	1	0
1988	4	0
1989	2	0
1990	2	0
1991	5	0
1992	4	0
1993	6	0
1994	2	0
1995	6	0
1996	4	0
1997	15	0
1998	12	0
1999	3	0
2000	3	0
2001	3	0
2002	3	4
2003	3	5
2004	4	4
2005	1	5
2006	3	5
2007	4	4
2008	1	6
2009	6	3
2010	3	6
2011	3	3
2012	6	6
2013	4	8
2014	5	4
2015	5	4
2016	8	6
2017	3	5
2018	2	15
2019	8	13
2020	11	6
2021	10	9
2022	11	6
2023	8	11
2024	6	8
2025	6	5
2026	4	3

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