F16K 24/00

Devices

Official title: Devices, e.g. valves, for venting or aerating enclosures (equalising valves F16K17/00; arrangement or mounting in pipes or pipe systems F16L55/07; venting or aerating as an additional function of steam traps or like apparatus F16T; ventilation of rooms, vehicles, see the appropriate subclass, e.g. F24F)

F16K24/00 (Devices) appears on 1,300 US grants and 1,176 published applications in this corpus.

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Granted patents: 1,300
Published applications: 1,176
Assignees: 775
Inventors: 2,347
Latest grant: 6 Oct 2026

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F16K 24/00: granted patents and published applications per publication year
Year	Granted patents	Published applications
1976	26	0
1977	9	0
1978	9	0
1979	7	0
1980	12	0
1981	7	0
1982	6	0
1983	4	0
1984	10	0
1985	15	0
1986	6	0
1987	6	0
1988	10	0
1989	9	0
1990	6	0
1991	10	0
1992	9	0
1993	13	0
1994	14	0
1995	22	0
1996	18	0
1997	20	0
1998	28	0
1999	30	0
2000	24	0
2001	27	10
2002	37	38
2003	32	26
2004	30	42
2005	29	40
2006	25	50
2007	21	42
2008	20	33
2009	23	38
2010	19	50
2011	31	38
2012	33	30
2013	30	41
2014	38	35
2015	41	48
2016	41	72
2017	50	87
2018	57	50
2019	68	63
2020	53	50
2021	54	48
2022	39	35
2023	40	58
2024	49	59
2025	52	53
2026	31	40

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