F16K 27/04
Construction of housing: of sliding valves
Official title: of sliding valves
F16K27/04 (Construction of housing: of sliding valves) appears on 1,246 US grants and 1,182 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in F16K- Granted patents
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- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
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| 2004 | 12 | 12 |
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| 2019 | 57 | 83 |
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| 2023 | 83 | 94 |
| 2024 | 88 | 80 |
| 2025 | 66 | 54 |
| 2026 | 40 | 42 |
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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- Parallel-slide gate valve87US 5,549,278 ASistag AG · 1996