F16K 27/06
Construction of housing: of taps or cocks
Official title: of taps or cocks
F16K27/06 (Construction of housing: of taps or cocks) appears on 960 US grants and 1,011 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in F16K- Granted patents
- 960
- Published applications
- 1,011
- Assignees
- 621
- Inventors
- 1,932
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 15 | 0 |
| 1977 | 8 | 0 |
| 1978 | 6 | 0 |
| 1979 | 7 | 0 |
| 1980 | 9 | 0 |
| 1981 | 9 | 0 |
| 1982 | 8 | 0 |
| 1983 | 7 | 0 |
| 1984 | 15 | 0 |
| 1985 | 17 | 0 |
| 1986 | 11 | 0 |
| 1987 | 7 | 0 |
| 1988 | 4 | 0 |
| 1989 | 5 | 0 |
| 1990 | 7 | 0 |
| 1991 | 8 | 0 |
| 1992 | 10 | 0 |
| 1993 | 9 | 0 |
| 1994 | 2 | 0 |
| 1995 | 7 | 0 |
| 1996 | 8 | 0 |
| 1997 | 9 | 0 |
| 1998 | 8 | 0 |
| 1999 | 11 | 0 |
| 2000 | 4 | 0 |
| 2001 | 12 | 4 |
| 2002 | 10 | 9 |
| 2003 | 13 | 17 |
| 2004 | 8 | 11 |
| 2005 | 9 | 17 |
| 2006 | 9 | 13 |
| 2007 | 9 | 28 |
| 2008 | 8 | 20 |
| 2009 | 10 | 13 |
| 2010 | 11 | 24 |
| 2011 | 10 | 30 |
| 2012 | 12 | 16 |
| 2013 | 20 | 29 |
| 2014 | 21 | 29 |
| 2015 | 27 | 37 |
| 2016 | 25 | 51 |
| 2017 | 33 | 53 |
| 2018 | 39 | 50 |
| 2019 | 42 | 43 |
| 2020 | 34 | 61 |
| 2021 | 46 | 65 |
| 2022 | 63 | 96 |
| 2023 | 75 | 73 |
| 2024 | 72 | 89 |
| 2025 | 67 | 83 |
| 2026 | 64 | 50 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
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