F16K 27/067
With spherical plugs
Official title: {with spherical plugs}
F16K27/067 (With spherical plugs) appears on 579 US grants and 572 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in F16K- Granted patents
- 579
- Published applications
- 572
- Assignees
- 380
- Inventors
- 1,069
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
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| 2022 | 37 | 49 |
| 2023 | 45 | 40 |
| 2024 | 35 | 38 |
| 2025 | 31 | 38 |
| 2026 | 32 | 21 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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