F16K 3/0254
Being operated by particular means
Official title: {being operated by particular means}
F16K3/0254 (Being operated by particular means) appears on 347 US grants and 364 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in F16K- Granted patents
- 347
- Published applications
- 364
- Assignees
- 219
- Inventors
- 676
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1976 | 2 | 0 |
| 1977 | 2 | 0 |
| 1978 | 1 | 0 |
| 1979 | 2 | 0 |
| 1980 | 1 | 0 |
| 1981 | 4 | 0 |
| 1982 | 1 | 0 |
| 1983 | 4 | 0 |
| 1984 | 6 | 0 |
| 1985 | 2 | 0 |
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| 1987 | 3 | 0 |
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| 1991 | 1 | 0 |
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| 1994 | 1 | 0 |
| 1995 | 2 | 0 |
| 1996 | 0 | 0 |
| 1997 | 3 | 0 |
| 1998 | 0 | 0 |
| 1999 | 4 | 0 |
| 2000 | 3 | 0 |
| 2001 | 4 | 7 |
| 2002 | 6 | 6 |
| 2003 | 7 | 7 |
| 2004 | 3 | 6 |
| 2005 | 3 | 5 |
| 2006 | 9 | 6 |
| 2007 | 2 | 4 |
| 2008 | 3 | 8 |
| 2009 | 3 | 8 |
| 2010 | 4 | 3 |
| 2011 | 3 | 7 |
| 2012 | 5 | 7 |
| 2013 | 6 | 14 |
| 2014 | 4 | 10 |
| 2015 | 10 | 15 |
| 2016 | 15 | 34 |
| 2017 | 29 | 26 |
| 2018 | 21 | 25 |
| 2019 | 21 | 17 |
| 2020 | 26 | 25 |
| 2021 | 21 | 29 |
| 2022 | 37 | 14 |
| 2023 | 12 | 19 |
| 2024 | 18 | 19 |
| 2025 | 17 | 21 |
| 2026 | 12 | 22 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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