F16K 31/05
Specially adapted for operating hand-operated valves or for combined motor and hand
Official title: specially adapted for operating hand-operated valves or for combined motor and hand operation
F16K31/05 (Specially adapted for operating hand-operated valves or for combined motor and hand) appears on 299 US grants and 267 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in F16K- Granted patents
- 299
- Published applications
- 267
- Assignees
- 208
- Inventors
- 552
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1976 | 6 | 0 |
| 1977 | 5 | 0 |
| 1978 | 12 | 0 |
| 1979 | 0 | 0 |
| 1980 | 4 | 0 |
| 1981 | 2 | 0 |
| 1982 | 3 | 0 |
| 1983 | 2 | 0 |
| 1984 | 7 | 0 |
| 1985 | 6 | 0 |
| 1986 | 3 | 0 |
| 1987 | 4 | 0 |
| 1988 | 4 | 0 |
| 1989 | 2 | 0 |
| 1990 | 1 | 0 |
| 1991 | 2 | 0 |
| 1992 | 1 | 0 |
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| 1994 | 2 | 0 |
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| 1996 | 3 | 0 |
| 1997 | 0 | 0 |
| 1998 | 1 | 0 |
| 1999 | 1 | 0 |
| 2000 | 3 | 0 |
| 2001 | 1 | 2 |
| 2002 | 2 | 1 |
| 2003 | 2 | 5 |
| 2004 | 5 | 6 |
| 2005 | 5 | 7 |
| 2006 | 7 | 6 |
| 2007 | 5 | 3 |
| 2008 | 3 | 8 |
| 2009 | 3 | 10 |
| 2010 | 5 | 4 |
| 2011 | 5 | 12 |
| 2012 | 9 | 12 |
| 2013 | 6 | 6 |
| 2014 | 6 | 16 |
| 2015 | 13 | 4 |
| 2016 | 6 | 8 |
| 2017 | 11 | 22 |
| 2018 | 14 | 21 |
| 2019 | 18 | 15 |
| 2020 | 13 | 27 |
| 2021 | 25 | 18 |
| 2022 | 11 | 16 |
| 2023 | 14 | 14 |
| 2024 | 16 | 8 |
| 2025 | 11 | 11 |
| 2026 | 6 | 5 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
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By later US patents
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- System and method for closing an existing valve in response to a detected leak66US 6,662,821 B2Rapid Emergency Shutoff Systems, Inc. · 2003
- Valve actuator assembly and methods of using the same62US 8,342,478 B1Tri-Tec Manufacturing, LLC · 2013