F16K 31/523
Comprising a sliding valve
Official title: {comprising a sliding valve}
F16K31/523 (Comprising a sliding valve) appears on 75 US grants and 71 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in F16K- Granted patents
- 75
- Published applications
- 71
- Assignees
- 52
- Inventors
- 153
- Latest grant
- 30 Jun 2026
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| 2019 | 6 | 3 |
| 2020 | 5 | 6 |
| 2021 | 9 | 6 |
| 2022 | 9 | 4 |
| 2023 | 9 | 6 |
| 2024 | 4 | 8 |
| 2025 | 5 | 2 |
| 2026 | 3 | 5 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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