F16K 31/52425
With a ball-shaped valve member
Official title: {with a ball-shaped valve member}
F16K31/52425 (With a ball-shaped valve member) appears on 38 US grants and 32 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in F16K- Granted patents
- 38
- Published applications
- 32
- Assignees
- 29
- Inventors
- 74
- Latest grant
- 22 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1976 | 3 | 0 |
| 1977 | 1 | 0 |
| 1978 | 0 | 0 |
| 1979 | 0 | 0 |
| 1980 | 0 | 0 |
| 1981 | 0 | 0 |
| 1982 | 0 | 0 |
| 1983 | 0 | 0 |
| 1984 | 2 | 0 |
| 1985 | 0 | 0 |
| 1986 | 0 | 0 |
| 1987 | 0 | 0 |
| 1988 | 0 | 0 |
| 1989 | 0 | 0 |
| 1990 | 0 | 0 |
| 1991 | 0 | 0 |
| 1992 | 0 | 0 |
| 1993 | 0 | 0 |
| 1994 | 0 | 0 |
| 1995 | 0 | 0 |
| 1996 | 0 | 0 |
| 1997 | 0 | 0 |
| 1998 | 1 | 0 |
| 1999 | 0 | 0 |
| 2000 | 0 | 0 |
| 2001 | 0 | 0 |
| 2002 | 3 | 1 |
| 2003 | 0 | 3 |
| 2004 | 3 | 0 |
| 2005 | 1 | 1 |
| 2006 | 2 | 1 |
| 2007 | 0 | 0 |
| 2008 | 0 | 0 |
| 2009 | 0 | 0 |
| 2010 | 0 | 0 |
| 2011 | 0 | 0 |
| 2012 | 1 | 1 |
| 2013 | 1 | 4 |
| 2014 | 0 | 2 |
| 2015 | 2 | 1 |
| 2016 | 3 | 0 |
| 2017 | 1 | 1 |
| 2018 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 0 | 3 |
| 2020 | 2 | 3 |
| 2021 | 3 | 4 |
| 2022 | 2 | 0 |
| 2023 | 0 | 4 |
| 2024 | 4 | 1 |
| 2025 | 2 | 1 |
| 2026 | 1 | 1 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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Most cited
By later US patents
- Variable pressure valve apparatus116US 6,684,904 B2Seiko Instruments Inc. · 2004
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