F16K 31/563
For rotating or pivoting valves
Official title: {for rotating or pivoting valves}
F16K31/563 (For rotating or pivoting valves) appears on 101 US grants and 93 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in F16K- Granted patents
- 101
- Published applications
- 93
- Assignees
- 87
- Inventors
- 240
- Latest grant
- 14 Apr 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 2 | 0 |
| 1977 | 0 | 0 |
| 1978 | 2 | 0 |
| 1979 | 0 | 0 |
| 1980 | 1 | 0 |
| 1981 | 2 | 0 |
| 1982 | 0 | 0 |
| 1983 | 0 | 0 |
| 1984 | 0 | 0 |
| 1985 | 2 | 0 |
| 1986 | 1 | 0 |
| 1987 | 0 | 0 |
| 1988 | 1 | 0 |
| 1989 | 0 | 0 |
| 1990 | 0 | 0 |
| 1991 | 2 | 0 |
| 1992 | 0 | 0 |
| 1993 | 0 | 0 |
| 1994 | 0 | 0 |
| 1995 | 0 | 0 |
| 1996 | 0 | 0 |
| 1997 | 0 | 0 |
| 1998 | 1 | 0 |
| 1999 | 2 | 0 |
| 2000 | 1 | 0 |
| 2001 | 3 | 2 |
| 2002 | 5 | 2 |
| 2003 | 3 | 2 |
| 2004 | 3 | 3 |
| 2005 | 0 | 2 |
| 2006 | 3 | 2 |
| 2007 | 1 | 4 |
| 2008 | 2 | 2 |
| 2009 | 3 | 2 |
| 2010 | 2 | 1 |
| 2011 | 1 | 0 |
| 2012 | 0 | 1 |
| 2013 | 1 | 5 |
| 2014 | 1 | 1 |
| 2015 | 2 | 3 |
| 2016 | 1 | 3 |
| 2017 | 1 | 6 |
| 2018 | 6 | 1 |
| 2019 | 1 | 12 |
| 2020 | 10 | 9 |
| 2021 | 6 | 9 |
| 2022 | 10 | 9 |
| 2023 | 6 | 5 |
| 2024 | 7 | 6 |
| 2025 | 4 | 1 |
| 2026 | 2 | 0 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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- Valve3 Oct 2024US 2024/0325675 A1Imperial College Innovations Limited
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Most cited
By later US patents
- Plastic spring43US 3,990,674 AGeneral Motors Corporation · 1976
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- Fail safe valve actuator31US 4,090,589 A1978
- Conduit fluid containment system with automatic shut-off30US 5,713,387 A1998