F16L 2101/16
Coating by application of fluent materials
Official title: Coating by application of fluent materials, e.g. painting
F16L2101/16 (Coating by application of fluent materials) appears on 88 US grants and 97 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in F16L- Granted patents
- 88
- Published applications
- 97
- Assignees
- 41
- Inventors
- 146
- Latest grant
- 31 Mar 2026
Filings by year
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| 2010 | 2 | 3 |
| 2011 | 1 | 2 |
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| 2015 | 1 | 5 |
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| 2017 | 3 | 5 |
| 2018 | 5 | 18 |
| 2019 | 4 | 6 |
| 2020 | 9 | 16 |
| 2021 | 12 | 6 |
| 2022 | 8 | 4 |
| 2023 | 11 | 5 |
| 2024 | 9 | 5 |
| 2025 | 1 | 0 |
| 2026 | 3 | 3 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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