F17C 1/007
Underground or underwater storage
Official title: {Underground or underwater storage}
F17C1/007 (Underground or underwater storage) appears on 111 US grants and 157 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in F17C- Granted patents
- 111
- Published applications
- 157
- Assignees
- 85
- Inventors
- 322
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1979 | 1 | 0 |
| 1980 | 0 | 0 |
| 1981 | 0 | 0 |
| 1982 | 0 | 0 |
| 1983 | 0 | 0 |
| 1984 | 0 | 0 |
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| 2001 | 1 | 1 |
| 2002 | 4 | 1 |
| 2003 | 2 | 1 |
| 2004 | 0 | 1 |
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| 2006 | 1 | 1 |
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| 2008 | 1 | 0 |
| 2009 | 0 | 1 |
| 2010 | 0 | 0 |
| 2011 | 0 | 3 |
| 2012 | 1 | 2 |
| 2013 | 1 | 4 |
| 2014 | 2 | 7 |
| 2015 | 2 | 17 |
| 2016 | 9 | 12 |
| 2017 | 8 | 5 |
| 2018 | 2 | 6 |
| 2019 | 11 | 5 |
| 2020 | 6 | 5 |
| 2021 | 5 | 8 |
| 2022 | 5 | 7 |
| 2023 | 7 | 19 |
| 2024 | 7 | 22 |
| 2025 | 13 | 19 |
| 2026 | 12 | 10 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Compressed hydrogen and air power system6 Oct 2026US 12,753,880 B2Cleantech Geomechanics Inc.
- Compressed gas storage tank, system and method22 Sep 2026US 12,742,516 B2Ardent Underground Pty Ltd
- Foot frame bottom plate type fixed parts, sealed inner lining structure, underground chamber and construction method15 Sep 2026US 12,735,854 B2Institute of Rock and Soil Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Pod hanger for subsurface gas storage14 Jul 2026US 12,680,649 B2
- Underground storage system for fluid storage2 Jun 2026US 12,644,564 B2Vallourec Oil and Gas France
- Method and system for storing hydrogen1 Oct 2026US 2026/0298411 A1
- Electric field-enhanced underground hydrogen storage system and method17 Sep 2026US 2026/0276147 A1China University of Petroleum (East China)
- Subsurface storage system17 Sep 2026US 2026/0276148 A1Good Water Energy Ltd.
- Process for storing and exploiting a first gas and a second gas denser than the first gas in an aquifer or depleted reservoir27 Aug 2026US 2026/0251265 A1Storengy
- Underground Gas Storage Device for Compressed Air Energy Storage and Construction Method Thereof2 Jul 2026US 2026/0185662 A1Shanghai Investigation, Design & Research Institute Co., Ltd.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Compressed-air storage installation100US 4,147,204 ABBC Brown, Boveri & Company, Limited · 1979
- Underground compressed natural gas storage and service system50US 5,207,530 AHalliburton Company · 1993
- Method for producing, transporting, offloading, storing and distributing natural gas to a marketplace44US 6,298,671 B1BP Amoco Corporation · 2001
- Underground storage system for natural gas39US 5,333,465 A1994
- Method for the production of carbon dioxide hydrates38US 5,562,891 ACalifornia Institute of Technology · 1996