F17C 11/007
Use of gas-solvents or gas-sorbents in vessels: for hydrocarbon gases, such as
Official title: {for hydrocarbon gases, such as methane or natural gas, propane, butane or mixtures thereof [LPG]}
F17C11/007 (Use of gas-solvents or gas-sorbents in vessels: for hydrocarbon gases, such as) appears on 226 US grants and 243 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in F17C- Granted patents
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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