F17D 5/00
Protection or supervision of installations
Official title: Protection or supervision of installations (arrangements for protecting foundations E02D31/00; protecting pipes from damage or internal or external wear F16L57/00, against corrosion and scale F16L58/00; investigation of the fluid-tightness of structures G01M3/00)
F17D5/00 (Protection or supervision of installations) appears on 977 US grants and 1,173 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in F17D- Granted patents
- 977
- Published applications
- 1,173
- Assignees
- 661
- Inventors
- 2,578
- Latest grant
- 22 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 13 | 0 |
| 1977 | 2 | 0 |
| 1978 | 6 | 0 |
| 1979 | 4 | 0 |
| 1980 | 8 | 0 |
| 1981 | 2 | 0 |
| 1982 | 2 | 0 |
| 1983 | 3 | 0 |
| 1984 | 6 | 0 |
| 1985 | 6 | 0 |
| 1986 | 3 | 0 |
| 1987 | 13 | 0 |
| 1988 | 8 | 0 |
| 1989 | 11 | 0 |
| 1990 | 10 | 0 |
| 1991 | 10 | 0 |
| 1992 | 5 | 0 |
| 1993 | 6 | 0 |
| 1994 | 4 | 0 |
| 1995 | 3 | 0 |
| 1996 | 3 | 0 |
| 1997 | 2 | 0 |
| 1998 | 5 | 0 |
| 1999 | 10 | 0 |
| 2000 | 2 | 0 |
| 2001 | 6 | 3 |
| 2002 | 8 | 9 |
| 2003 | 11 | 15 |
| 2004 | 15 | 19 |
| 2005 | 9 | 11 |
| 2006 | 9 | 15 |
| 2007 | 10 | 17 |
| 2008 | 7 | 22 |
| 2009 | 8 | 21 |
| 2010 | 10 | 34 |
| 2011 | 16 | 35 |
| 2012 | 19 | 23 |
| 2013 | 27 | 41 |
| 2014 | 26 | 48 |
| 2015 | 32 | 74 |
| 2016 | 33 | 47 |
| 2017 | 47 | 48 |
| 2018 | 47 | 89 |
| 2019 | 50 | 62 |
| 2020 | 57 | 80 |
| 2021 | 60 | 60 |
| 2022 | 62 | 79 |
| 2023 | 53 | 77 |
| 2024 | 78 | 107 |
| 2025 | 70 | 84 |
| 2026 | 60 | 53 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Management system for vacuum heat insulating body22 Sep 2026US 12,742,523 B2Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
- Pipe wear monitoring system and method of use thereof15 Sep 2026US 12,736,322 B22C Holdings Pty Ltd
- Hydrogen transport, distribution and storage system, method and apparatus8 Sep 2026US 12,729,814 B2H2C Safety Pipe, Inc.
- System and method for optimizing pipeline network performance8 Sep 2026US 12,729,817 B2Saudi Arabian Oil Company
- Method and internet of things (IoT) system for managing and controlling risk in smart gas pipeline network by combining ultrasonic flowmeter1 Sep 2026US 12,723,903 B2Chengdu Qinchuan Iot Technology Co., Ltd.
- A hazardous fluid isolation system8 Oct 2026US 2026/0309284 A1Fabrum IP Holdings Limited
- Gas odorization apparatus, control, and associated methods8 Oct 2026US 2026/0309286 A1Tpe Midstream LLC
- Apparatus configured to create pipeline network data with water leakage accident history, method for creating pipeline network data with water leakage accident history, and non-transitory computer-readable recording medium1 Oct 2026US 2026/0298417 A1Kubota Corporation
- Methods for determining continuous gas supply time based on smart gas, internet of things (iot) systems and media thereof1 Oct 2026US 2026/0298418 A1Chengdu Qinchuan Iot Technology Co., Ltd.
- Composite detection apparatus and method of pulsed eddy current and magnetic flux leakage in oil and gas pipeline24 Sep 2026US 2026/0287125 A1China Special Equipment Inspection & Research Institute
Most cited
By later US patents
- Dual wall safety tube580US 4,653,541 AParker-Hannifin Corporation · 1987
- Sensor networks for monitoring pipelines and power lines234US 7,705,747 B2Terahop Networks, Inc. · 2010
- System for monitoring pipelines153US 4,796,466 A1989
- Detection of leaks in pipelines141US 5,416,724 ARensselaer Polytechnic Institute · 1995
- Automatic leak detection and shut-off system140US 5,568,825 A1996