F21V 3/023
Chinese lanterns
Official title: {Chinese lanterns; Balloons}
F21V3/023 (Chinese lanterns) appears on 206 US grants and 188 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in F21V- Granted patents
- 206
- Published applications
- 188
- Assignees
- 100
- Inventors
- 288
- Latest grant
- 8 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1983 | 1 | 0 |
| 1984 | 0 | 0 |
| 1985 | 1 | 0 |
| 1986 | 2 | 0 |
| 1987 | 0 | 0 |
| 1988 | 3 | 0 |
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| 1999 | 4 | 0 |
| 2000 | 5 | 0 |
| 2001 | 4 | 1 |
| 2002 | 6 | 6 |
| 2003 | 7 | 2 |
| 2004 | 5 | 10 |
| 2005 | 2 | 8 |
| 2006 | 3 | 10 |
| 2007 | 6 | 10 |
| 2008 | 5 | 9 |
| 2009 | 7 | 9 |
| 2010 | 6 | 8 |
| 2011 | 4 | 4 |
| 2012 | 7 | 7 |
| 2013 | 4 | 8 |
| 2014 | 3 | 9 |
| 2015 | 14 | 10 |
| 2016 | 9 | 8 |
| 2017 | 6 | 6 |
| 2018 | 2 | 3 |
| 2019 | 2 | 5 |
| 2020 | 5 | 7 |
| 2021 | 8 | 8 |
| 2022 | 14 | 5 |
| 2023 | 7 | 12 |
| 2024 | 8 | 11 |
| 2025 | 11 | 5 |
| 2026 | 10 | 7 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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