F23G 7/08
Using flares
Official title: using flares, e.g. in stacks
F23G7/08 (Using flares) appears on 362 US grants and 269 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in F23G- Granted patents
- 362
- Published applications
- 269
- Assignees
- 167
- Inventors
- 621
- Latest grant
- 11 Aug 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 7 | 0 |
| 1977 | 10 | 0 |
| 1978 | 20 | 0 |
| 1979 | 9 | 0 |
| 1980 | 4 | 0 |
| 1981 | 9 | 0 |
| 1982 | 6 | 0 |
| 1983 | 3 | 0 |
| 1984 | 7 | 0 |
| 1985 | 9 | 0 |
| 1986 | 6 | 0 |
| 1987 | 10 | 0 |
| 1988 | 1 | 0 |
| 1989 | 4 | 0 |
| 1990 | 7 | 0 |
| 1991 | 0 | 0 |
| 1992 | 2 | 0 |
| 1993 | 2 | 0 |
| 1994 | 2 | 0 |
| 1995 | 3 | 0 |
| 1996 | 3 | 0 |
| 1997 | 3 | 0 |
| 1998 | 11 | 0 |
| 1999 | 10 | 0 |
| 2000 | 4 | 0 |
| 2001 | 3 | 1 |
| 2002 | 7 | 3 |
| 2003 | 4 | 5 |
| 2004 | 2 | 6 |
| 2005 | 5 | 4 |
| 2006 | 0 | 7 |
| 2007 | 4 | 7 |
| 2008 | 3 | 8 |
| 2009 | 2 | 5 |
| 2010 | 6 | 2 |
| 2011 | 4 | 8 |
| 2012 | 5 | 7 |
| 2013 | 5 | 3 |
| 2014 | 2 | 11 |
| 2015 | 3 | 23 |
| 2016 | 7 | 14 |
| 2017 | 12 | 11 |
| 2018 | 8 | 5 |
| 2019 | 13 | 21 |
| 2020 | 11 | 13 |
| 2021 | 13 | 18 |
| 2022 | 13 | 22 |
| 2023 | 15 | 18 |
| 2024 | 21 | 26 |
| 2025 | 25 | 12 |
| 2026 | 17 | 9 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Systems, apparatuses, methods, and computer program products for segregation of flaring and venting volumes using machine learning approaches11 Aug 2026US 12,704,255 B2Honeywell International Inc.
- Monitoring and maintaining flare tip temperatures4 Aug 2026US 12,698,896 B2Saudi Arabian Oil Company
- Apparatus and method for combustion of natural gas from pneumatic controllers28 Jul 2026US 12,693,010 B2
- Flaring optimization responsive to wind conditions28 Jul 2026US 12,693,011 B2Schlumberger Technology Corporation
- Cooled flare tip barrel21 Jul 2026US 12,687,294 B2Saudi Arabian Oil Company
- Hybrid flare apparatus1 Oct 2026US 2026/0298467 A1Cimarron Energy, Inc.
- Flare gas capture apparatus, control, and associated methods17 Sep 2026US 2026/0276157 A1Tpe Midstream LLC
- Cooled flare tip barrel17 Sep 2026US 2026/0276194 A1Saudi Arabian Oil Company
- Portable flare ignitor tool10 Sep 2026US 2026/0266461 A1
- Flare stream classification with semantic segmentation and generative adversarial networks in normal and low-light conditions16 Jul 2026US 2026/0204046 A1Schlumberger Technology Corporation
Most cited
By later US patents
- Flare with inwardly directed Coanda nozzle124US 4,336,017 AThe British Petroleum Company p.l.c. · 1982
- Flarestack Coanda burners with self-adjusting slot at pressure outlet112US 4,073,613 AThe British Petroleum Company p.l.c. · 1978
- Injector for injecting air into the combustion chamber of a torch burner and a torch burner103US 5,735,683 AE.E.T. Umwelt - & Gastechnik GmbH · 1998
- Flare gas burner52US 3,994,671 ACombustion Unlimited Incorporated · 1976
- Pilot gas conservation system for flare stacks49US 4,101,257 ACombustion Unlimited Incorporated · 1978