F23Q 2/00
Lighters containing fuel
Official title: Lighters containing fuel, e.g. for cigarettes
F23Q2/00 (Lighters containing fuel) appears on 940 US grants and 539 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in F23Q- Granted patents
- 940
- Published applications
- 539
- Assignees
- 260
- Inventors
- 988
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 18 | 0 |
| 1977 | 23 | 0 |
| 1978 | 20 | 0 |
| 1979 | 13 | 0 |
| 1980 | 12 | 0 |
| 1981 | 15 | 0 |
| 1982 | 16 | 0 |
| 1983 | 13 | 0 |
| 1984 | 16 | 0 |
| 1985 | 13 | 0 |
| 1986 | 11 | 0 |
| 1987 | 12 | 0 |
| 1988 | 13 | 0 |
| 1989 | 24 | 0 |
| 1990 | 22 | 0 |
| 1991 | 20 | 0 |
| 1992 | 25 | 0 |
| 1993 | 25 | 0 |
| 1994 | 21 | 0 |
| 1995 | 30 | 0 |
| 1996 | 27 | 0 |
| 1997 | 20 | 0 |
| 1998 | 29 | 0 |
| 1999 | 32 | 0 |
| 2000 | 62 | 0 |
| 2001 | 41 | 7 |
| 2002 | 30 | 39 |
| 2003 | 46 | 38 |
| 2004 | 30 | 44 |
| 2005 | 31 | 46 |
| 2006 | 16 | 35 |
| 2007 | 14 | 25 |
| 2008 | 8 | 29 |
| 2009 | 13 | 25 |
| 2010 | 12 | 15 |
| 2011 | 2 | 10 |
| 2012 | 4 | 12 |
| 2013 | 4 | 9 |
| 2014 | 10 | 13 |
| 2015 | 13 | 18 |
| 2016 | 7 | 11 |
| 2017 | 8 | 12 |
| 2018 | 10 | 19 |
| 2019 | 18 | 26 |
| 2020 | 22 | 19 |
| 2021 | 14 | 11 |
| 2022 | 8 | 13 |
| 2023 | 12 | 18 |
| 2024 | 19 | 21 |
| 2025 | 9 | 15 |
| 2026 | 7 | 9 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- F23Q 2/16Lighters with gaseous fuel545
- F23Q 2/34Component parts or accessories236
- F23Q 2/28Lighters characterised by electrical ignition of the fuel232
- F23Q 2/32Lighters characterised by being combined with other objects144
- F23Q 2/18Lighters with solid fuel24
- F23Q 2/02Lighters with liquid fuel fuel which is fluid at atmospheric pressure19
- F23Q 2/30Lighters characterised by catalytic ignition of fuel19
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