F23Q 2/16
Lighters with gaseous fuel
Official title: Lighters with gaseous fuel, e.g. the gas being stored in liquid phase
F23Q2/16 (Lighters with gaseous fuel) appears on 545 US grants and 287 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in F23Q- Granted patents
- 545
- Published applications
- 287
- Assignees
- 148
- Inventors
- 477
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 8 | 0 |
| 1977 | 14 | 0 |
| 1978 | 7 | 0 |
| 1979 | 4 | 0 |
| 1980 | 5 | 0 |
| 1981 | 9 | 0 |
| 1982 | 7 | 0 |
| 1983 | 6 | 0 |
| 1984 | 5 | 0 |
| 1985 | 4 | 0 |
| 1986 | 3 | 0 |
| 1987 | 6 | 0 |
| 1988 | 7 | 0 |
| 1989 | 15 | 0 |
| 1990 | 10 | 0 |
| 1991 | 12 | 0 |
| 1992 | 18 | 0 |
| 1993 | 19 | 0 |
| 1994 | 16 | 0 |
| 1995 | 25 | 0 |
| 1996 | 16 | 0 |
| 1997 | 14 | 0 |
| 1998 | 18 | 0 |
| 1999 | 19 | 0 |
| 2000 | 40 | 0 |
| 2001 | 26 | 3 |
| 2002 | 19 | 34 |
| 2003 | 30 | 24 |
| 2004 | 24 | 32 |
| 2005 | 23 | 33 |
| 2006 | 14 | 22 |
| 2007 | 10 | 14 |
| 2008 | 4 | 18 |
| 2009 | 10 | 11 |
| 2010 | 9 | 11 |
| 2011 | 1 | 5 |
| 2012 | 2 | 5 |
| 2013 | 2 | 2 |
| 2014 | 5 | 4 |
| 2015 | 5 | 4 |
| 2016 | 1 | 5 |
| 2017 | 3 | 1 |
| 2018 | 3 | 7 |
| 2019 | 8 | 12 |
| 2020 | 9 | 6 |
| 2021 | 6 | 5 |
| 2022 | 3 | 4 |
| 2023 | 7 | 9 |
| 2024 | 6 | 7 |
| 2025 | 6 | 5 |
| 2026 | 2 | 4 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Flame producing assembly6 Oct 2026US 12,754,058 B2BIC Violex Single Member S.A.
- Lighter fueled by pocket lighter or gas reservoir26 May 2026US 12,638,177 B2Societe BIC
- Lighter comprising a container suitable for liquefied gas and a compressible member to prevent overfilling of the container18 Nov 2025US 12,474,050 B2Societe BIC
- Cigar lighter with enclosed burn area12 Aug 2025US 12,385,639 B22731848 Ontario Inc.
- Cooking apparatus13 May 2025US 12,295,524 B2
- Lighter fueled by pocket lighter or gas reservoir3 Sep 2026US 2026/0258949 A1Societe BIC
- Portable biometric lighter11 Jun 2026US 2026/0160418 A1
- Wood chip combustion furnace4 Jun 2026US 2026/0153240 A1Haohong Electric Technology (Hubei) Co., Ltd.
- Tobacco pipe lighter1 Jan 2026US 2026/0002671 A1Zhejiang Honest Smoking Sets Co., Ltd
- Universal smoking device18 Dec 2025US 2025/0380736 A1Nifty Goods, LLC
Most cited
By later US patents
- Safety device in lighting rods74US 5,697,775 ATokai Corporation · 1997
- Safety device for piezoelectric gas lighter68US 5,145,358 ATokai Corporation · 1992
- Gas lighter equipped with a safety lock67US 4,784,602 ATokai Corporation · 1988
- Piezoelectric lighter equipped with a safety lock67US 4,859,172 ATokai Corporation · 1989
- Child resistant cigarette lighter66US 4,832,596 A1989