F23Q 2/28
Lighters characterised by electrical ignition of the fuel
Official title: Lighters characterised by electrical ignition of the fuel (lighter with electrically-produced sparks but without fuel F23Q3/00)
F23Q2/28 (Lighters characterised by electrical ignition of the fuel) appears on 232 US grants and 125 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in F23Q- Granted patents
- 232
- Published applications
- 125
- Assignees
- 80
- Inventors
- 247
- Latest grant
- 28 Jul 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1976 | 3 | 0 |
| 1977 | 6 | 0 |
| 1978 | 3 | 0 |
| 1979 | 4 | 0 |
| 1980 | 0 | 0 |
| 1981 | 3 | 0 |
| 1982 | 1 | 0 |
| 1983 | 2 | 0 |
| 1984 | 3 | 0 |
| 1985 | 2 | 0 |
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| 1988 | 4 | 0 |
| 1989 | 3 | 0 |
| 1990 | 7 | 0 |
| 1991 | 2 | 0 |
| 1992 | 3 | 0 |
| 1993 | 5 | 0 |
| 1994 | 7 | 0 |
| 1995 | 2 | 0 |
| 1996 | 7 | 0 |
| 1997 | 4 | 0 |
| 1998 | 7 | 0 |
| 1999 | 10 | 0 |
| 2000 | 25 | 0 |
| 2001 | 10 | 3 |
| 2002 | 11 | 11 |
| 2003 | 20 | 15 |
| 2004 | 10 | 9 |
| 2005 | 4 | 10 |
| 2006 | 3 | 7 |
| 2007 | 5 | 6 |
| 2008 | 3 | 5 |
| 2009 | 2 | 3 |
| 2010 | 3 | 1 |
| 2011 | 0 | 1 |
| 2012 | 1 | 3 |
| 2013 | 0 | 0 |
| 2014 | 1 | 4 |
| 2015 | 6 | 3 |
| 2016 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 0 | 1 |
| 2018 | 2 | 7 |
| 2019 | 5 | 5 |
| 2020 | 7 | 7 |
| 2021 | 4 | 4 |
| 2022 | 1 | 2 |
| 2023 | 5 | 5 |
| 2024 | 7 | 6 |
| 2025 | 4 | 3 |
| 2026 | 2 | 4 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Torch device configured to distribute heat around the periphery of an object28 Jul 2026US 12,693,012 B2
- Lighter fueled by pocket lighter or gas reservoir26 May 2026US 12,638,177 B2Societe BIC
- Automatically igniting gas flares18 Nov 2025US 12,474,049 B2Saudi Arabian Oil Company
- Cigar lighter with enclosed burn area12 Aug 2025US 12,385,639 B22731848 Ontario Inc.
- Systems, methods, and apparatuses for implementing multi-point controls for a gas flame apparatus with a variable position gas flame trigger28 Jan 2025US 12,208,342 B2Tyl er's Prop Shop, LLC
- Lighter fueled by pocket lighter or gas reservoir3 Sep 2026US 2026/0258949 A1Societe BIC
- Temperature measurement system and method for temperature control of hot surface igniter30 Jul 2026US 2026/0219696 A1Chongqing Le-Mark Technology Co
- Tobacco pipe lighter1 Jan 2026US 2026/0002671 A1Zhejiang Honest Smoking Sets Co., Ltd
- Integrated lighter with smoking vessel for smokeable substances1 Jan 2026US 2026/0002672 A1Nifty Goods, LLC
- Gas combustor with igniting and combustion assisting function4 Dec 2025US 2025/0369612 A1Roburn Company Ltd.
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
- Piezoelectric lighter equipped with a safety lock67US 4,859,172 ATokai Corporation · 1989
- Foldable safety lighter65US 4,538,983 A1985
- Gas lighter62US 4,292,021 AIwatani Sangyo Kabushiki Kaisha · 1981