F23Q 2/32
Lighters characterised by being combined with other objects
Official title: Lighters characterised by being combined with other objects (combinations with smokers' equipment A24F)
F23Q2/32 (Lighters characterised by being combined with other objects) appears on 144 US grants and 129 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in F23Q- Granted patents
- 144
- Published applications
- 129
- Assignees
- 59
- Inventors
- 258
- Latest grant
- 15 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 1 | 0 |
| 1977 | 1 | 0 |
| 1978 | 4 | 0 |
| 1979 | 1 | 0 |
| 1980 | 2 | 0 |
| 1981 | 3 | 0 |
| 1982 | 5 | 0 |
| 1983 | 5 | 0 |
| 1984 | 4 | 0 |
| 1985 | 5 | 0 |
| 1986 | 2 | 0 |
| 1987 | 1 | 0 |
| 1988 | 1 | 0 |
| 1989 | 2 | 0 |
| 1990 | 5 | 0 |
| 1991 | 4 | 0 |
| 1992 | 5 | 0 |
| 1993 | 4 | 0 |
| 1994 | 3 | 0 |
| 1995 | 1 | 0 |
| 1996 | 2 | 0 |
| 1997 | 3 | 0 |
| 1998 | 5 | 0 |
| 1999 | 4 | 0 |
| 2000 | 8 | 0 |
| 2001 | 3 | 3 |
| 2002 | 2 | 2 |
| 2003 | 7 | 5 |
| 2004 | 0 | 3 |
| 2005 | 1 | 5 |
| 2006 | 1 | 6 |
| 2007 | 1 | 7 |
| 2008 | 1 | 6 |
| 2009 | 2 | 7 |
| 2010 | 2 | 3 |
| 2011 | 0 | 3 |
| 2012 | 1 | 4 |
| 2013 | 2 | 5 |
| 2014 | 3 | 5 |
| 2015 | 3 | 7 |
| 2016 | 3 | 4 |
| 2017 | 3 | 3 |
| 2018 | 0 | 10 |
| 2019 | 7 | 11 |
| 2020 | 4 | 8 |
| 2021 | 7 | 4 |
| 2022 | 1 | 2 |
| 2023 | 2 | 4 |
| 2024 | 4 | 4 |
| 2025 | 1 | 5 |
| 2026 | 2 | 3 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Candle alert monitoring apparatus and method15 Sep 2026US 12,738,146 B2
- Method for manufacturing a visual display assembly and visual display assembly3 Feb 2026US 12,539,712 B2Societe BIC
- Portable biometric lighter13 May 2025US 12,298,005 B2
- Candle maintenance tool assembly27 Aug 2024US 12,072,095 B2
- Safety focusing ignition flashlight device16 Jul 2024US 12,038,153 B1Guangzhou Tianhuo Electronic Technology Co., Ltd.
- Portable biometric lighter11 Jun 2026US 2026/0160418 A1
- Smoking device and matching smoke filter device and lighter for smoking device14 May 2026US 2026/0130418 A1
- Integrated lighter with smoking vessel for smokeable substances1 Jan 2026US 2026/0002672 A1Nifty Goods, LLC
- Universal smoking device18 Dec 2025US 2025/0380736 A1Nifty Goods, LLC
- Herb Grinder, Smoking Kit and Single Dose Smoking Device23 Oct 2025US 2025/0325991 A1
Most cited
By later US patents
- Method and system for vaporization of a substance168US 8,915,254 B2Ploom, Inc. · 2014
- Method and system for vaporization of a substance100US 8,925,555 B2Ploom, Inc. · 2015
- Electronic smoking systems, devices, and methods48US 10,292,436 B2ARC Innovations Limited · 2019
- Multifunction waiter's tool46US 5,829,965 A1998
- Cover for mobile device with ecological lighter45US 9,641,208 B22017