F25C 5/08
By heating bodies in contact with the ice
Official title: by heating bodies in contact with the ice
F25C5/08 (By heating bodies in contact with the ice) appears on 563 US grants and 622 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in F25C- Granted patents
- 563
- Published applications
- 622
- Assignees
- 135
- Inventors
- 779
- Latest grant
- 22 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 4 | 0 |
| 1977 | 2 | 0 |
| 1978 | 4 | 0 |
| 1979 | 6 | 0 |
| 1980 | 6 | 0 |
| 1981 | 1 | 0 |
| 1982 | 3 | 0 |
| 1983 | 4 | 0 |
| 1984 | 8 | 0 |
| 1985 | 3 | 0 |
| 1986 | 4 | 0 |
| 1987 | 3 | 0 |
| 1988 | 5 | 0 |
| 1989 | 5 | 0 |
| 1990 | 8 | 0 |
| 1991 | 12 | 0 |
| 1992 | 6 | 0 |
| 1993 | 7 | 0 |
| 1994 | 3 | 0 |
| 1995 | 3 | 0 |
| 1996 | 5 | 0 |
| 1997 | 1 | 0 |
| 1998 | 3 | 0 |
| 1999 | 9 | 0 |
| 2000 | 6 | 0 |
| 2001 | 6 | 1 |
| 2002 | 5 | 7 |
| 2003 | 7 | 7 |
| 2004 | 11 | 16 |
| 2005 | 10 | 11 |
| 2006 | 10 | 27 |
| 2007 | 15 | 15 |
| 2008 | 5 | 16 |
| 2009 | 7 | 33 |
| 2010 | 9 | 35 |
| 2011 | 12 | 14 |
| 2012 | 10 | 16 |
| 2013 | 22 | 11 |
| 2014 | 10 | 21 |
| 2015 | 11 | 7 |
| 2016 | 13 | 19 |
| 2017 | 21 | 29 |
| 2018 | 16 | 19 |
| 2019 | 17 | 27 |
| 2020 | 21 | 33 |
| 2021 | 25 | 65 |
| 2022 | 24 | 22 |
| 2023 | 31 | 38 |
| 2024 | 71 | 59 |
| 2025 | 42 | 49 |
| 2026 | 11 | 25 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Refrigerator22 Sep 2026US 12,742,581 B2LG Electronics Inc.
- Refrigerator and control method therefor15 Sep 2026US 12,736,265 B2LG Electronics Inc.
- Refrigerator21 Jul 2026US 12,687,333 B2LG Electronics Inc.
- Ice maker and control method therefor23 Jun 2026US 12,663,194 B2Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Ice making module, and ice maker and refrigerator having the same26 May 2026US 12,638,225 B2
- Refrigerator1 Oct 2026US 2026/0298519 A1LG Electronics Inc.
- Flower mold & harvesting mechanism for spherical ice3 Sep 2026US 2026/0258994 A1emz-Hanauer GmbH & Co. KGaA
- Refrigerator and control method therefor27 Aug 2026US 2026/0251370 A1LG Electronics Inc.
- Ice machine evaporator with dimples20 Aug 2026US 2026/0243488 A1Hoshizaki America, Inc.
- Through-type water tank for ice maker13 Aug 2026US 2026/0235342 A1Ningbo Hicon Intelligent Technology Co., Ltd.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Ice making machine81US 5,586,439 AThe Manitowoc Company, Inc. · 1996
- Integrally formed, modular ice cuber having a stainless steel evaporator and a microcontroller80US 5,291,752 A1994
- Ice maker80US 6,820,433 B2Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. · 2004
- Water tray for clear ice maker78US 3,952,539 AGeneral Motors Corporation · 1976
- Beverage dispenser with integral ice maker77US 6,761,036 B2Manitowoc Foodservice Companies, Inc. · 2004