F25C 5/22
Particularly adapted for household refrigerators
Official title: {particularly adapted for household refrigerators}
F25C5/22 (Particularly adapted for household refrigerators) appears on 1,073 US grants and 1,311 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in F25C- Granted patents
- 1,073
- Published applications
- 1,311
- Assignees
- 92
- Inventors
- 1,292
- Latest grant
- 29 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1977 | 1 | 0 |
| 1978 | 8 | 0 |
| 1979 | 0 | 0 |
| 1980 | 3 | 0 |
| 1981 | 3 | 0 |
| 1982 | 1 | 0 |
| 1983 | 0 | 0 |
| 1984 | 1 | 0 |
| 1985 | 1 | 0 |
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| 1992 | 3 | 0 |
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| 1997 | 0 | 0 |
| 1998 | 0 | 0 |
| 1999 | 2 | 0 |
| 2000 | 4 | 0 |
| 2001 | 4 | 1 |
| 2002 | 3 | 1 |
| 2003 | 7 | 8 |
| 2004 | 10 | 12 |
| 2005 | 7 | 15 |
| 2006 | 12 | 47 |
| 2007 | 17 | 18 |
| 2008 | 22 | 59 |
| 2009 | 27 | 55 |
| 2010 | 27 | 84 |
| 2011 | 35 | 58 |
| 2012 | 42 | 51 |
| 2013 | 49 | 58 |
| 2014 | 54 | 58 |
| 2015 | 54 | 34 |
| 2016 | 56 | 90 |
| 2017 | 62 | 75 |
| 2018 | 65 | 56 |
| 2019 | 61 | 86 |
| 2020 | 77 | 82 |
| 2021 | 66 | 85 |
| 2022 | 65 | 45 |
| 2023 | 49 | 60 |
| 2024 | 63 | 65 |
| 2025 | 61 | 62 |
| 2026 | 27 | 46 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Refrigeration appliance fan29 Sep 2026US 12,747,905 B2Whirlpool Corporation
- Temperature regulating features for a refrigerator icebox22 Sep 2026US 12,742,582 B2Haier US Appliance Solutions, Inc.
- Lighting module and refrigerator having dispenser15 Sep 2026US 12,736,738 B2LG Electronics Inc.
- Refrigerator appliance including a fresh food chamber cold wall25 Aug 2026US 12,716,638 B2Haier US Appliance Solutions, Inc.
- Method and apparatus for using gestures in a refrigerator dispensing system25 Aug 2026US 12,716,648 B2Transform Sr Brands LLC
- Refrigerator8 Oct 2026US 2026/0309386 A1LG Electronics Inc.
- Refrigerator8 Oct 2026US 2026/0309387 A1LG Electronics Inc.
- Refrigerator8 Oct 2026US 2026/0309388 A1LG Electronics Inc.
- Refrigerator and a method for controlling the same8 Oct 2026US 2026/0309394 A1LG Electronics Inc.
- Adjustable ice bin capacity in a refrigerator appliance8 Oct 2026US 2026/0309396 A1Haier US Appliance Solutions, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Ice making and storage system for a refrigerator174US 6,050,097 AWhirlpool Corporation · 2000
- Ice delivery system for a refrigerator163US 6,082,130 AWhirlpool Corporation · 2000
- Refrigerator with intermediate temperature icemaking compartment157US 7,284,390 B2Whirlpool Corporation · 2007
- Refrigerator with icemaker125US 6,964,177 B2LG Electronics Inc. · 2005
- Ice and water dispenser on refrigerator compartment door122US 7,188,479 B2Whirlpool Corporation · 2007