F25D 23/126
Water cooler
Official title: {Water cooler}
F25D23/126 (Water cooler) appears on 962 US grants and 1,138 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in F25D- Granted patents
- 962
- Published applications
- 1,138
- Assignees
- 127
- Inventors
- 1,398
- Latest grant
- 22 Sep 2026
Filings by year
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| 2004 | 10 | 23 |
| 2005 | 11 | 30 |
| 2006 | 19 | 37 |
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| 2018 | 48 | 89 |
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| 2020 | 67 | 63 |
| 2021 | 56 | 46 |
| 2022 | 48 | 46 |
| 2023 | 35 | 34 |
| 2024 | 33 | 52 |
| 2025 | 38 | 56 |
| 2026 | 34 | 20 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
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- Water filter and home appliance with water filter and method for coupling water filter23 Jul 2026US 2026/0208079 A1LG Electronics Inc.
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- Cartridge and method for cleaning water lines of an appliance25 Jun 2026US 2026/0176167 A1Electrolux Home Products, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Automatic liquid dispenser and refrigerator with the same865US 7,661,448 B2LG Electronics Inc. · 2010
- Beverage distribution and dispensing system and method157US 6,751,525 B1Beverage Works, Inc. · 2004
- External refrigerator-mounted liquid dispenser148US 5,542,265 A1996
- Dispenser assembly for refrigerator and control method thereof148US 5,956,967 ALG Electronics Inc. · 1999
- Water filtering system with replaceable cartridge for a refrigerator138US 6,120,685 AMaytag Corporation · 2000