F25D 2400/04
Refrigerators with a horizontal mullion
F25D2400/04 (Refrigerators with a horizontal mullion) appears on 715 US grants and 350 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in F25D- Granted patents
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- Published applications
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- 104
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- Latest grant
- 11 Aug 2026
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| 1981 | 7 | 0 |
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| 1998 | 59 | 0 |
| 1999 | 61 | 0 |
| 2000 | 31 | 0 |
| 2001 | 20 | 6 |
| 2002 | 27 | 17 |
| 2003 | 21 | 26 |
| 2004 | 22 | 37 |
| 2005 | 17 | 42 |
| 2006 | 25 | 26 |
| 2007 | 20 | 19 |
| 2008 | 15 | 9 |
| 2009 | 17 | 10 |
| 2010 | 7 | 11 |
| 2011 | 5 | 12 |
| 2012 | 4 | 1 |
| 2013 | 10 | 2 |
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| 2015 | 7 | 3 |
| 2016 | 3 | 11 |
| 2017 | 7 | 16 |
| 2018 | 18 | 14 |
| 2019 | 14 | 13 |
| 2020 | 10 | 7 |
| 2021 | 6 | 13 |
| 2022 | 15 | 16 |
| 2023 | 13 | 10 |
| 2024 | 6 | 15 |
| 2025 | 14 | 7 |
| 2026 | 5 | 2 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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Most cited
By later US patents
- Thermoelectric icemaker and control199US 6,735,959 B1General Electric Company · 2004
- Fan motor on/off control system for a refrigeration appliance176US 5,918,474 AWhirlpool Corporation · 1999
- Refrigerator incorporating french doors with rotating mullion bar172US 7,008,032 B2Maytag Corporation · 2006
- Multi-compartment vacuum insulation panels153US 5,018,328 AWhirlpool Corporation · 1991
- Vacuum insulating material and device using the same146US 6,938,968 B2Matsushita Refrigeration Company · 2005