F28D 3/04
Distributing arrangements
F28D3/04 (Distributing arrangements) appears on 118 US grants and 114 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in F28D- Granted patents
- 118
- Published applications
- 114
- Assignees
- 79
- Inventors
- 289
- Latest grant
- 7 Jul 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1976 | 1 | 0 |
| 1977 | 0 | 0 |
| 1978 | 0 | 0 |
| 1979 | 2 | 0 |
| 1980 | 3 | 0 |
| 1981 | 2 | 0 |
| 1982 | 5 | 0 |
| 1983 | 1 | 0 |
| 1984 | 1 | 0 |
| 1985 | 0 | 0 |
| 1986 | 3 | 0 |
| 1987 | 0 | 0 |
| 1988 | 1 | 0 |
| 1989 | 2 | 0 |
| 1990 | 1 | 0 |
| 1991 | 1 | 0 |
| 1992 | 1 | 0 |
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| 1994 | 2 | 0 |
| 1995 | 1 | 0 |
| 1996 | 2 | 0 |
| 1997 | 2 | 0 |
| 1998 | 2 | 0 |
| 1999 | 1 | 0 |
| 2000 | 1 | 0 |
| 2001 | 4 | 0 |
| 2002 | 1 | 1 |
| 2003 | 2 | 2 |
| 2004 | 1 | 2 |
| 2005 | 0 | 0 |
| 2006 | 1 | 2 |
| 2007 | 1 | 0 |
| 2008 | 0 | 1 |
| 2009 | 2 | 1 |
| 2010 | 1 | 5 |
| 2011 | 0 | 1 |
| 2012 | 2 | 6 |
| 2013 | 0 | 5 |
| 2014 | 2 | 6 |
| 2015 | 2 | 4 |
| 2016 | 4 | 15 |
| 2017 | 4 | 10 |
| 2018 | 6 | 3 |
| 2019 | 13 | 6 |
| 2020 | 10 | 5 |
| 2021 | 2 | 12 |
| 2022 | 7 | 6 |
| 2023 | 3 | 5 |
| 2024 | 7 | 4 |
| 2025 | 4 | 8 |
| 2026 | 3 | 4 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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Most cited
By later US patents
- Falling film evaporator with refrigerant distribution system55US 5,645,124 AAmerican Standard Inc. · 1997
- Falling film evaporator for a vapor compression refrigeration chiller52US 6,293,112 B1American Standard International Inc. · 2001
- Falling film evaporator with vapor-liquid separator49US 5,561,987 AAmerican Standard Inc. · 1996
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- Falling film evaporator having two-phase distribution system48US 6,167,713 AAmerican Standard Inc. · 2001