Y02E 20/16
Combined cycle power plant [ccpp], or combined cycle gas turbine [ccgt]
Official title: Combined cycle power plant [CCPP], or combined cycle gas turbine [CCGT]
Y02E20/16 (Combined cycle power plant [ccpp], or combined cycle gas turbine [ccgt]) appears on 3,193 US grants and 3,237 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in Y02E- Granted patents
- 3,193
- Published applications
- 3,237
- Assignees
- 801
- Inventors
- 5,266
- Latest grant
- 25 Aug 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 17 | 0 |
| 1977 | 14 | 0 |
| 1978 | 12 | 0 |
| 1979 | 13 | 0 |
| 1980 | 18 | 0 |
| 1981 | 15 | 0 |
| 1982 | 19 | 0 |
| 1983 | 11 | 0 |
| 1984 | 27 | 0 |
| 1985 | 16 | 0 |
| 1986 | 17 | 0 |
| 1987 | 22 | 0 |
| 1988 | 14 | 0 |
| 1989 | 16 | 0 |
| 1990 | 24 | 0 |
| 1991 | 19 | 0 |
| 1992 | 15 | 0 |
| 1993 | 27 | 0 |
| 1994 | 39 | 0 |
| 1995 | 42 | 0 |
| 1996 | 39 | 0 |
| 1997 | 53 | 0 |
| 1998 | 62 | 0 |
| 1999 | 51 | 0 |
| 2000 | 61 | 0 |
| 2001 | 91 | 39 |
| 2002 | 68 | 54 |
| 2003 | 72 | 47 |
| 2004 | 48 | 73 |
| 2005 | 37 | 52 |
| 2006 | 38 | 50 |
| 2007 | 30 | 96 |
| 2008 | 40 | 104 |
| 2009 | 43 | 172 |
| 2010 | 67 | 217 |
| 2011 | 95 | 231 |
| 2012 | 115 | 209 |
| 2013 | 171 | 234 |
| 2014 | 159 | 286 |
| 2015 | 173 | 227 |
| 2016 | 193 | 191 |
| 2017 | 180 | 198 |
| 2018 | 148 | 161 |
| 2019 | 178 | 103 |
| 2020 | 135 | 105 |
| 2021 | 120 | 125 |
| 2022 | 98 | 89 |
| 2023 | 89 | 72 |
| 2024 | 77 | 56 |
| 2025 | 46 | 31 |
| 2026 | 19 | 15 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Method of pre-operational cleaning of water and steam systems in combined cycle power plants and combined cycle power plant arranged therefor25 Aug 2026US 12,716,366 B2GE Vernova Infrastructure Technology LLC
- H2 power plant with O2 integration25 Aug 2026US 12,716,371 B2Mitsubishi Power Americas, Inc.
- Flake-like composition and flake-like composition production method21 Jul 2026US 12,686,040 B2Nippon Fiber Corporation
- Processes for producing high biogenic concentration Fischer-Tropsch liquids derived from municipal solid wastes (MSW) feedstocks16 Jun 2026US 12,655,359 B2Fulc Jv LLC
- Once-through heat exchanger and heat recovery steam generator including the same19 May 2026US 12,631,131 B2Doosan Enerbility Co., Ltd.
- Shortened piping layout for steam cycle circuit of combined-cycle power plant9 Jul 2026US 2026/0193994 A1GE Vernova Infrastructure Technology LLC
- System and method for bypassing carbon capture system of gas turbine engine18 Jun 2026US 2026/0166486 A1
- Thermal energy storage system for simple and combined cycle power generation11 Jun 2026US 2026/0160501 A1Rondo Energy, Inc.
- Low carbon power generation integrated with partial ammonia cracking21 May 2026US 2026/0138870 A1
- Integrated power production and storage systems7 May 2026US 2026/0125812 A1Mitsubishi Power Americas, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Method of power generation via coal gasification and liquid hydrocarbon synthesis315US 3,986,349 AChevron Research Company · 1976
- Medium-load power-generating plant with integrated coal gasification plant287US 4,608,818 AKraftwerk Union Aktiengesellschaft · 1986
- Coal gasification power generation plant280US 4,442,665 AGeneral Electric Company · 1984
- Power plant with carbon dioxide capture and zero pollutant emissions254US 5,724,805 AUniversity of Massachusetts Lowell · 1998
- Method for the production of hydrogen-containing gaseous mixtures233US 6,685,754 B2Alchemix Corporation · 2004