Y10S 261/00
Gas and liquid contact apparatus
Y10S261/00 (Gas and liquid contact apparatus) appears on 4,921 US grants and 1,010 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in Y10S- Granted patents
- 4,921
- Published applications
- 1,010
- Assignees
- 1,813
- Inventors
- 6,329
- Latest grant
- 16 Dec 2025
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1976 | 190 | 0 |
| 1977 | 207 | 0 |
| 1978 | 197 | 0 |
| 1979 | 161 | 0 |
| 1980 | 194 | 0 |
| 1981 | 219 | 0 |
| 1982 | 166 | 0 |
| 1983 | 157 | 0 |
| 1984 | 172 | 0 |
| 1985 | 154 | 0 |
| 1986 | 141 | 0 |
| 1987 | 122 | 0 |
| 1988 | 126 | 0 |
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| 1990 | 126 | 0 |
| 1991 | 138 | 0 |
| 1992 | 130 | 0 |
| 1993 | 120 | 0 |
| 1994 | 120 | 0 |
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| 1996 | 106 | 0 |
| 1997 | 99 | 0 |
| 1998 | 111 | 0 |
| 1999 | 115 | 0 |
| 2000 | 136 | 0 |
| 2001 | 130 | 33 |
| 2002 | 130 | 84 |
| 2003 | 109 | 97 |
| 2004 | 108 | 114 |
| 2005 | 95 | 100 |
| 2006 | 97 | 127 |
| 2007 | 80 | 80 |
| 2008 | 67 | 75 |
| 2009 | 79 | 69 |
| 2010 | 74 | 45 |
| 2011 | 79 | 38 |
| 2012 | 66 | 31 |
| 2013 | 18 | 28 |
| 2014 | 32 | 19 |
| 2015 | 25 | 14 |
| 2016 | 16 | 12 |
| 2017 | 15 | 8 |
| 2018 | 5 | 5 |
| 2019 | 6 | 7 |
| 2020 | 8 | 5 |
| 2021 | 4 | 5 |
| 2022 | 3 | 4 |
| 2023 | 2 | 2 |
| 2024 | 6 | 6 |
| 2025 | 3 | 2 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- Y10S 261/65Vaporizers512
- Y10S 261/75Flowing liquid aspirates gas473
- Y10S 261/11Cooling towers409
- Y10S 261/88Aroma dispensers360
- Y10S 261/07Carbonators328
- Y10S 261/72Packing elements306
- Y10S 261/26Foam217
- Y10S 261/74Valve actuation174
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- Y10S 261/48Sonic vibrators170
- Y10S 261/28Blood oxygenators164
- Y10S 261/54Venturi scrubbers159
- Y10S 261/42Ozonizers135
- Y10S 261/39Liquid feeding nozzles132
- Y10S 261/09Furnace gas scrubbers129
- Y10S 261/68Diaphragm-controlled inlet valve122
- Y10S 261/38Needle valves115
- Y10S 261/56Variable venturi115
- Y10S 261/76Steam113
- Y10S 261/46Residue prevention in humidifiers and air conditioners104
- Y10S 261/08Carburetor primers100
- Y10S 261/19Degassers90
- Y10S 261/78Sonic flow84
- Y10S 261/15Duct humidifiers82
- Y10S 261/67Carburetors with vented bowl77
- Y10S 261/17Odorizers76
- Y10S 261/77Plume abatement61
- Y10S 261/70Sewage aerators59
- Y10S 261/84Tamperproof57
- Y10S 261/03Air cooling56
- Y10S 261/55Reatomizers52
- Y10S 261/41Pad retaining means in humidifiers and air conditioners50
- Y10S 261/82Upper end injectors48
- Y10S 261/83Fuel vapor generation48
- Y10S 261/10Steam heaters and condensers46
- Y10S 261/01Auxiliary air inlet carburetors45
- Y10S 261/16Cream whipping43
- Y10S 261/04Auto humidifiers41
- Y10S 261/81Percolation control35
- Y10S 261/13Desuperheaters34
- Y10S 261/34Automatic humidity regulation33
- Y10S 261/27Gas circulated in circuit31
- Y10S 261/43Air coolers30
- Y10S 261/80Electrical treatment29
- Y10S 261/50Surge prevention in carburetors28
- Y10S 261/44Overflow trough25
- Y10S 261/47Swing diffusers25
- Y10S 261/12Carburetor venturi22
- Y10S 261/18Dashpots21
- Y10S 261/85Droplet catchers21
- Y10S 261/02Airplane19
- Y10S 261/51Carburetors with supercharging blowers18
- Y10S 261/71Sewage aerators18
- Y10S 261/20Deicers for carburetors17
- Y10S 261/79Cooling ponds15
- Y10S 261/21Drawing excess fuel from carbureting passage14
- Y10S 261/87Cooling tower power generators14
- Y10S 261/14Display stands11
- Y10S 261/32Heaters and condensers11
- Y10S 261/06Backfire10
- Y10S 261/22Faucet aerators9
- Y10S 261/69Fluid amplifiers in carburetors9
- Y10S 261/57Interchangeable chore tube8
- Y10S 261/23Fuel feeding valves6
- Y10S 261/58Choke tube having plurality of leaves6
- Y10S 261/63Longitudinally reciprocating choke tube, throttle-operated6
- Y10S 261/66Water injection to prevent detonation6
- Y10S 261/29Heaters submerged in liquid5
- Y10S 261/64Longitudinally reciprocating choke tube, suction-operated4
- Y10S 261/86Cooling tower ice prevention4
- Y10S 261/25Fuel spread out into a film3
- Y10S 261/49Suction operated feed valve3
- Y10S 261/52Carburetor with valves3
- Y10S 261/59Choke tube leaves flexible3
- Y10S 261/73Carburetor primers3
- Y10S 261/31Heaters2
- Y10S 261/36Carburetor manifolds2
- Y10S 261/37Modern pumps diaphragm2
- Y10S 261/60Duplex barrels2
- Y10S 261/24Fuel feeding valve retaining1
- Y10S 261/40Oil filter for fuel entering nozzles or float chamber1
- Y10S 261/45Processes carburetors1
- Y10S 261/61Longitudinally reciprocating choke tube along air passage1
- Y10S 261/30Tray heaters0
- Y10S 261/33Heaters, spray0
- Y10S 261/35Air line lubricators0
- Y10S 261/53Valve actuation0
- Y10S 261/62Longitudinally reciprocating choke tube having movable parts0
Recent patents
- Carbonator with guiding assembly16 Dec 2025US 12,496,559 B2Aarke AB
- Blood oxygenator9 Dec 2025US 12,491,299 B2Beihang University
- Integrated fan drive system for cooling tower11 Feb 2025US 12,222,171 B2Prime Datum, Inc.
- Blood processing unit with modified flow path24 Dec 2024US 12,171,923 B2Sorin Group Italia S.r.l.
- Apparatus for humidifying air in an air duct5 Nov 2024US 12,135,144 B2Merlin Technology, Inc.
- Integrated fan drive system for cooling tower9 Oct 2025US 2025/0314438 A1Prime Datum, Inc.
- Integrated fan drive system for cooling tower3 Jul 2025US 2025/0216163 A1Prime Datum, Inc.
- Insulation for a steam carrying apparatus and method of attachment thereof17 Oct 2024US 2024/0342667 A1DRI-STEEM Corporation
- Blood Oxygenator2 May 2024US 2024/0139391 A1Beihang University
- Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenator With Partitioned Sides18 Apr 2024US 2024/0123131 A1Tc1 LLC
Most cited
By later US patents
- Method and system for vaporization of a substance716US 6,772,756 B2Advanced Inhalation Revolutions Inc. · 2004
- Vapor mass flow control system702US 4,436,674 AJ. C. Schumacher Co. · 1984
- Vapor mass flow control system629US 4,393,013 AJ. C. Schumacher Co. · 1983
- Method and apparatus to help promote contact of gas with vaporized material551US 8,444,120 B2Advanced Technology Materials, Inc. · 2013
- Safe liquid source containers496US 7,156,380 B2ASM International N.V. · 2007