Y10T 137/0391
Affecting flow by the addition of material or energy
Y10T137/0391 (Affecting flow by the addition of material or energy) appears on 973 US grants and 1,025 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in Y10T- Granted patents
- 973
- Published applications
- 1,025
- Assignees
- 532
- Inventors
- 1,671
- Latest grant
- 31 Mar 2026
Filings by year
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| 2000 | 17 | 0 |
| 2001 | 19 | 2 |
| 2002 | 17 | 17 |
| 2003 | 12 | 30 |
| 2004 | 12 | 16 |
| 2005 | 10 | 15 |
| 2006 | 27 | 17 |
| 2007 | 13 | 21 |
| 2008 | 9 | 43 |
| 2009 | 7 | 64 |
| 2010 | 26 | 56 |
| 2011 | 43 | 400 |
| 2012 | 44 | 65 |
| 2013 | 74 | 95 |
| 2014 | 48 | 58 |
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| 2017 | 40 | 15 |
| 2018 | 23 | 12 |
| 2019 | 17 | 8 |
| 2020 | 8 | 3 |
| 2021 | 6 | 5 |
| 2022 | 8 | 7 |
| 2023 | 4 | 3 |
| 2024 | 2 | 1 |
| 2025 | 1 | 1 |
| 2026 | 2 | 1 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
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- Preparation of low-viscosity improved stable crude oil transport emulsions296US 4,983,319 ACanadian Occidental Petroleum Ltd. · 1991