with elastic sealing rings between pipe and sleeve or between pipe and socket, e.g. with rolling or other prefabricated profiled rings (F16L21/06, F16L21/08 take precedence; if adjustability is essential F16L27/00)

with elastic sealing rings between pipe and sleeve or between pipe and socket, e.g. with rolling or other prefabricated profiled rings (F16L21/06, F16L21/08 take precedence; if adjustability is essential F16L27/00) · Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC)

Engines, pumps, lighting, heating, and mechanical systems.

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CPC classification statistics
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CPC codeF16L21/02
Official titlewith elastic sealing rings between pipe and sleeve or between pipe and socket, e.g. with rolling or other prefabricated profiled rings (F16L21/06, F16L21/08 take precedence; if adjustability is essential F16L27/00)
Display labelwith elastic sealing rings between pipe and sleeve or between pipe and socket, e.g. with rolling or other prefabricated profiled rings (F16L21/06, F16L21/08 take precedence; if adjustability is essential F16L27/00)
Total patents215

Filing trend

Year-over-year patent counts classified under this CPC code.

Filing activity over the last five years is growing.

Patents filed per year
YearPatents
201510
201619
201722
201823
201924
202022
202114
202229
202315
202415
202518
20264

Representative patents

Representative publications under this CPC code from precomputed stats, or recent filings when stats are unavailable.

Frequently asked questions

Answers are generated from the same data shown on this page.

What is CPC F16L21/02?
CPC F16L21/02 is the Cooperative Patent Classification code for “with elastic sealing rings between pipe and sleeve or between pipe and socket, e.g. with rolling or other prefabricated profiled rings (F16L21/06, F16L21/08 take precedence; if adjustability is essential F16L27/00).”
How many patents are filed under CPC F16L21/02 (with elastic sealing rings between pipe and sleeve or between pipe and socket, e.g. with rolling or other prefabricated profiled rings (F16L21/06, F16L21/08 take precedence; if adjustability is essential F16L27/00))?
Our database includes 215 publications tagged with this CPC code.
Is patent activity under CPC F16L21/02 growing?
Publication counts under this code: 15 in 2024 vs 18 in 2025 (latest complete years).