A01G 31/045
With containers guided along a rail
Official title: {with containers guided along a rail}
A01G31/045 (With containers guided along a rail) appears on 77 US grants and 133 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A01G- Granted patents
- 77
- Published applications
- 133
- Assignees
- 57
- Inventors
- 264
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
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| 1978 | 1 | 0 |
| 1979 | 0 | 0 |
| 1980 | 1 | 0 |
| 1981 | 0 | 0 |
| 1982 | 1 | 0 |
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| 1999 | 1 | 0 |
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| 2002 | 0 | 0 |
| 2003 | 0 | 1 |
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| 2005 | 1 | 0 |
| 2006 | 0 | 1 |
| 2007 | 0 | 0 |
| 2008 | 0 | 0 |
| 2009 | 0 | 0 |
| 2010 | 0 | 0 |
| 2011 | 0 | 1 |
| 2012 | 0 | 2 |
| 2013 | 0 | 1 |
| 2014 | 0 | 3 |
| 2015 | 0 | 3 |
| 2016 | 0 | 1 |
| 2017 | 3 | 6 |
| 2018 | 1 | 8 |
| 2019 | 3 | 9 |
| 2020 | 2 | 6 |
| 2021 | 5 | 14 |
| 2022 | 5 | 19 |
| 2023 | 13 | 18 |
| 2024 | 9 | 12 |
| 2025 | 13 | 19 |
| 2026 | 10 | 9 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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