A61L 9/16
Disinfection, sterilisation or deodorisation of air: using physical phenomena
Official title: using physical phenomena
A61L9/16 (Disinfection, sterilisation or deodorisation of air: using physical phenomena) appears on 2,713 US grants and 4,417 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61L- Granted patents
- 2,713
- Published applications
- 4,417
- Assignees
- 1,801
- Inventors
- 7,225
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
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| 2002 | 25 | 47 |
| 2003 | 45 | 95 |
| 2004 | 40 | 121 |
| 2005 | 47 | 96 |
| 2006 | 37 | 114 |
| 2007 | 32 | 86 |
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| 2018 | 100 | 165 |
| 2019 | 130 | 166 |
| 2020 | 128 | 188 |
| 2021 | 165 | 436 |
| 2022 | 191 | 652 |
| 2023 | 226 | 507 |
| 2024 | 273 | 342 |
| 2025 | 287 | 223 |
| 2026 | 167 | 121 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- System and method of disinfection6 Oct 2026US 12,752,033 B2UV Partners, Inc.
- Cable rack systems and related methods6 Oct 2026US 12,752,034 B2Airocide Systems, LLC
- Air sanitization6 Oct 2026US 12,752,035 B2Singletto Inc.
- Particle collection vessel, particle collection device and particle collection method6 Oct 2026US 12,752,284 B2Amano Corporation
- Methods and apparatus for generating atmospheric pressure, low temperature plasma6 Oct 2026US 12,757,313 B2TellaPure, LLC
- Luminaire and methodologies for combined visible illumination and deactivation of bacteria8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306695 A1ABL IP Holding LLC
- Medical services kiosk1 Oct 2026US 2026/0301938 A1OnMed LLC
- Ultraviolet generator24 Sep 2026US 2026/0284247 A1Evoqua Water Technologies LLC
- System and method for air decontamination24 Sep 2026US 2026/0284251 A1
- Protective mask17 Sep 2026US 2026/0272078 A1Intellisafe LLC
Most cited
By later US patents
- Disinfecting articles with ozone235US 10,842,897 B2éClair Medical Systems, Inc. · 2020
- Nanofiber filter media194US 6,872,311 B2Koslow Technologies Corporation · 2005
- Air purification system185US 5,997,619 ANQ Environmental, Inc. · 1999
- Air purifier177US 6,494,940 B1Hamilton Beach/Proctor-Silex, Inc. · 2002
- Method and apparatus for preventing bacteriological contamination by a dental tool water line174US 5,204,004 A1993