B01D 35/02
Filters adapted for location in special places
Official title: Filters adapted for location in special places, e.g. pipe-lines, pumps, stop-cocks, (B01D35/05 takes precedence; {water pipe system filters E03B3/18, E03B7/07; dirt catchers in sewers E03F; filters or strainers for pipe-lines in general B08B, E03F; object or dirt catching devices in sinks or the like E03C1/26; suction strainers or filters for pumps F04B53/005, F04D29/70})
B01D35/02 (Filters adapted for location in special places) appears on 1,753 US grants and 1,684 published applications in this corpus.
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- Latest grant
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| 2025 | 79 | 95 |
| 2026 | 26 | 54 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Water well submersible pump filter29 Sep 2026US 12,747,741 B2FES Labs, LLC
- Garment care apparatus and control method therefor22 Sep 2026US 12,741,242 B2Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Purification device22 Sep 2026US 12,741,924 B2Nippon Shokubai Co., Ltd.
- Retrofitting and use of rectangular filters, assembly and method for filtration25 Aug 2026US 12,714,957 B2Filtration Technology Corporation
- Separator for wastewater system18 Aug 2026US 12,709,887 B2Jets AS
- Animal watering system8 Oct 2026US 2026/0305570 A1Aborder Products, Inc.
- Lye outlet within a lye filter24 Sep 2026US 2026/0284562 A1John Cockerill Hydrogen Belgium
- Filter drainage27 Aug 2026US 2026/0250896 A1Inheriting Earth Limited
- Split resin bed, low pressure drop, and replaceable cartridge deionization filter20 Aug 2026US 2026/0241312 A1Atmus Filtration Inc.
- Shower sprayer with filter20 Aug 2026US 2026/0241407 A1
Most cited
By later US patents
- Water filter547US 7,143,897 B1H20 International, Inc. · 2006
- Personal water filter bottle system161US 6,569,329 B1Innova Pure Water Inc. · 2003
- Apparatus for spraying liquids, disposable containers and liners suitable for use therewith147US 6,820,824 B13M Innovative Properties Company · 2004
- Filter with laterally removable element and valve means135US 5,397,462 AMatsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. · 1995
- Water treatment device with volume totalization valve104US 5,527,451 ARecovery Engineering, Inc. · 1996