B01F 25/10
Mixing by creating a vortex flow
Official title: Mixing by creating a vortex flow, e.g. by tangential introduction of flow components
B01F25/10 (Mixing by creating a vortex flow) appears on 666 US grants and 696 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B01F- Granted patents
- 666
- Published applications
- 696
- Assignees
- 458
- Inventors
- 1,547
- Latest grant
- 29 Sep 2026
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| 1978 | 10 | 0 |
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| 2000 | 14 | 0 |
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| 2002 | 12 | 11 |
| 2003 | 13 | 12 |
| 2004 | 8 | 18 |
| 2005 | 8 | 18 |
| 2006 | 11 | 52 |
| 2007 | 14 | 12 |
| 2008 | 12 | 17 |
| 2009 | 12 | 22 |
| 2010 | 9 | 24 |
| 2011 | 7 | 25 |
| 2012 | 14 | 17 |
| 2013 | 16 | 31 |
| 2014 | 21 | 24 |
| 2015 | 30 | 35 |
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| 2017 | 25 | 39 |
| 2018 | 38 | 34 |
| 2019 | 39 | 37 |
| 2020 | 38 | 38 |
| 2021 | 31 | 36 |
| 2022 | 28 | 33 |
| 2023 | 32 | 32 |
| 2024 | 17 | 35 |
| 2025 | 35 | 31 |
| 2026 | 13 | 24 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- B01F 25/103With additional mixing means other than vortex mixers131
- B01F 25/104Characterised by the arrangement of the discharge opening112
- B01F 25/102Wherein the vortex is created by two or more jets introduced tangentially92
- B01F 25/101Wherein the vortex flows in a spherical shaped receptacle or chamber13
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