B02B 1/04
Wet treatment
Official title: Wet treatment, e.g. washing, wetting, softening
B02B1/04 (Wet treatment) appears on 68 US grants and 63 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B02B- Granted patents
- 68
- Published applications
- 63
- Assignees
- 43
- Inventors
- 191
- Latest grant
- 23 Dec 2025
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1976 | 1 | 0 |
| 1977 | 2 | 0 |
| 1978 | 2 | 0 |
| 1979 | 0 | 0 |
| 1980 | 1 | 0 |
| 1981 | 1 | 0 |
| 1982 | 3 | 0 |
| 1983 | 0 | 0 |
| 1984 | 2 | 0 |
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| 1991 | 5 | 0 |
| 1992 | 2 | 0 |
| 1993 | 1 | 0 |
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| 1996 | 5 | 0 |
| 1997 | 2 | 0 |
| 1998 | 1 | 0 |
| 1999 | 1 | 0 |
| 2000 | 1 | 0 |
| 2001 | 0 | 1 |
| 2002 | 0 | 1 |
| 2003 | 2 | 5 |
| 2004 | 3 | 5 |
| 2005 | 2 | 4 |
| 2006 | 2 | 5 |
| 2007 | 1 | 0 |
| 2008 | 2 | 4 |
| 2009 | 2 | 0 |
| 2010 | 2 | 0 |
| 2011 | 0 | 1 |
| 2012 | 0 | 1 |
| 2013 | 0 | 1 |
| 2014 | 0 | 3 |
| 2015 | 1 | 1 |
| 2016 | 1 | 2 |
| 2017 | 3 | 0 |
| 2018 | 1 | 1 |
| 2019 | 0 | 6 |
| 2020 | 2 | 3 |
| 2021 | 2 | 3 |
| 2022 | 2 | 5 |
| 2023 | 1 | 3 |
| 2024 | 2 | 4 |
| 2025 | 2 | 4 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Apparatus to wash and hydrate rice for production of flour and starch23 Dec 2025US 12,502,675 B2Corn Products Development, Inc.
- System and method for flaking4 Feb 2025US 12,213,507 B2
- Fiber washing method and system11 Jun 2024US 12,005,456 B2Novozymes A/S
- Antibody-cytokine engrafted proteins and methods of use for immune related disorders19 Mar 2024US 11,930,837 B2Novartis AG
- Material, cleaning device and cooking appliance21 Feb 2023US 11,583,145 B2
- Process and apparatus for obtaining food products from durum wheat, and thus obtained products11 Dec 2025US 2025/0374940 A1Casillo Next Gen Food S.R.L.
- Systems and methods for dry embryo explant purification27 Nov 2025US 2025/0360511 A1
- Smart high-pressure system with sprayers for spraying an end product in emulsion with water to suppress dust emitted during the movement of cereals6 Feb 2025US 2025/0041879 A1
- Methodology for obtaining rollable and shelf stable pure millet flour2 Jan 2025US 2025/0001426 A1Tata Consumer Products Limited
- Treated grain products based on intermediate wheat, and processes for producing the same26 Dec 2024US 2024/0423253 A1Agricultural Utilization Research Institute
Most cited
By later US patents
- Processes for recovery of corn germ and optionally corn coarse fiber (pericarp)53US 6,899,910 B2The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois · 2005
- Method of moistening whole grains50US 4,055,673 AGebrueder Buehler AG · 1977
- Method and apparatus for preparation of genetically transformable plant tissue50US 7,402,734 B2Monsanto Technology LLC · 2008
- Method of separating wheat germ from whole wheat49US 4,986,997 AKansas State University Research Foundation · 1991
- Corn refining process48US 7,452,425 B1Langhauser Associates, Inc. · 2008