B02C 17/00
Disintegrating by tumbling mills, i.e. mills having a container charged with the
Official title: Disintegrating by tumbling mills, i.e. mills having a container charged with the material to be disintegrated with or without special disintegrating members such as pebbles or balls (high-speed drum mills B02C19/11 {; drums for polishing or grinding B24B})
B02C17/00 (Disintegrating by tumbling mills, i.e. mills having a container charged with the) appears on 1,295 US grants and 1,016 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B02C- Granted patents
- 1,295
- Published applications
- 1,016
- Assignees
- 781
- Inventors
- 2,477
- Latest grant
- 29 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 40 | 0 |
| 1977 | 28 | 0 |
| 1978 | 28 | 0 |
| 1979 | 17 | 0 |
| 1980 | 24 | 0 |
| 1981 | 19 | 0 |
| 1982 | 17 | 0 |
| 1983 | 19 | 0 |
| 1984 | 13 | 0 |
| 1985 | 17 | 0 |
| 1986 | 21 | 0 |
| 1987 | 32 | 0 |
| 1988 | 21 | 0 |
| 1989 | 18 | 0 |
| 1990 | 23 | 0 |
| 1991 | 22 | 0 |
| 1992 | 13 | 0 |
| 1993 | 28 | 0 |
| 1994 | 30 | 0 |
| 1995 | 13 | 0 |
| 1996 | 24 | 0 |
| 1997 | 24 | 0 |
| 1998 | 26 | 0 |
| 1999 | 26 | 0 |
| 2000 | 21 | 0 |
| 2001 | 19 | 6 |
| 2002 | 14 | 18 |
| 2003 | 12 | 18 |
| 2004 | 16 | 27 |
| 2005 | 11 | 33 |
| 2006 | 11 | 25 |
| 2007 | 19 | 18 |
| 2008 | 15 | 37 |
| 2009 | 10 | 37 |
| 2010 | 23 | 39 |
| 2011 | 43 | 39 |
| 2012 | 23 | 26 |
| 2013 | 17 | 52 |
| 2014 | 27 | 56 |
| 2015 | 23 | 48 |
| 2016 | 63 | 62 |
| 2017 | 30 | 43 |
| 2018 | 25 | 56 |
| 2019 | 45 | 46 |
| 2020 | 49 | 53 |
| 2021 | 31 | 48 |
| 2022 | 42 | 54 |
| 2023 | 47 | 59 |
| 2024 | 38 | 63 |
| 2025 | 39 | 27 |
| 2026 | 39 | 26 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- B02C 17/18Details790
- B02C 17/16Mills in which a fixed container houses stirring means tumbling the charge401
- B02C 17/04Disintegrating by tumbling mills, i.e. mills having a container charged with the165
- B02C 17/14Mills in which the charge to be ground is turned over by130
- B02C 17/002Disintegrating by tumbling mills, i.e. mills having a container charged with the59
- B02C 17/10Disintegrating by tumbling mills, i.e. mills having a container charged with the54
- B02C 17/02Disintegrating by tumbling mills, i.e. mills having a container charged with the53
- B02C 17/007Disintegrating by tumbling mills, i.e. mills having a container charged with the36
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