B02C 18/08
Within vertical containers
Official title: within vertical containers {(B02C18/062, B02C18/065 take precedence)}
B02C18/08 (Within vertical containers) appears on 325 US grants and 300 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B02C- Granted patents
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- Published applications
- 300
- Assignees
- 203
- Inventors
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- Latest grant
- 11 Aug 2026
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| 2024 | 18 | 24 |
| 2025 | 18 | 18 |
| 2026 | 6 | 9 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Food waste disposer11 Aug 2026US 12,702,986 B2Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Treatments to accelerate degradation of plastics2 Jun 2026US 12,643,134 B2Battelle Memorial Institute
- Cryogenic grinding system, apparatus, and methods of use thereof19 May 2026US 12,631,530 B2SPEX SamplePrep, LLC
- Food waste disposer12 May 2026US 12,622,565 B2Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Organic waste processing device and method21 Apr 2026US 12,605,716 B2Bigz Tech Inc.
- Machine for treating waste with a perfected closing system of the loading opening of the treatment cell13 Aug 2026US 2026/0233269 A1Ompeco S.r.l.
- Machine for treating waste with a heated air supply assembly13 Aug 2026US 2026/0235356 A1Ompeco S.r.l.
- System and method for shredding of lithium-ion batteries30 Jul 2026US 2026/0216733 A1Metastable Materials Private Limited
- Antimicrobial led disposer system and method21 May 2026US 2026/0137825 A1Insinkerator LLC
- Cutting screen with evenly distributed cutting surfaces14 May 2026US 2026/0131334 A1Vogelsang GmbH & Co. KG
Most cited
By later US patents
- Leaves and seeds hand grinder86US 7,422,170 B22008
- Medical waste collection and treatment station75US 5,465,841 AEcomed, Inc. · 1995
- Handheld tobacco grinder with windows72US 8,393,563 B2Inhale, Inc. · 2013
- Medical waste treatment system68US 5,236,135 AEcomed, Inc. · 1993
- Dry waste grinder58US 5,340,036 AEmerson Electric Co. · 1994