B02C 18/16
Details
B02C18/16 (Details) appears on 1,856 US grants and 1,811 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B02C- Granted patents
- 1,856
- Published applications
- 1,811
- Assignees
- 908
- Inventors
- 2,867
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 13 | 0 |
| 1977 | 18 | 0 |
| 1978 | 19 | 0 |
| 1979 | 15 | 0 |
| 1980 | 18 | 0 |
| 1981 | 15 | 0 |
| 1982 | 13 | 0 |
| 1983 | 15 | 0 |
| 1984 | 14 | 0 |
| 1985 | 18 | 0 |
| 1986 | 18 | 0 |
| 1987 | 16 | 0 |
| 1988 | 14 | 0 |
| 1989 | 17 | 0 |
| 1990 | 25 | 0 |
| 1991 | 26 | 0 |
| 1992 | 20 | 0 |
| 1993 | 24 | 0 |
| 1994 | 22 | 0 |
| 1995 | 24 | 0 |
| 1996 | 23 | 0 |
| 1997 | 35 | 0 |
| 1998 | 20 | 0 |
| 1999 | 32 | 0 |
| 2000 | 23 | 0 |
| 2001 | 19 | 5 |
| 2002 | 37 | 39 |
| 2003 | 27 | 36 |
| 2004 | 29 | 40 |
| 2005 | 24 | 63 |
| 2006 | 41 | 78 |
| 2007 | 46 | 86 |
| 2008 | 42 | 71 |
| 2009 | 64 | 64 |
| 2010 | 57 | 98 |
| 2011 | 71 | 74 |
| 2012 | 61 | 55 |
| 2013 | 47 | 78 |
| 2014 | 48 | 90 |
| 2015 | 54 | 92 |
| 2016 | 69 | 81 |
| 2017 | 59 | 88 |
| 2018 | 44 | 78 |
| 2019 | 55 | 89 |
| 2020 | 94 | 94 |
| 2021 | 84 | 92 |
| 2022 | 63 | 84 |
| 2023 | 63 | 73 |
| 2024 | 73 | 74 |
| 2025 | 60 | 57 |
| 2026 | 28 | 32 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- B02C 18/18Knives846
- B02C 18/22Feed or discharge means805
- B02C 18/24Drives272
- B02C 2018/164Prevention of jamming and/or overloadIndexing code214
- B02C 2018/168User safety devices or measures in shreddersIndexing code112
- B02C 2018/162Shape or inner surface of shredder-housingsIndexing code88
- B02C 2018/166Lubricating the knives of the cutting mechanismsIndexing code30
Recent patents
- Meat grinder with funneled feed chute6 Oct 2026US 12,752,282 B2Hamilton Beach Brands, Inc.
- Foam removal attachment29 Sep 2026US 12,746,555 B2Rock Road Company Sales, LLC
- System for demolition of blade of wind turbine and related method22 Sep 2026US 12,741,303 B2J.H. Fletcher & Co.
- Rotating infeed chute for a brush chipper15 Sep 2026US 12,734,528 B2Vermeer Manufacturing Company
- Bale feeder with elevator platform25 Aug 2026US 12,714,026 B2Profile Products L.L.C.
- Apparatus for destroying electronic data and providing selective storage1 Oct 2026US 2026/0295597 A1Phiston Technologies, Inc.
- A mill for an air-formed cellulose blank product and method for using the same17 Sep 2026US 2026/0273540 A1PulPac AB
- Organic waste processing device installable under a kitchen sink10 Sep 2026US 2026/0264090 A1STEEL PLAST d.o.o.
- Rotor tool for a comminuting machine and rotor for a commuting machine for towed agricultural or forestry machine27 Aug 2026US 2026/0249302 A1Seppi M. SPA
- Electric meat shredding apparatus6 Aug 2026US 2026/0223867 A1Shanghai Xinqi Electronic Technology Co., Ltd.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Safety system for a wood chipper140US 5,667,152 A1997
- Process and apparatus for controlling the cutter of a shredder86US 5,772,129 ARicoh Elemex Corporation · 1998
- Leaves and seeds hand grinder86US 7,422,170 B22008
- Crusher with cutter assembly and cutter thereof76US 10,124,343 B2Kun Sheng Machine Co., Ltd. · 2018
- Shredder structure76US 4,082,232 AGarbalizer Corporation of America · 1978