B02C 23/18
Adding fluid, other than for crushing or disintegrating by fluid energy
Official title: Adding fluid, other than for crushing or disintegrating by fluid energy ({for tumbling mills B02C17/186;} feeding devices B02C23/02)
B02C23/18 (Adding fluid, other than for crushing or disintegrating by fluid energy) appears on 855 US grants and 871 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B02C- Granted patents
- 855
- Published applications
- 871
- Assignees
- 618
- Inventors
- 1,889
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1976 | 6 | 0 |
| 1977 | 2 | 0 |
| 1978 | 2 | 0 |
| 1979 | 0 | 0 |
| 1980 | 0 | 0 |
| 1981 | 2 | 0 |
| 1982 | 1 | 0 |
| 1983 | 1 | 0 |
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| 1987 | 14 | 0 |
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| 1989 | 9 | 0 |
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| 1991 | 12 | 0 |
| 1992 | 14 | 0 |
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| 1997 | 14 | 0 |
| 1998 | 9 | 0 |
| 1999 | 11 | 0 |
| 2000 | 9 | 0 |
| 2001 | 13 | 1 |
| 2002 | 9 | 5 |
| 2003 | 8 | 6 |
| 2004 | 6 | 6 |
| 2005 | 2 | 9 |
| 2006 | 3 | 6 |
| 2007 | 11 | 11 |
| 2008 | 1 | 4 |
| 2009 | 8 | 10 |
| 2010 | 10 | 25 |
| 2011 | 9 | 17 |
| 2012 | 11 | 22 |
| 2013 | 15 | 48 |
| 2014 | 29 | 58 |
| 2015 | 39 | 66 |
| 2016 | 34 | 64 |
| 2017 | 35 | 57 |
| 2018 | 27 | 54 |
| 2019 | 37 | 57 |
| 2020 | 61 | 67 |
| 2021 | 62 | 60 |
| 2022 | 57 | 57 |
| 2023 | 49 | 66 |
| 2024 | 60 | 46 |
| 2025 | 36 | 32 |
| 2026 | 23 | 17 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- B02C 23/24Passing gas through crushing or disintegrating zone344
- B02C 23/20After crushing or disintegrating147
- B02C 23/36The crushing or disintegrating zone being submerged in liquid131
- B02C 23/38In apparatus having multiple crushing or disintegrating zones103
- B02C 23/40With more than one means for adding fluid to the material being35
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- System and method for shredding of lithium-ion batteries30 Jul 2026US 2026/0216733 A1Metastable Materials Private Limited
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