B04B 5/0428
With flexible receptacles
Official title: {with flexible receptacles}
B04B5/0428 (With flexible receptacles) appears on 232 US grants and 162 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B04B- Granted patents
- 232
- Published applications
- 162
- Assignees
- 83
- Inventors
- 262
- Latest grant
- 19 May 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 2 | 0 |
| 1977 | 5 | 0 |
| 1978 | 1 | 0 |
| 1979 | 5 | 0 |
| 1980 | 4 | 0 |
| 1981 | 6 | 0 |
| 1982 | 2 | 0 |
| 1983 | 10 | 0 |
| 1984 | 7 | 0 |
| 1985 | 3 | 0 |
| 1986 | 2 | 0 |
| 1987 | 2 | 0 |
| 1988 | 5 | 0 |
| 1989 | 2 | 0 |
| 1990 | 6 | 0 |
| 1991 | 2 | 0 |
| 1992 | 4 | 0 |
| 1993 | 3 | 0 |
| 1994 | 3 | 0 |
| 1995 | 1 | 0 |
| 1996 | 3 | 0 |
| 1997 | 3 | 0 |
| 1998 | 7 | 0 |
| 1999 | 5 | 0 |
| 2000 | 9 | 0 |
| 2001 | 3 | 2 |
| 2002 | 7 | 20 |
| 2003 | 14 | 8 |
| 2004 | 9 | 10 |
| 2005 | 5 | 10 |
| 2006 | 7 | 8 |
| 2007 | 6 | 10 |
| 2008 | 10 | 12 |
| 2009 | 3 | 9 |
| 2010 | 10 | 6 |
| 2011 | 6 | 12 |
| 2012 | 6 | 4 |
| 2013 | 2 | 4 |
| 2014 | 4 | 2 |
| 2015 | 6 | 5 |
| 2016 | 3 | 4 |
| 2017 | 4 | 1 |
| 2018 | 1 | 7 |
| 2019 | 6 | 3 |
| 2020 | 6 | 6 |
| 2021 | 1 | 2 |
| 2022 | 2 | 4 |
| 2023 | 5 | 5 |
| 2024 | 0 | 2 |
| 2025 | 2 | 1 |
| 2026 | 2 | 5 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
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Most cited
By later US patents
- Apparatus for separating blood into components thereof257US 4,303,193 AHaemonetics Corporation · 1981
- Centrifuge fluid container214US 4,010,894 AInternational Business Machines Corporation · 1977
- Centrifugal liquid processing system214US 4,146,172 ABaxter Travenol Laboratories, Inc. · 1979
- Combination disposable plastic blood receiving container and blood component centrifuge207US 5,217,426 ABaxter International Inc. · 1993
- Tubing set apparatus and method for separation of fluid components192US 6,053,856 ACobe Laboratories, Inc. · 2000