B04B 5/10
Centrifuges combined with other apparatus
Official title: Centrifuges combined with other apparatus, e.g. electrostatic separators; Sets or systems of several centrifuges (B04B5/12 takes precedence; magnetic or electrostatic separators B03C; {amassing particles by electric fields, e.g. by agglomeration B03C3/0175})
B04B5/10 (Centrifuges combined with other apparatus) appears on 170 US grants and 191 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B04B- Granted patents
- 170
- Published applications
- 191
- Assignees
- 124
- Inventors
- 380
- Latest grant
- 11 Aug 2026
Filings by year
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| 1976 | 2 | 0 |
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| 1978 | 2 | 0 |
| 1979 | 3 | 0 |
| 1980 | 0 | 0 |
| 1981 | 4 | 0 |
| 1982 | 1 | 0 |
| 1983 | 5 | 0 |
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| 1999 | 1 | 0 |
| 2000 | 3 | 0 |
| 2001 | 2 | 1 |
| 2002 | 3 | 4 |
| 2003 | 2 | 3 |
| 2004 | 1 | 3 |
| 2005 | 1 | 4 |
| 2006 | 3 | 2 |
| 2007 | 2 | 3 |
| 2008 | 0 | 9 |
| 2009 | 3 | 7 |
| 2010 | 4 | 12 |
| 2011 | 7 | 6 |
| 2012 | 7 | 3 |
| 2013 | 3 | 6 |
| 2014 | 5 | 10 |
| 2015 | 2 | 14 |
| 2016 | 7 | 10 |
| 2017 | 5 | 14 |
| 2018 | 10 | 15 |
| 2019 | 14 | 15 |
| 2020 | 11 | 6 |
| 2021 | 9 | 7 |
| 2022 | 8 | 11 |
| 2023 | 5 | 11 |
| 2024 | 9 | 7 |
| 2025 | 7 | 1 |
| 2026 | 2 | 7 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Apparatus and method for isolating hydrogen from water11 Aug 2026US 12,703,628 B2Rtx Corporation
- Cathode active material dehydration apparatus using electroosmosis, and dehydration equipment comprising dehydration apparatus14 Apr 2026US 12,603,269 B2Korea Water Technology Inc.
- Method for manufacturing a patient specific cell population using a multifunctional self-contained apparatus and tubing set16 Dec 2025US 12,498,374 B2Miltenyi Biotec GmbH
- Processing blood21 Oct 2025US 12,447,253 B2Therakos Development Limited
- Smart solids control system2 Sep 2025US 12,403,483 B2Derrick Corporation
- Hand-held spinning centrifugal microfluidics systems and the applications thereof10 Sep 2026US 2026/0264092 A1City University of Hong Kong
- Separation of minerals by specific gravity9 Jul 2026US 2026/0192309 A1Good Earth IP Holdings, LLC
- Bioreactor Systems and Methods of Operating Same25 Jun 2026US 2026/0176561 A1National Resilience, Inc.
- Method for preparing a purified cyclic compound composition16 Apr 2026US 2026/0103472 A1Sulzer Management AG
- Hypergravity centrifuge device and temperature control method therefor12 Mar 2026US 2026/0070070 A1The Architectural Design & Research Institute of Zhejiang University Co., Ltd.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Sample processing system and methods67US 8,727,132 B2Miltenyi Biotec GmbH · 2014
- Invertible filter centrifuge including a solids drier59US 6,159,360 AHeinkel Industriezentrifugen GmbH & Co. · 2000
- Integral air/oil coalescer for a centrifuge56US 7,235,177 B2Fleetguard, Inc. · 2007
- Methods for producing a high protein corn meal from a whole stillage byproduct53US 8,778,433 B2Fluid-Quip, Inc. · 2014
- Pipetter47US 6,374,683 B1Genomic Instrumentation Services, Inc. · 2002