B05B 1/044
Slits
Official title: {Slits, e.g. narrow openings defined by two straight and parallel lips; Elongated outlets for producing very wide discharges, e.g. fluid curtains (B05B1/046 takes precedence)}
B05B1/044 (Slits) appears on 290 US grants and 344 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B05B- Granted patents
- 290
- Published applications
- 344
- Assignees
- 232
- Inventors
- 677
- Latest grant
- 8 Sep 2026
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| 2026 | 10 | 13 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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