B05B 12/00
Arrangements for controlling delivery
Official title: Arrangements for controlling delivery; Arrangements for controlling the spray area
B05B12/00 (Arrangements for controlling delivery) appears on 6,375 US grants and 6,968 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B05B- Granted patents
- 6,375
- Published applications
- 6,968
- Assignees
- 2,825
- Inventors
- 12,880
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1976 | 33 | 0 |
| 1977 | 41 | 0 |
| 1978 | 37 | 0 |
| 1979 | 28 | 0 |
| 1980 | 39 | 0 |
| 1981 | 40 | 0 |
| 1982 | 39 | 0 |
| 1983 | 34 | 0 |
| 1984 | 26 | 0 |
| 1985 | 42 | 0 |
| 1986 | 34 | 0 |
| 1987 | 50 | 0 |
| 1988 | 48 | 0 |
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| 1990 | 73 | 0 |
| 1991 | 80 | 0 |
| 1992 | 67 | 0 |
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| 1995 | 77 | 0 |
| 1996 | 54 | 0 |
| 1997 | 65 | 0 |
| 1998 | 99 | 0 |
| 1999 | 93 | 0 |
| 2000 | 89 | 0 |
| 2001 | 88 | 33 |
| 2002 | 101 | 116 |
| 2003 | 108 | 126 |
| 2004 | 95 | 126 |
| 2005 | 76 | 160 |
| 2006 | 93 | 148 |
| 2007 | 59 | 130 |
| 2008 | 50 | 131 |
| 2009 | 60 | 146 |
| 2010 | 90 | 177 |
| 2011 | 80 | 144 |
| 2012 | 75 | 182 |
| 2013 | 129 | 204 |
| 2014 | 155 | 264 |
| 2015 | 172 | 304 |
| 2016 | 226 | 370 |
| 2017 | 285 | 365 |
| 2018 | 281 | 447 |
| 2019 | 352 | 466 |
| 2020 | 362 | 480 |
| 2021 | 336 | 494 |
| 2022 | 326 | 509 |
| 2023 | 349 | 458 |
| 2024 | 424 | 431 |
| 2025 | 330 | 341 |
| 2026 | 236 | 216 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- B05B 12/08Responsive to condition of liquid or other fluent material to be discharged2,458
- B05B 12/16Arrangements for controlling delivery: for controlling the spray area1,404
- B05B 12/14Arrangements for controlling delivery: for supplying a selected one of a plurality1,080
- B05B 12/02Arrangements for controlling delivery: for controlling time, or sequence, of delivery908
- B05B 12/004Comprising sensors for monitoring the delivery785
- B05B 12/002Manually-actuated controlling means716
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