B05B 12/122
Responsive to presence or shape of target
Official title: {responsive to presence or shape of target (B05B12/124 takes precedence)}
B05B12/122 (Responsive to presence or shape of target) appears on 522 US grants and 635 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B05B- Granted patents
- 522
- Published applications
- 635
- Assignees
- 384
- Inventors
- 1,332
- Latest grant
- 11 Aug 2026
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| 2022 | 38 | 54 |
| 2023 | 31 | 58 |
| 2024 | 51 | 63 |
| 2025 | 45 | 31 |
| 2026 | 19 | 20 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
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- Glue coating equipment, battery production line and glue coating method16 Jun 2026US 12,654,192 B2Contemporary Amperex Technology (Hong Kong) Limited
- Dispensing system and a method for its operation, cleaning unit and dispensing unit26 May 2026US 12,636,671 B2L'oreal
- Calibration adjustment for agricultural sprayer with real-time, on-machine target sensor19 May 2026US 12,629,710 B2Deere & Company
- Coating device, system and method for applying a coating medium17 Sep 2026US 2026/0279983 A1ERTL Technology GmbH
- Protective layer forming device and control method of protective layer forming device20 Aug 2026US 2026/0241402 A1Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.
- Protective layer forming device and method for operating protective layer forming device20 Aug 2026US 2026/0241408 A1Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.
- Application method for coating an object, preferably one or more motor vehicle body parts13 Aug 2026US 2026/0233250 A1
- Device and method for sealing coke oven door13 Aug 2026US 2026/0234473 A1Posco
Most cited
By later US patents
- Electrically actuated variable flow control system195US 5,134,961 AThe Regents of the University of California · 1992
- Automatic fluid dispenser and method147US 5,397,028 A1995
- Coating a medical appliance with a bubble jet printing head142US 6,676,987 B2SciMed Life Systems, Inc. · 2004
- Graphical application system136US 9,914,150 B2Hexagon Technology Center GmbH · 2018
- Automated three-dimensional precision coatings application apparatus128US 5,429,682 AAdvanced Robotics Technologies · 1995