B05B 12/18
Using fluids
Official title: using fluids, e.g. gas streams
B05B12/18 (Using fluids) appears on 229 US grants and 293 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B05B- Granted patents
- 229
- Published applications
- 293
- Assignees
- 199
- Inventors
- 647
- Latest grant
- 25 Aug 2026
Filings by year
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| 1976 | 1 | 0 |
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| 2012 | 2 | 7 |
| 2013 | 5 | 10 |
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| 2017 | 9 | 11 |
| 2018 | 14 | 22 |
| 2019 | 7 | 24 |
| 2020 | 25 | 23 |
| 2021 | 13 | 20 |
| 2022 | 11 | 22 |
| 2023 | 9 | 22 |
| 2024 | 20 | 20 |
| 2025 | 18 | 19 |
| 2026 | 13 | 10 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Automated wall finishing system and method25 Aug 2026US 12,716,247 B2JLG Industries, Inc.
- Discharge nozzle for discharging grit or lubricant18 Aug 2026US 12,709,309 B2Nowe GmbH
- Method for producing ring-shaped object, film-forming device, ring-shaped object, and hard disk drive device9 Jun 2026US 12,649,687 B2Hoya Corporation
- Sprayers having increased fine droplet transfer efficiency5 May 2026US 12,616,982 B2GOJO Industries, Inc.
- Substrate processing apparatus and substrate processing method31 Mar 2026US 12,589,403 B2SCREEN Holdings Co., Ltd.
- Sprayers having increased fine droplet transfer efficiency27 Aug 2026US 2026/0249312 A1GOJO Industries, Inc.
- Aerial lift paint spray containment device20 Aug 2026US 2026/0241403 A1Vigor Industrial LLC
- High-definition aerosol printing using an optimized aerosol distribution and hydrodynamic lens system6 Aug 2026US 2026/0225363 A1Integrated Deposition Solutions, Inc.
- Treatment cabinet30 Jul 2026US 2026/0218431 A1Imbox Protection A/S
- High reliability sheathed aerosol flow splitter16 Jul 2026US 2026/0199917 A1Optomec, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Nozzle assembly133US 6,318,642 B1Visteon Global Tech., Inc. · 2001
- Mechanically integrated and closely coupled print head and mist source81US 8,272,579 B2Optomec, Inc. · 2012
- Matrix-bearing targets for maldi mass spectrometry and methods of production thereof74US 5,770,272 AMassachusetts Institute of Technology · 1998
- Apparatus and method for spray application of solvent-thinned coating compositions65US 4,132,357 AInmont Corporation · 1979
- Method and apparatus for forming a stream of identical drops at very high speed59US 3,983,740 ASociete Grenobloise d'Etudes et d'Applications Hydrauliques (Sogreah) · 1976