B05B 17/0676
Feeding means
Official title: {Feeding means}
B05B17/0676 (Feeding means) appears on 361 US grants and 521 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B05B- Granted patents
- 361
- Published applications
- 521
- Assignees
- 233
- Inventors
- 891
- Latest grant
- 18 Aug 2026
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| 2004 | 12 | 15 |
| 2005 | 5 | 9 |
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| 2009 | 6 | 15 |
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| 2020 | 17 | 26 |
| 2021 | 17 | 45 |
| 2022 | 25 | 62 |
| 2023 | 35 | 37 |
| 2024 | 49 | 37 |
| 2025 | 31 | 37 |
| 2026 | 14 | 17 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Aerosol generating device18 Aug 2026US 12,708,150 B2Kt&G Corporation
- Mist flow rate measuring apparatus2 Jun 2026US 12,644,743 B2TMEIC Corporation
- Aerosol-generator comprising multiple supply elements5 May 2026US 12,616,242 B2Philip Morris Products S. A.
- No-heat, no-burn smoking article5 May 2026US 12,616,802 B2RAI Strategic Holdings, Inc.
- Atomization bottle and liquid atomization device including the atomization bottle14 Apr 2026US 12,599,924 B2Novacorp Inc.
- Aerosol generating device comprising air flow path27 Aug 2026US 2026/0248182 A1Kt&G Corporation
- No-heat, no-burn smoking article13 Aug 2026US 2026/0232927 A1RAI Strategic Holdings, Inc.
- Piezoelectrically operated dispenser for dispensing liquid and/or volatile substances and method13 Aug 2026US 2026/0233246 A1Ctr, Lda
- Vibrating mesh atomizers13 Aug 2026US 2026/0233247 A1
- Stopper and wick assembly for devices for diffusing volatile substances30 Jul 2026US 2026/0216397 A1Zobele Holding SPA
Most cited
By later US patents
- Inhaler362US 5,487,378 AMinnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company · 1996
- Liquid dispensing apparatus and methods306US 6,085,740 AAerogen, Inc. · 2000
- Liquid atomizing device with reduced settling of atomized liquid droplets280US 7,775,459 B2S. C. Johnson & Son, Inc. · 2010
- Fluid droplets production apparatus and method252US 5,518,179 AThe Technology Partnership PLC · 1996
- Methods and apparatus for dispensing liquids as an atomized spray246US 5,938,117 AAerogen, Inc. · 1999