B05B 5/08
Plant for applying liquids or other fluent materials to objects
B05B5/08 (Plant for applying liquids or other fluent materials to objects) appears on 762 US grants and 508 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B05B- Granted patents
- 762
- Published applications
- 508
- Assignees
- 467
- Inventors
- 1,443
- Latest grant
- 8 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 20 | 0 |
| 1977 | 14 | 0 |
| 1978 | 15 | 0 |
| 1979 | 12 | 0 |
| 1980 | 16 | 0 |
| 1981 | 11 | 0 |
| 1982 | 15 | 0 |
| 1983 | 10 | 0 |
| 1984 | 17 | 0 |
| 1985 | 13 | 0 |
| 1986 | 16 | 0 |
| 1987 | 20 | 0 |
| 1988 | 20 | 0 |
| 1989 | 21 | 0 |
| 1990 | 17 | 0 |
| 1991 | 14 | 0 |
| 1992 | 14 | 0 |
| 1993 | 8 | 0 |
| 1994 | 10 | 0 |
| 1995 | 14 | 0 |
| 1996 | 8 | 0 |
| 1997 | 16 | 0 |
| 1998 | 22 | 0 |
| 1999 | 15 | 0 |
| 2000 | 17 | 0 |
| 2001 | 18 | 10 |
| 2002 | 21 | 18 |
| 2003 | 25 | 25 |
| 2004 | 21 | 19 |
| 2005 | 7 | 20 |
| 2006 | 7 | 14 |
| 2007 | 12 | 22 |
| 2008 | 4 | 9 |
| 2009 | 10 | 23 |
| 2010 | 9 | 22 |
| 2011 | 13 | 11 |
| 2012 | 15 | 19 |
| 2013 | 8 | 12 |
| 2014 | 8 | 20 |
| 2015 | 26 | 29 |
| 2016 | 14 | 31 |
| 2017 | 28 | 16 |
| 2018 | 15 | 19 |
| 2019 | 15 | 19 |
| 2020 | 20 | 23 |
| 2021 | 19 | 31 |
| 2022 | 12 | 18 |
| 2023 | 15 | 26 |
| 2024 | 20 | 23 |
| 2025 | 14 | 20 |
| 2026 | 11 | 9 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- B05B 5/082Characterised by means for supporting, holding or conveying the objects190
- B05B 5/087Arrangements of electrodes168
- B05B 5/10Arrangements for supplying power130
- B05B 5/14Specially adapted for coating continuously moving elongated bodies117
- B05B 5/12Specially adapted for coating the interior of hollow bodies82
- B05B 5/081Specially adapted for treating particulate materials64
- B05B 5/085The plant being provided on a vehicle24
Recent patents
- Voltage-assisted painting system8 Sep 2026US 12,728,433 B2Nissan North America, Inc.
- Processes for the manufacture of conductive particle films for lithium ion batteries and lithium ion batteries8 Sep 2026US 12,731,776 B2Dragonfly Energy Corp.
- Control system for a liquid pump sprayer30 Jun 2026US 12,667,856 B2The Fountainhead Group, Inc.
- Electrostatic coating plant9 Jun 2026US 12,649,160 B2ABB Schweiz AG
- Precision powder coating batch system26 May 2026US 12,636,677 B2Swimc LLC
- Electrostatic coating system20 Aug 2026US 2026/0241397 A1AM Batteries, Inc.
- Paint chamber unit for electrostatic atomization painting machine6 Aug 2026US 2026/0225118 A1Taikisha Ltd.
- System and Method for Selectively Applying Electrostatically Charged Herbicides to Target Weeds in an Agricultural Field23 Jul 2026US 2026/0206738 A1Centure Applications LTD
- Film forming apparatus2 Jul 2026US 2026/0183790 A1Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
- Systems and methods for dry powder coating layers of an electrochemical cell25 Jun 2026US 2026/0175254 A1Dragonfly Energy Corp.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Chucks and methods for positioning multiple objects on a substrate201US 5,788,814 ADavid Sarnoff Research Center, Inc. · 1998
- Coating medical devices199US 7,247,338 B2Regents of the University of Minnesota · 2007
- High mass throughput particle generation using multiple nozzle spraying198US 6,764,720 B2Regents of the University of Minnesota · 2004
- Electrospraying apparatus and method for introducing material into cells174US 6,093,557 ARegents of the University of Minnesota · 2000
- Method for spray-coating a medical device having a tubular wall such as a stent168US 6,861,088 B2Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc. · 2005