B05B 7/02
Spray pistols
Official title: Spray pistols; Apparatus for discharge (for spraying particulate material B05B7/14; with means for heating the material to be sprayed B05B7/16; with means for supplying fluent material to a discharge device B05B7/24)
B05B7/02 (Spray pistols) appears on 3,861 US grants and 3,510 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B05B- Granted patents
- 3,861
- Published applications
- 3,510
- Assignees
- 2,019
- Inventors
- 7,081
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 30 | 0 |
| 1977 | 25 | 0 |
| 1978 | 33 | 0 |
| 1979 | 38 | 0 |
| 1980 | 41 | 0 |
| 1981 | 28 | 0 |
| 1982 | 32 | 0 |
| 1983 | 30 | 0 |
| 1984 | 29 | 0 |
| 1985 | 40 | 0 |
| 1986 | 30 | 0 |
| 1987 | 48 | 0 |
| 1988 | 45 | 0 |
| 1989 | 52 | 0 |
| 1990 | 60 | 0 |
| 1991 | 61 | 0 |
| 1992 | 60 | 0 |
| 1993 | 55 | 0 |
| 1994 | 57 | 0 |
| 1995 | 66 | 0 |
| 1996 | 56 | 0 |
| 1997 | 68 | 0 |
| 1998 | 70 | 0 |
| 1999 | 75 | 0 |
| 2000 | 90 | 0 |
| 2001 | 78 | 25 |
| 2002 | 75 | 54 |
| 2003 | 70 | 84 |
| 2004 | 65 | 83 |
| 2005 | 52 | 104 |
| 2006 | 59 | 97 |
| 2007 | 59 | 116 |
| 2008 | 34 | 105 |
| 2009 | 46 | 109 |
| 2010 | 66 | 153 |
| 2011 | 73 | 125 |
| 2012 | 68 | 139 |
| 2013 | 103 | 163 |
| 2014 | 109 | 152 |
| 2015 | 166 | 181 |
| 2016 | 143 | 180 |
| 2017 | 148 | 152 |
| 2018 | 134 | 188 |
| 2019 | 174 | 188 |
| 2020 | 144 | 197 |
| 2021 | 150 | 181 |
| 2022 | 136 | 192 |
| 2023 | 129 | 188 |
| 2024 | 132 | 161 |
| 2025 | 148 | 118 |
| 2026 | 81 | 75 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- B05B 7/04With arrangements for mixing liquids or other fluent materials before discharge1,800
- B05B 7/08With separate outlet orifices1,358
- B05B 7/06With at least one outlet orifice surrounding another approximately in the same817
- B05B 7/12Designed to control volume of flow806
- B05B 7/10Producing a swirling discharge430
- B05B 7/025Nozzles having elongated outlets119
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Most cited
By later US patents
- Adhesive spray gun and nozzle attachment608US 4,785,996 ANordson Corporation · 1988
- Method and apparatus for fluid dispersion418US 7,708,949 B2Governing Council of the Univ. of Toronto, The · 2010
- System for lubricating a syringe barrel272US 5,456,940 AMiniMed Inc. · 1995
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