B05B 7/12
Designed to control volume of flow
Official title: designed to control volume of flow, e.g. with adjustable passages
B05B7/12 (Designed to control volume of flow) appears on 806 US grants and 649 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B05B- Granted patents
- 806
- Published applications
- 649
- Assignees
- 442
- Inventors
- 1,347
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 11 | 0 |
| 1977 | 10 | 0 |
| 1978 | 18 | 0 |
| 1979 | 18 | 0 |
| 1980 | 12 | 0 |
| 1981 | 8 | 0 |
| 1982 | 8 | 0 |
| 1983 | 4 | 0 |
| 1984 | 4 | 0 |
| 1985 | 3 | 0 |
| 1986 | 3 | 0 |
| 1987 | 7 | 0 |
| 1988 | 8 | 0 |
| 1989 | 10 | 0 |
| 1990 | 18 | 0 |
| 1991 | 16 | 0 |
| 1992 | 18 | 0 |
| 1993 | 10 | 0 |
| 1994 | 17 | 0 |
| 1995 | 10 | 0 |
| 1996 | 10 | 0 |
| 1997 | 14 | 0 |
| 1998 | 18 | 0 |
| 1999 | 18 | 0 |
| 2000 | 11 | 0 |
| 2001 | 8 | 3 |
| 2002 | 18 | 8 |
| 2003 | 9 | 17 |
| 2004 | 17 | 24 |
| 2005 | 14 | 33 |
| 2006 | 15 | 17 |
| 2007 | 18 | 24 |
| 2008 | 9 | 19 |
| 2009 | 10 | 19 |
| 2010 | 13 | 24 |
| 2011 | 13 | 21 |
| 2012 | 18 | 31 |
| 2013 | 15 | 25 |
| 2014 | 25 | 28 |
| 2015 | 39 | 25 |
| 2016 | 29 | 29 |
| 2017 | 21 | 30 |
| 2018 | 16 | 29 |
| 2019 | 29 | 36 |
| 2020 | 26 | 34 |
| 2021 | 20 | 32 |
| 2022 | 28 | 44 |
| 2023 | 28 | 33 |
| 2024 | 27 | 34 |
| 2025 | 39 | 15 |
| 2026 | 18 | 15 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Multi-component variable control fragrance dispensing system apparatus6 Oct 2026US 12,752,032 B2Creative Elements NY LLC
- Wet cleaning tool and method6 Oct 2026US 12,757,668 B2Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company.Ltd
- Showerhead stored with cleaning liquid29 Sep 2026US 12,746,559 B2Beijing Kohler Ltd.
- Combined cartridge and swirl chamber15 Sep 2026US D1,148,262 S1W.M. Barr & Company, Inc. · Design
- Combined cartridge and swirl chamber8 Sep 2026US D1,147,630 S1W.M. Barr & Company, Inc. · Design
- Systems, components, and methods for low pressure delivery of plural component systems such as polyurethane foams from unpressurized supply sources17 Sep 2026US 2026/0273553 A1Spray Foam Systems, LLC
- Fluid sprayer and components of a fluid sprayer27 Aug 2026US 2026/0249315 A1Graco Minnesota Inc.
- Spray gun converesion adapter, spray gun and conversion process30 Jul 2026US 2026/0216746 A13M Innovative Properties Company
- Pulse valve and coating apparatus16 Jul 2026US 2026/0199916 A1
- High reliability sheathed aerosol flow splitter16 Jul 2026US 2026/0199917 A1Optomec, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Purgeable dispensing gun for polyurethane foam and the like137US 4,117,551 A1978
- Pressure operated spray applicator97US 4,961,537 ADJS&T Limited Partnership · 1990
- Air nozzle94US 5,322,221 AGraco Inc. · 1994
- Spray apparatus86US 3,940,069 AMeiko Co., Ltd. · 1976
- Spray gun84US 5,803,367 AITW Limited · 1998