B05C 1/00

Apparatus in which liquid or other fluent material is applied to the

Official title: Apparatus in which liquid or other fluent material is applied to the surface of the work by contact with a member carrying the liquid or other fluent material, e.g. a porous member loaded with a liquid to be applied as a coating (B05C5/02, B05C7/00 take precedence)

B05C1/00 (Apparatus in which liquid or other fluent material is applied to the) appears on 1,895 US grants and 1,618 published applications in this corpus.

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Granted patents: 1,895
Published applications: 1,618
Assignees: 1,026
Inventors: 3,754
Latest grant: 29 Sep 2026

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B05C 1/00: granted patents and published applications per publication year
Year	Granted patents	Published applications
1976	12	0
1977	16	0
1978	17	0
1979	10	0
1980	14	0
1981	25	0
1982	23	0
1983	19	0
1984	20	0
1985	21	0
1986	18	0
1987	18	0
1988	21	0
1989	23	0
1990	26	0
1991	31	0
1992	26	0
1993	30	0
1994	31	0
1995	35	0
1996	42	0
1997	63	0
1998	69	0
1999	49	0
2000	32	0
2001	34	16
2002	39	30
2003	40	38
2004	26	38
2005	21	35
2006	15	45
2007	14	20
2008	19	32
2009	16	54
2010	32	59
2011	19	39
2012	48	59
2013	39	78
2014	50	83
2015	58	96
2016	62	63
2017	70	93
2018	65	125
2019	69	78
2020	71	103
2021	89	89
2022	81	82
2023	68	73
2024	70	85
2025	51	63
2026	38	42

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