B05C 1/04

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

Official title: for applying liquid or other fluent material to work of indefinite length {(B05C1/003 takes precedence)}

B05C1/04 (Apparatus in which liquid or other fluent material is applied to the) appears on 1,507 US grants and 1,230 published applications in this corpus.

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Granted patents: 1,507
Published applications: 1,230
Assignees: 814
Inventors: 2,903
Latest grant: 29 Sep 2026

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B05C 1/04: granted patents and published applications per publication year
Year	Granted patents	Published applications
1976	10	0
1977	13	0
1978	10	0
1979	5	0
1980	9	0
1981	17	0
1982	15	0
1983	13	0
1984	17	0
1985	18	0
1986	14	0
1987	13	0
1988	17	0
1989	21	0
1990	21	0
1991	28	0
1992	22	0
1993	21	0
1994	26	0
1995	30	0
1996	37	0
1997	60	0
1998	66	0
1999	42	0
2000	29	0
2001	33	15
2002	36	28
2003	39	36
2004	25	35
2005	20	32
2006	14	39
2007	12	15
2008	17	27
2009	13	45
2010	26	47
2011	12	31
2012	40	46
2013	29	51
2014	38	56
2015	44	74
2016	44	53
2017	52	68
2018	50	95
2019	51	47
2020	53	81
2021	67	63
2022	57	56
2023	49	49
2024	48	66
2025	38	47
2026	26	28

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