Separating solids from solids by sieving, screening, sifting or by using gas
Official title: SEPARATING SOLIDS FROM SOLIDS BY SIEVING, SCREENING, SIFTING OR BY USING GAS CURRENTS; SEPARATING BY OTHER DRY METHODS APPLICABLE TO BULK MATERIAL, e.g. LOOSE ARTICLES FIT TO BE HANDLED LIKE BULK MATERIAL (wet separating processes, sorting by processes using fluent material in the same way as liquid B03; combinations of dry separating apparatus with wet separating apparatus B03B; using liquids B03B, B03D; sorting by magnetic or electrostatic separation of solid materials from solid materials or fluids, separation by high voltage electric fields B03C; centrifuges or vortex apparatus for carrying out physical processes B04; hand sorting, postal sorting, sorting by switching or other devices actuated in response to detection or measurement of some feature of articles or samples of material B07C)
B07B (Separating solids from solids by sieving, screening, sifting or by using gas) appears on 4,872 US grants and 3,433 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B07B- Granted patents
- 4,872
- Published applications
- 3,433
- Assignees
- 2,273
- Inventors
- 7,431
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 57 | 0 |
| 1977 | 47 | 0 |
| 1978 | 61 | 0 |
| 1979 | 70 | 0 |
| 1980 | 79 | 0 |
| 1981 | 118 | 0 |
| 1982 | 69 | 0 |
| 1983 | 69 | 0 |
| 1984 | 69 | 0 |
| 1985 | 83 | 0 |
| 1986 | 58 | 0 |
| 1987 | 69 | 0 |
| 1988 | 77 | 0 |
| 1989 | 86 | 0 |
| 1990 | 85 | 0 |
| 1991 | 90 | 0 |
| 1992 | 80 | 0 |
| 1993 | 97 | 0 |
| 1994 | 110 | 0 |
| 1995 | 99 | 0 |
| 1996 | 86 | 0 |
| 1997 | 89 | 0 |
| 1998 | 80 | 0 |
| 1999 | 108 | 0 |
| 2000 | 97 | 0 |
| 2001 | 100 | 16 |
| 2002 | 87 | 72 |
| 2003 | 71 | 94 |
| 2004 | 77 | 111 |
| 2005 | 70 | 103 |
| 2006 | 63 | 95 |
| 2007 | 48 | 91 |
| 2008 | 48 | 128 |
| 2009 | 54 | 112 |
| 2010 | 62 | 137 |
| 2011 | 104 | 125 |
| 2012 | 101 | 93 |
| 2013 | 84 | 148 |
| 2014 | 138 | 163 |
| 2015 | 148 | 195 |
| 2016 | 136 | 195 |
| 2017 | 167 | 156 |
| 2018 | 132 | 163 |
| 2019 | 164 | 195 |
| 2020 | 159 | 186 |
| 2021 | 155 | 193 |
| 2022 | 148 | 168 |
| 2023 | 172 | 152 |
| 2024 | 149 | 130 |
| 2025 | 118 | 116 |
| 2026 | 84 | 96 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Main groups
- B07B 1/00Sieving, screening, sifting, or sorting solid materials using networks, gratings, grids, or3,104
- B07B 13/00Grading or sorting solid materials by dry methods, not otherwise provided for1,229
- B07B 4/00Separating solids from solids by subjecting their mixture to gas currents675
- B07B 7/00Selective separation of solid materials carried by, or dispersed in, gas currents616
- B07B 9/00Combinations of apparatus for screening or sifting or for separating solids from609
- B07B 2201/00Details applicable to machines for screening using sieves or gratingsIndexing code453
- B07B 11/00Arrangement of accessories in apparatus for separating solids from solids using gas362
- B07B 2230/00Specific aspects relating to the whole b07b subclassIndexing code244
Recent patents
- Screening machine for screening solid material6 Oct 2026US 12,752,138 B2Pal S.R.L.
- Screen attachment system6 Oct 2026US 12,752,303 B2Metso Finland Oy
- Compound auger disc6 Oct 2026US 12,752,304 B2CP Manufacturing, Inc.
- Plansifter6 Oct 2026US 12,752,305 B2Buhler AG
- System and process for sorting and recovery of recyclable materials from mixed waste6 Oct 2026US 12,752,306 B1Wm Intellectual Property Holdings, L.L.C.
- Exciter apparatus8 Oct 2026US 2026/0307107 A1FLSmidth AVS
- Sorting device for a storage system and storage system with sorting device8 Oct 2026US 2026/0307108 A1SorTec Pharma Sortiertechnik GmbH
- Active material feeding device8 Oct 2026US 2026/0311991 A1LG Energy Solution, Ltd.
- Screening, crushing or mixing arrangement for heavy equipment24 Sep 2026US 2026/0284706 A1Allu Innovation and Research Center Oy
- A recycling process for recovering fibers from textile waste material24 Sep 2026US 2026/0286578 A1BASF SE
Most cited
- Acoustic concentration of particles in fluid flow186US 7,837,040 B2Los Alamos National Security, LLC · 2010
- Method and device for producing a three-dimensional object132US 6,932,935 B1EOS GmbH Electro Optical Systems · 2005
- Vibratory screening machine and non-clogging wear-reducing screen assembly therefor125US 5,221,008 ADerrick Manufacturing Corporation · 1993
- Method and apparatus for conditioning coins prior to discrimination121US 5,842,916 ACoinstar, Inc. · 1998
- Method and device for sorting particles suspended in an electrolyte117US 4,175,662 A1979