B07C 1/10
Sorting according to size or flexibility
B07C1/10 (Sorting according to size or flexibility) appears on 80 US grants and 54 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B07C- Granted patents
- 80
- Published applications
- 54
- Assignees
- 43
- Inventors
- 137
- Latest grant
- 11 Aug 2026
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| 2019 | 7 | 7 |
| 2020 | 5 | 2 |
| 2021 | 2 | 1 |
| 2022 | 4 | 2 |
| 2023 | 3 | 2 |
| 2024 | 2 | 2 |
| 2025 | 1 | 1 |
| 2026 | 2 | 1 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Apparatus for sorting abnormal battery cell11 Aug 2026US 12,703,010 B2Samsung SDI.Co., Ltd.
- Stacked-package detection system3 Mar 2026US 12,564,866 B2Laitram, L. L. C.
- Mail processing system with a mail hazard screening machine15 Apr 2025US 12,277,793 B2Tritek Technologies, Inc.
- Stacked-package detection system13 Aug 2024US 12,059,710 B2
- Mail processing system with increased first and second pass sorting speed19 Mar 2024US 11,935,318 B2Tritek Technologies, Inc.
- Mail processing system with a mail hazard screening machine28 May 2026US 2026/0148581 A1Tritek Technologies, Inc.
- Apparatus for sorting abnormal battery cell13 Nov 2025US 2025/0345827 A1Samsung SDI.Co., Ltd.
- Stacked-package detection system28 Nov 2024US 2024/0390943 A1Laitram, L. L. C.
- Mail processing system with increased first and second pass sorting speed11 Jul 2024US 2024/0233431 A1Tritek Technologies, Inc.
- Mail processing system with increased first and second pass sorting speed2 Nov 2023US 2023/0351792 A1Tritek Technologies, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Sorting installation and sorting method for jointly sorting different kinds of articles55US 9,108,224 B2Siemens Aktiengesellschaft · 2015
- Method and system for presorting mail based on mail piece thickness50US 6,135,292 APitney Bowes Inc. · 2000
- Apparatus and method for checking the contents of envelopes and sorting documents by thickness45US 4,576,287 AOmation Corporation · 1986
- Apparatus and method for checking an envelope for contents28US 5,727,692 AStielow GmbH · 1998
- Apparatus for assessing the stiffness of a sheet27US 5,182,722 ANCR Corporation · 1993