B07C 2501/00
Sorting according to a characteristic or feature of the articles or material
Official title: Sorting according to a characteristic or feature of the articles or material to be sorted
B07C2501/00 (Sorting according to a characteristic or feature of the articles or material) appears on 742 US grants and 881 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B07C- Granted patents
- 742
- Published applications
- 881
- Assignees
- 444
- Inventors
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- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
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| 2024 | 92 | 104 |
| 2025 | 80 | 72 |
| 2026 | 67 | 44 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- B07C 2501/0063Sorting according to a characteristic or feature of the articles or materialIndexing code249
- B07C 2501/0054Sorting of waste or refuseIndexing code220
- B07C 2501/009Sorting of fruitIndexing code151
- B07C 2501/0081Sorting of food itemsIndexing code95
- B07C 2501/0018Sorting the articles during free fallIndexing code81
- B07C 2501/0036Sorting out metallic particlesIndexing code79
- B07C 2501/0045Return vending of articlesIndexing code52
- B07C 2501/0009Sorting of fastenersIndexing code20
Recent patents
- System and method for materials recovery using a mobile materials recovery facility (MMRF)6 Oct 2026US 12,752,308 B2Wm Intellectual Property Holdings, L.L.C.
- Methods and arrangements for identifying and sorting items29 Sep 2026US 12,746,577 B1Dmrc LLC
- Materials detector29 Sep 2026US 12,746,579 B2Ishitva Robotic Systems Pvt Ltd
- Efficient material recovery facility29 Sep 2026US 12,746,581 B2AMP Robotics Corporation
- Automated foodstuff singulation system29 Sep 2026US 12,749,044 B2Mississippi State University
- System for monitoring waste collection17 Sep 2026US 2026/0273581 A1
- Materials detector17 Sep 2026US 2026/0273582 A1Ishitva Robotic Systems Pvt Ltd
- Waste sorting system considering the characteristics of each waste disposal facility17 Sep 2026US 2026/0273583 A1Aetech Corporation
- Waste sorting system through air direction control17 Sep 2026US 2026/0273584 A1Aetech Corporation
- Sorting of materials10 Sep 2026US 2026/0264114 A1Sortera Technologies, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Methods and compositions for cellular and metabolic engineering844US 5,837,458 AMaxygen, Inc. · 1998
- Methods and compositions for cellular and metabolic engineering185US 6,391,640 B1Maxygen, Inc. · 2002
- Determination of characteristics of material161US 6,060,677 ATiedemanns-Jon H. Andresen ANS · 2000
- Methods and devices for analyzing agricultural products143US 6,646,264 B1Monsanto Technology LLC · 2003
- Parcel and article sorting system and method121US 9,975,148 B2Tompkins International · 2018