B07C 2501/0018
Sorting the articles during free fall
B07C2501/0018 (Sorting the articles during free fall) appears on 81 US grants and 98 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B07C- Granted patents
- 81
- Published applications
- 98
- Assignees
- 46
- Inventors
- 160
- Latest grant
- 8 Sep 2026
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| 2026 | 2 | 2 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- System and method for sorting objects8 Sep 2026US 12,728,444 B2Optisort, LLC
- Method and device for sorting silicon fragments17 Feb 2026US 12,551,930 B2
- Method and apparatus for sorting heterogeneous material29 Apr 2025US 12,285,782 B2JJG IP Holdings, LLC
- Food article defect removal apparatus15 Apr 2025US 12,276,354 B2Lamb Weston, Inc.
- Sorting method and sorting device4 Mar 2025US 12,240,017 B2Festo AG & Co.
- Apparatus for an automatic sorting machine, sorting machine and method20 Aug 2026US 2026/0241417 A1Tomra Sorting GmbH
- System or machine for sorting objects with an aeraulic control device13 Aug 2026US 2026/0233257 A1
- Method and apparatus for sorting heterogeneous material7 Aug 2025US 2025/0249483 A1JJG IP Holdings, LLC
- Method and Device for Determining Whether an Oilseed, a Nut, in Particular a Hazelnut, or a Seed Is Rancid15 May 2025US 2025/0155363 A1Insort GmbH
- Method and Apparatus for Sorting1 May 2025US 2025/0135500 A1Key Technology, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Scrap sorting system53US 9,785,851 B1Huron Valley Steel Corporation · 2017
- Method and system for recovering metal from processed recycled materials35US 7,786,401 B22010
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- Menthol detection on tobacco14US 9,097,668 B2Altria Client Services LLC · 2015
- Rapid material analysis using LIBS spectroscopy11US 10,088,425 B2TSI Incorporated · 2018