B07C 2501/0054
Sorting of waste or refuse
B07C2501/0054 (Sorting of waste or refuse) appears on 220 US grants and 299 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B07C- Granted patents
- 220
- Published applications
- 299
- Assignees
- 136
- Inventors
- 439
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1983 | 1 | 0 |
| 1984 | 1 | 0 |
| 1985 | 1 | 0 |
| 1986 | 1 | 0 |
| 1987 | 1 | 0 |
| 1988 | 1 | 0 |
| 1989 | 1 | 0 |
| 1990 | 0 | 0 |
| 1991 | 0 | 0 |
| 1992 | 1 | 0 |
| 1993 | 1 | 0 |
| 1994 | 0 | 0 |
| 1995 | 1 | 0 |
| 1996 | 0 | 0 |
| 1997 | 1 | 0 |
| 1998 | 2 | 0 |
| 1999 | 0 | 0 |
| 2000 | 1 | 0 |
| 2001 | 0 | 0 |
| 2002 | 2 | 1 |
| 2003 | 1 | 2 |
| 2004 | 2 | 3 |
| 2005 | 0 | 0 |
| 2006 | 0 | 0 |
| 2007 | 3 | 2 |
| 2008 | 0 | 2 |
| 2009 | 1 | 1 |
| 2010 | 3 | 3 |
| 2011 | 0 | 3 |
| 2012 | 2 | 4 |
| 2013 | 1 | 2 |
| 2014 | 1 | 4 |
| 2015 | 4 | 2 |
| 2016 | 4 | 29 |
| 2017 | 10 | 21 |
| 2018 | 13 | 14 |
| 2019 | 23 | 26 |
| 2020 | 20 | 10 |
| 2021 | 10 | 24 |
| 2022 | 11 | 28 |
| 2023 | 13 | 30 |
| 2024 | 31 | 41 |
| 2025 | 27 | 27 |
| 2026 | 24 | 20 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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
- Scrap material identification with filtration and reuse during sustainable additive manufacturing15 Sep 2026US 12,734,551 B2International Business Machines Corporation
- 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
- Method and system for obtaining a purified plastic material from a mixed waste material stream10 Sep 2026US 2026/0264294 A1Tomra Sorting GmbH
Most cited
By later US patents
- Determination of characteristics of material161US 6,060,677 ATiedemanns-Jon H. Andresen ANS · 2000
- Apparatus for the multisorting of scrap metals by x-ray analysis102US 4,848,590 A1989
- System for detecting conductive contaminants and method of use85US 6,469,526 B1Synagro Technologies, Inc. · 2002
- Shopping facility assistance object detection systems, devices and methods81US 9,801,517 B2Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. · 2017
- Method and apparatus for sorting materials according to relative composition69US 7,564,943 B2Spectramet, LLC · 2009