B07C 3/06
Linear sorting machines in which articles are removed from a stream at
Official title: Linear sorting machines in which articles are removed from a stream at selected points
B07C3/06 (Linear sorting machines in which articles are removed from a stream at) appears on 168 US grants and 88 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B07C- Granted patents
- 168
- Published applications
- 88
- Assignees
- 88
- Inventors
- 284
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
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| 2003 | 2 | 2 |
| 2004 | 3 | 4 |
| 2005 | 1 | 4 |
| 2006 | 0 | 1 |
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| 2009 | 2 | 5 |
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| 2011 | 6 | 2 |
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| 2017 | 2 | 8 |
| 2018 | 6 | 6 |
| 2019 | 9 | 6 |
| 2020 | 4 | 3 |
| 2021 | 4 | 5 |
| 2022 | 4 | 2 |
| 2023 | 3 | 6 |
| 2024 | 5 | 7 |
| 2025 | 1 | 4 |
| 2026 | 6 | 3 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Multiple mail piece assembly and wrapping system6 Oct 2026US 12,755,329 B2Broadridge Output Solutions, Inc.
- Apparatus for sorting abnormal battery cell11 Aug 2026US 12,703,010 B2Samsung SDI.Co., Ltd.
- Automated wedge alignment for solar table assembly12 May 2026US 12,624,864 B1Terabase Energy, Inc.
- Parcel and article sorting system and method5 May 2026US 12,619,223 B2Tompkins Robotics, Inc.
- Systems and methods for providing detection processing with velocity matching17 Feb 2026US 12,552,013 B2Berkshire Grey Operating Company, Inc.
- Parcel and Article Sorting System and Method27 Aug 2026US 2026/0252067 A1Tompkins Robotics, Inc.
- Automated wedge alignment for solar table assembly14 May 2026US 2026/0132965 A1Terabase Energy, Inc.
- System and method for robotic horizontal sortation23 Apr 2026US 2026/0108918 A1Ambi Robotics, Inc.
- Apparatus for sorting abnormal battery cell13 Nov 2025US 2025/0345827 A1Samsung SDI.Co., Ltd.
- High-density direct-to-destination output system21 Aug 2025US 2025/0262644 A1National Presort, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Automatic storage and retrieval system178US 5,405,232 AHarnischfeger Engineers, Inc. · 1995
- Document sorting apparatus149US 5,054,621 AHybrid Systems Corporation · 1991
- Parcel and article sorting system and method121US 9,975,148 B2Tompkins International · 2018
- Document sorter and stacker, particularly for document processors116US 5,135,115 ABancTec, Inc. · 1992
- System for sorting mail pieces on multiple levels and a method for performing the same108US 5,419,457 AElectroCom Gard Ltd. · 1995