B07C 5/10
Measured by light-responsive means
Official title: measured by light-responsive means {(sorting according to colour B07C5/342)}
B07C5/10 (Measured by light-responsive means) appears on 217 US grants and 120 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B07C- Granted patents
- 217
- Published applications
- 120
- Assignees
- 165
- Inventors
- 455
- Latest grant
- 11 Aug 2026
Filings by year
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| 1976 | 3 | 0 |
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| 1978 | 3 | 0 |
| 1979 | 3 | 0 |
| 1980 | 1 | 0 |
| 1981 | 3 | 0 |
| 1982 | 8 | 0 |
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| 2003 | 4 | 5 |
| 2004 | 2 | 3 |
| 2005 | 4 | 4 |
| 2006 | 2 | 0 |
| 2007 | 1 | 3 |
| 2008 | 2 | 1 |
| 2009 | 2 | 2 |
| 2010 | 1 | 3 |
| 2011 | 2 | 1 |
| 2012 | 1 | 1 |
| 2013 | 4 | 3 |
| 2014 | 1 | 2 |
| 2015 | 3 | 3 |
| 2016 | 3 | 2 |
| 2017 | 4 | 8 |
| 2018 | 5 | 8 |
| 2019 | 8 | 10 |
| 2020 | 7 | 11 |
| 2021 | 4 | 9 |
| 2022 | 6 | 8 |
| 2023 | 6 | 11 |
| 2024 | 12 | 6 |
| 2025 | 8 | 11 |
| 2026 | 8 | 2 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Apparatus for sorting abnormal battery cell11 Aug 2026US 12,703,010 B2Samsung SDI.Co., Ltd.
- Rotation system for rotating a packaged item4 Aug 2026US 12,697,643 B2Deutsche Post AG
- Transport device having a storage device, and method for operating same14 Jul 2026US 12,679,665 B2Ferag AG
- Information processing device for selectively transmitting image data to be sorted to a network12 May 2026US 12,626,497 B2Hutzper Inc.
- Method and device for sorting silicon fragments17 Feb 2026US 12,551,930 B2
- Systems and methods for sorting objects3 Sep 2026US 2026/0257245 A1Cognex Corporation
- Robotic package handling systems and methods7 May 2026US 2026/0124760 A1Ambi Robotics, Inc.
- Apparatus for sorting abnormal battery cell13 Nov 2025US 2025/0345827 A1Samsung SDI.Co., Ltd.
- A bulk material foreign object detection method, device and x-ray foreign object detection equipment21 Aug 2025US 2025/0264421 A1Shanghai Vixdetect Inspection Equipment Co., Ltd.
- Process for Redistributing Packages in a Sorting Station15 May 2025US 2025/0153222 A1Deutsche Post AG
Most cited
By later US patents
- Method and arrangement for automatic optical classification of plants133US 5,253,302 A1993
- Apparatus for detecting edge of semitransparent plane substance95US 4,559,452 AFujitsu Limited · 1985
- Sorting and inspection apparatus and method72US 4,414,566 AIndustrial Automation Corp. · 1983
- Device for cleaning, testing and sorting of workpieces72US 4,936,329 ALeybold Aktiengesellschaft · 1990
- Fish sorting machine72US 4,963,035 AGrove Telecommunications Ltd. · 1990