B07C 5/3425
Of granular material
Official title: {of granular material, e.g. ore particles, grain (investigation moving fluids or granular solids using optical means G01N21/85)}
B07C5/3425 (Of granular material) appears on 439 US grants and 354 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B07C- Granted patents
- 439
- Published applications
- 354
- Assignees
- 251
- Inventors
- 799
- Latest grant
- 8 Sep 2026
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| 1976 | 6 | 0 |
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| 2000 | 11 | 0 |
| 2001 | 1 | 4 |
| 2002 | 6 | 2 |
| 2003 | 8 | 6 |
| 2004 | 3 | 4 |
| 2005 | 4 | 6 |
| 2006 | 2 | 8 |
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| 2019 | 14 | 26 |
| 2020 | 18 | 32 |
| 2021 | 18 | 15 |
| 2022 | 21 | 21 |
| 2023 | 21 | 21 |
| 2024 | 31 | 23 |
| 2025 | 22 | 13 |
| 2026 | 6 | 11 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- System and method for sorting objects8 Sep 2026US 12,728,444 B2Optisort, LLC
- Apparatus for sorting raw coffee beans based on defect detection30 Jun 2026US 12,667,866 B1Eggstone Co., Ltd.
- Systems and methods for particle sorting with automated adjustment of operational parameters12 May 2026US 12,623,254 B2Cytonome/St, LLC
- Measuring device and selection device31 Mar 2026US 12,590,899 B2Satake Corporation
- Particle manipulation system with camera/classifier confirmation and deep learning algorithm17 Feb 2026US 12,553,815 B2Owl biomedical, Inc.
- Sorter devices, detection systems of sorter devices, and related methods8 Oct 2026US 2026/0307110 A1Cimbria S.r.l.
- Systems and methods for analyzing and sorting treated seeds24 Sep 2026US 2026/0287513 A1Crc R&D, LLC
- Method and system for obtaining a purified plastic material from a mixed waste material stream10 Sep 2026US 2026/0264294 A1Tomra Sorting GmbH
- An apparatus and method for visual inspection27 Aug 2026US 2026/0255073 A1Deimos Laboratory Pty Ltd
- Apparatus for an automatic sorting machine, sorting machine and method20 Aug 2026US 2026/0241417 A1Tomra Sorting GmbH
Most cited
By later US patents
- Determination of characteristics of material161US 6,060,677 ATiedemanns-Jon H. Andresen ANS · 2000
- Apparatus and method for multidimensional characterization of objects in real time123US 4,987,539 AStanford University · 1991
- Apparatus and method for sorting post-consumer articles according to PVC content120US 5,419,438 ASimco/Ramic Corporation · 1995
- Apparatus for the multisorting of scrap metals by x-ray analysis102US 4,848,590 A1989
- Method for cleaning and sorting bulk material89US 5,733,592 ABuhler AG · 1998