B07C 5/361
Processing or control devices therefor
Official title: {Processing or control devices therefor, e.g. escort memory}
B07C5/361 (Processing or control devices therefor) appears on 436 US grants and 340 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B07C- Granted patents
- 436
- Published applications
- 340
- Assignees
- 303
- Inventors
- 985
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 6 | 0 |
| 1977 | 3 | 0 |
| 1978 | 6 | 0 |
| 1979 | 4 | 0 |
| 1980 | 5 | 0 |
| 1981 | 3 | 0 |
| 1982 | 8 | 0 |
| 1983 | 2 | 0 |
| 1984 | 6 | 0 |
| 1985 | 4 | 0 |
| 1986 | 2 | 0 |
| 1987 | 4 | 0 |
| 1988 | 2 | 0 |
| 1989 | 11 | 0 |
| 1990 | 10 | 0 |
| 1991 | 9 | 0 |
| 1992 | 9 | 0 |
| 1993 | 7 | 0 |
| 1994 | 11 | 0 |
| 1995 | 11 | 0 |
| 1996 | 10 | 0 |
| 1997 | 3 | 0 |
| 1998 | 2 | 0 |
| 1999 | 6 | 0 |
| 2000 | 4 | 0 |
| 2001 | 6 | 0 |
| 2002 | 7 | 10 |
| 2003 | 9 | 4 |
| 2004 | 7 | 2 |
| 2005 | 2 | 3 |
| 2006 | 2 | 4 |
| 2007 | 2 | 0 |
| 2008 | 3 | 6 |
| 2009 | 0 | 2 |
| 2010 | 1 | 3 |
| 2011 | 0 | 1 |
| 2012 | 4 | 2 |
| 2013 | 2 | 4 |
| 2014 | 7 | 6 |
| 2015 | 3 | 12 |
| 2016 | 15 | 14 |
| 2017 | 7 | 10 |
| 2018 | 12 | 16 |
| 2019 | 17 | 30 |
| 2020 | 24 | 29 |
| 2021 | 16 | 29 |
| 2022 | 27 | 37 |
| 2023 | 29 | 23 |
| 2024 | 38 | 44 |
| 2025 | 22 | 25 |
| 2026 | 26 | 24 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Apparatus and related systems and methods for selecting target particles from a feedstream6 Oct 2026US 12,752,309 B2Eco Metals Recovery (Holding) Limited
- Efficient material recovery facility29 Sep 2026US 12,746,581 B2AMP Robotics Corporation
- Multi-system single footprint sorter using robots with sort verification15 Sep 2026US 12,734,554 B2Tompkins Robotics, Inc.
- System and method for sorting objects8 Sep 2026US 12,728,444 B2Optisort, LLC
- Apparatus for sorting abnormal battery cell11 Aug 2026US 12,703,010 B2Samsung SDI.Co., Ltd.
- Intermittent motion scale conveyor1 Oct 2026US 2026/0298696 A1Mettler-Toledo AG
- Article loading system and method for multilevel sorter24 Sep 2026US 2026/0284710 A1Tompkins Robotics, Inc.
- Inspection device3 Sep 2026US 2026/0260993 A1Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., Limited
- Mobile material sorting apparatus27 Aug 2026US 2026/0249326 A1
- Optimization of sortation order receptacle filling13 Aug 2026US 2026/0233256 A1Tompkins Robotics, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Direct transfer sorting system180US 4,895,242 AG B Instruments, Inc. · 1990
- Coincidence arbitration in a flow cytomery sorting system167US 4,981,580 ACoulter Corporation · 1991
- Method and device for sorting materials142US 5,794,788 A1998
- Teleoperated robotic sorting system115US 6,124,560 ANational Recovery Technologies, Inc. · 2000
- Apparatus for the multisorting of scrap metals by x-ray analysis102US 4,848,590 A1989