B07C 5/363
By means of air
Official title: {by means of air}
B07C5/363 (By means of air) appears on 584 US grants and 406 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B07C- Granted patents
- 584
- Published applications
- 406
- Assignees
- 327
- Inventors
- 1,051
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1976 | 11 | 0 |
| 1977 | 9 | 0 |
| 1978 | 4 | 0 |
| 1979 | 7 | 0 |
| 1980 | 4 | 0 |
| 1981 | 6 | 0 |
| 1982 | 8 | 0 |
| 1983 | 10 | 0 |
| 1984 | 7 | 0 |
| 1985 | 5 | 0 |
| 1986 | 14 | 0 |
| 1987 | 11 | 0 |
| 1988 | 6 | 0 |
| 1989 | 6 | 0 |
| 1990 | 8 | 0 |
| 1991 | 6 | 0 |
| 1992 | 7 | 0 |
| 1993 | 12 | 0 |
| 1994 | 17 | 0 |
| 1995 | 9 | 0 |
| 1996 | 17 | 0 |
| 1997 | 18 | 0 |
| 1998 | 10 | 0 |
| 1999 | 13 | 0 |
| 2000 | 14 | 0 |
| 2001 | 9 | 3 |
| 2002 | 9 | 11 |
| 2003 | 13 | 11 |
| 2004 | 9 | 9 |
| 2005 | 5 | 8 |
| 2006 | 7 | 11 |
| 2007 | 3 | 10 |
| 2008 | 8 | 8 |
| 2009 | 6 | 8 |
| 2010 | 11 | 14 |
| 2011 | 8 | 12 |
| 2012 | 9 | 8 |
| 2013 | 4 | 15 |
| 2014 | 19 | 12 |
| 2015 | 15 | 19 |
| 2016 | 12 | 10 |
| 2017 | 11 | 16 |
| 2018 | 17 | 28 |
| 2019 | 24 | 24 |
| 2020 | 18 | 33 |
| 2021 | 18 | 20 |
| 2022 | 24 | 29 |
| 2023 | 17 | 24 |
| 2024 | 28 | 22 |
| 2025 | 25 | 26 |
| 2026 | 16 | 15 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Item inventory management system with vacuum-operated sorter6 Oct 2026US 12,752,310 B2eBay 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.
- Air sorting unit28 Jul 2026US 12,691,472 B2Ishitva Robotic Systems Pvt Ltd
- Co-located sensors in a sorting facility21 Jul 2026US 12,686,014 B2AMP Robotics Corporation
- Waste sorting system through air direction control17 Sep 2026US 2026/0273584 A1Aetech Corporation
- Packaging system and methods for detecting and removing malformed cartons17 Sep 2026US 2026/0274485 A1R. A. Jones & Co. Inc.
- Mobile material sorting apparatus27 Aug 2026US 2026/0249326 A1
- Sorting device20 Aug 2026US 2026/0241418 A1Hitachi Zosen Corporation
- System or machine for sorting objects with an aeraulic control device13 Aug 2026US 2026/0233257 A1
Most cited
By later US patents
- Determination of characteristics of material161US 6,060,677 ATiedemanns-Jon H. Andresen ANS · 2000
- 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
- Apparatus for sorting materials90US 5,632,381 ADST Deutsch System-Technik GmbH · 1997
- Sorting plastic bottles for recycling89US 5,314,072 ARutgers, The State University · 1994