B07C 5/365
Using a single separation means
Official title: {using a single separation means}
B07C5/365 (Using a single separation means) appears on 352 US grants and 188 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B07C- Granted patents
- 352
- Published applications
- 188
- Assignees
- 213
- Inventors
- 638
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
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| 2000 | 9 | 0 |
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| 2003 | 11 | 10 |
| 2004 | 8 | 5 |
| 2005 | 2 | 7 |
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| 2008 | 6 | 5 |
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| 2011 | 7 | 5 |
| 2012 | 4 | 1 |
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| 2018 | 10 | 18 |
| 2019 | 8 | 6 |
| 2020 | 8 | 12 |
| 2021 | 6 | 5 |
| 2022 | 10 | 14 |
| 2023 | 7 | 14 |
| 2024 | 13 | 7 |
| 2025 | 6 | 10 |
| 2026 | 5 | 6 |
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.
- Apparatus for sorting abnormal battery cell11 Aug 2026US 12,703,010 B2Samsung SDI.Co., Ltd.
- Device to selectively sort flexible objects from a mixed solid waste stream19 May 2026US 12,629,724 B1CP Manufacturing, Inc.
- Plant for treating horticultural products5 May 2026US 12,617,001 B2Unitec S.P.A.
- Blending of agricultural products via hyperspectral imaging and analysis10 Feb 2026US 12,546,654 B2Altria Client Services LLC
- Waste sorting system through air direction control17 Sep 2026US 2026/0273584 A1Aetech Corporation
- 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
- Blending of agricultural products via hyperspectral imaging and analysis21 May 2026US 2026/0139993 A1Altria Client Services LLC
- Noncontact animal diverter system12 Mar 2026US 2026/0070091 A1Targan, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- 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
- Method for cleaning and sorting bulk material89US 5,733,592 ABuhler AG · 1998
- System and method for singulating inhomogeneous materials88US 5,460,271 AMagnetic Separation Systems, Inc. · 1995