B07C 5/366
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B07C5/366 (During free fall of the articles) appears on 190 US grants and 125 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B07C- Granted patents
- 190
- Published applications
- 125
- Assignees
- 95
- Inventors
- 319
- Latest grant
- 10 Feb 2026
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| 2024 | 9 | 5 |
| 2025 | 4 | 7 |
| 2026 | 1 | 3 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
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- 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.
- On-line oil and foreign matter detection system and method employing hyperspectral imaging2 Oct 2025US 2025/0305876 A1Altria Client Services LLC
- Processing of trona ores using sensor-based ore sorting systems18 Sep 2025US 2025/0289032 A1TATA Chemicals North America Inc.
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- Apparatus for the multisorting of scrap metals by x-ray analysis102US 4,848,590 A1989
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- Multi-band spectral sorting system for light-weight articles74US 6,646,218 B1Key Technology, Inc. · 2003
- Method of an apparatus for X-radiation sorting of raw materials67US 5,236,092 A1993
- Grain sorting apparatus67US 5,669,511 ASatake Corporation · 1997