B07C 5/367
Using a plurality of separation means
Official title: {using a plurality of separation means}
B07C5/367 (Using a plurality of separation means) appears on 193 US grants and 160 published applications in this corpus.
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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- 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
- Method and apparatus for the separation of materials using penetrating electromagnetic radiation84US 5,260,576 ANational Recovery Technologies, Inc. · 1993
- Inspection of matter79US 6,914,678 B1Titech Visionsort AS · 2005
- Method and apparatus for detecting and removing foreign material from a stream of particulate matter75US 4,657,144 APhilip Morris Incorporated · 1987