B07C 5/38
Collecting or arranging articles in groups
B07C5/38 (Collecting or arranging articles in groups) appears on 160 US grants and 148 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B07C- Granted patents
- 160
- Published applications
- 148
- Assignees
- 124
- Inventors
- 328
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
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| 2002 | 2 | 2 |
| 2003 | 0 | 2 |
| 2004 | 5 | 2 |
| 2005 | 0 | 3 |
| 2006 | 1 | 2 |
| 2007 | 1 | 0 |
| 2008 | 1 | 4 |
| 2009 | 1 | 4 |
| 2010 | 0 | 5 |
| 2011 | 4 | 3 |
| 2012 | 5 | 5 |
| 2013 | 3 | 3 |
| 2014 | 6 | 6 |
| 2015 | 7 | 10 |
| 2016 | 9 | 6 |
| 2017 | 4 | 7 |
| 2018 | 13 | 16 |
| 2019 | 13 | 17 |
| 2020 | 16 | 17 |
| 2021 | 12 | 7 |
| 2022 | 8 | 6 |
| 2023 | 5 | 5 |
| 2024 | 11 | 8 |
| 2025 | 13 | 4 |
| 2026 | 3 | 4 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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Most cited
By later US patents
- System and method for automatically feeding, inspecting and diverting tablets for continuous filling of tablet containers110US 5,522,512 AMerck & Co., Inc. · 1996
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- System and method for automatically feeding, inspecting and diverting tablets for continuous filling of tablet containers46US 5,638,657 AMerck & Co., Inc. · 1997