B08B 1/40
Cleaning tools with integrated means for dispensing fluids
Official title: Cleaning tools with integrated means for dispensing fluids, e.g. water, steam or detergents (cleaning by the force of jets or sprays B08B3/02)
B08B1/40 (Cleaning tools with integrated means for dispensing fluids) appears on 116 US grants and 216 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B08B- Granted patents
- 116
- Published applications
- 216
- Assignees
- 106
- Inventors
- 450
- Latest grant
- 11 Aug 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1987 | 1 | 0 |
| 1988 | 0 | 0 |
| 1989 | 0 | 0 |
| 1990 | 1 | 0 |
| 1991 | 1 | 0 |
| 1992 | 0 | 0 |
| 1993 | 1 | 0 |
| 1994 | 0 | 0 |
| 1995 | 1 | 0 |
| 1996 | 0 | 0 |
| 1997 | 3 | 0 |
| 1998 | 0 | 0 |
| 1999 | 5 | 0 |
| 2000 | 1 | 0 |
| 2001 | 2 | 0 |
| 2002 | 1 | 2 |
| 2003 | 0 | 1 |
| 2004 | 2 | 9 |
| 2005 | 4 | 9 |
| 2006 | 2 | 8 |
| 2007 | 3 | 8 |
| 2008 | 3 | 10 |
| 2009 | 2 | 8 |
| 2010 | 5 | 7 |
| 2011 | 5 | 10 |
| 2012 | 3 | 8 |
| 2013 | 5 | 5 |
| 2014 | 7 | 8 |
| 2015 | 5 | 3 |
| 2016 | 7 | 12 |
| 2017 | 2 | 4 |
| 2018 | 8 | 8 |
| 2019 | 5 | 9 |
| 2020 | 3 | 3 |
| 2021 | 4 | 9 |
| 2022 | 3 | 4 |
| 2023 | 2 | 6 |
| 2024 | 3 | 17 |
| 2025 | 10 | 23 |
| 2026 | 6 | 25 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
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- Substrate cleaning device, substrate processing device, and maintenance method for substrate cleaning device7 Apr 2026US 12,594,583 B2Ebara Corporation
- Cleaner/conditioner for flyline8 Oct 2026US 2026/0307111 A1
- Base station for a floor cleaner1 Oct 2026US 2026/0295641 A1BSH Hausgeräte GmbH
- Automated Cleaning Apparatus and Method for Use on Vertical Surfaces10 Sep 2026US 2026/0262895 A1P16 Holdings, LLC
- Tandem vehicular maintenance of photovoltaic modules10 Sep 2026US 2026/0269778 A1
- Cleaning base station and cleaning system3 Sep 2026US 2026/0256334 A1Dreame Innovation Technology (Suzhou) Co., Ltd.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Portable cleaning device82US 5,423,102 A1995
- Toilet cleaning device with cleaning pad81US 5,630,243 A1997
- Steam mop62US 8,205,293 B2Euro-Pro Operating LLC · 2012
- Cleaning composition, pad, wipe, implement, and system and method of use thereof51US 6,854,911 B2The Procter & Gamble Company · 2005
- Cleaning aid attachments for a cleaning implement40US 6,726,388 B12004