B08B 15/00

Preventing escape of dirt or fumes from the area where they are

Official title: Preventing escape of dirt or fumes from the area where they are produced; Collecting or removing dirt or fumes from that area

B08B15/00 (Preventing escape of dirt or fumes from the area where they are) appears on 1,551 US grants and 1,337 published applications in this corpus.

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Granted patents: 1,551
Published applications: 1,337
Assignees: 987
Inventors: 3,301
Latest grant: 22 Sep 2026

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B08B 15/00: granted patents and published applications per publication year
Year	Granted patents	Published applications
1976	18	0
1977	19	0
1978	18	0
1979	19	0
1980	9	0
1981	14	0
1982	9	0
1983	12	0
1984	15	0
1985	25	0
1986	13	0
1987	17	0
1988	23	0
1989	40	0
1990	27	0
1991	35	0
1992	37	0
1993	40	0
1994	45	0
1995	35	0
1996	31	0
1997	39	0
1998	41	0
1999	33	0
2000	31	0
2001	22	3
2002	32	25
2003	27	41
2004	24	37
2005	19	45
2006	32	34
2007	12	41
2008	20	43
2009	12	55
2010	25	45
2011	15	41
2012	24	41
2013	30	57
2014	26	53
2015	36	48
2016	45	54
2017	44	72
2018	42	78
2019	61	55
2020	48	65
2021	61	57
2022	42	81
2023	40	58
2024	62	77
2025	57	67
2026	48	64

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