B08B 17/00
Methods preventing fouling
Official title: Methods preventing fouling {(preventing accumulation of deposits in pneumatic conveyors B65G53/521)}
B08B17/00 (Methods preventing fouling) appears on 1,023 US grants and 1,241 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B08B- Granted patents
- 1,023
- Published applications
- 1,241
- Assignees
- 716
- Inventors
- 2,579
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
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| 2001 | 21 | 11 |
| 2002 | 24 | 35 |
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| 2004 | 20 | 30 |
| 2005 | 15 | 42 |
| 2006 | 19 | 35 |
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| 2008 | 13 | 44 |
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| 2012 | 18 | 33 |
| 2013 | 28 | 59 |
| 2014 | 27 | 47 |
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| 2017 | 40 | 70 |
| 2018 | 32 | 94 |
| 2019 | 63 | 67 |
| 2020 | 66 | 72 |
| 2021 | 65 | 64 |
| 2022 | 39 | 62 |
| 2023 | 40 | 58 |
| 2024 | 56 | 40 |
| 2025 | 43 | 30 |
| 2026 | 16 | 20 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Waste disposal system6 Oct 2026US 12,752,318 B2Blue Bagger, Inc.
- Shutter disc for a semiconductor processing tool6 Oct 2026US 12,753,488 B2Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company.Ltd
- System and method for prevention of corrosive biofilm formation in petroleum holding or carrying structures1 Sep 2026US 12,721,916 B2
- Processing apparatus1 Sep 2026US 12,722,187 B2Disco Corporation
- Apparatus for protecting an optical device from contamination25 Aug 2026US 12,717,130 B2ExcelSense Technologies Corp.
- Semiconductor process device and process chamber thereof1 Oct 2026US 2026/0305245 A1Beijing Naura Microelectronics Equipment Co., Ltd.
- Washing apparatus17 Sep 2026US 2026/0273597 A1Ebara Corporation
- Tandem vehicular maintenance of photovoltaic modules10 Sep 2026US 2026/0269778 A1
- Methods and systems for controlling iron ochre proliferation in a conduit27 Aug 2026US 2026/0249333 A1
- Window cover cleaning system to an optical head of an optical air-data system13 Aug 2026US 2026/0233859 A1Honeywell International Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- System for manipulation of a body of fluid213US 7,328,979 B2Koninklijke Philips Electronics N. V. · 2008
- Apparatus and method for cleaning of semiconductor process chamber surfaces184US 5,788,799 AAPPLIED Materials.Inc. · 1998
- Surface topographies for non-toxic bioadhesion control146US 7,650,848 B2University of Florida Research Foundation, Inc. · 2010
- Methods for prevention of surface adsorption of biological materials to capillary walls in microchannels136US 7,252,928 B1Caliper Life Sciences, Inc. · 2007
- Hydrophilic coating including DLC on substrate133US 6,303,225 B1Guardian Industries Corp. · 2001