B08B 3/003
Cleaning involving contact with foam
Official title: {Cleaning involving contact with foam}
B08B3/003 (Cleaning involving contact with foam) appears on 122 US grants and 153 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B08B- Granted patents
- 122
- Published applications
- 153
- Assignees
- 72
- Inventors
- 247
- Latest grant
- 22 Sep 2026
Filings by year
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| 1976 | 2 | 0 |
| 1977 | 0 | 0 |
| 1978 | 1 | 0 |
| 1979 | 1 | 0 |
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| 2002 | 0 | 1 |
| 2003 | 0 | 1 |
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| 2005 | 0 | 3 |
| 2006 | 0 | 6 |
| 2007 | 2 | 3 |
| 2008 | 3 | 5 |
| 2009 | 3 | 6 |
| 2010 | 1 | 4 |
| 2011 | 3 | 0 |
| 2012 | 0 | 1 |
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| 2016 | 4 | 8 |
| 2017 | 7 | 18 |
| 2018 | 10 | 11 |
| 2019 | 8 | 14 |
| 2020 | 9 | 10 |
| 2021 | 8 | 11 |
| 2022 | 14 | 7 |
| 2023 | 6 | 9 |
| 2024 | 9 | 8 |
| 2025 | 8 | 6 |
| 2026 | 6 | 7 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Self-contained foam-generating device with built-in breathing apparatus22 Sep 2026US 12,741,167 B2Aryballe
- Water disintegrable, foam producing article for use as a toilet bowl cleaner12 May 2026US 12,624,319 B2The Procter & Gamble Company
- Reduced misting and clinging chlorine based hard surface cleaner21 Apr 2026US 12,605,746 B2Ecolab USA Inc.
- Machine foam cleaning system with integrated sensing17 Mar 2026US 12,577,887 B2General Electric Company
- Foam generating device17 Feb 2026US 12,551,910 B2Sonny's HFI Holdings, LLC
- Substrate processing device, substrate processing method, and storage medium2 Jul 2026US 2026/0183810 A1Ebara Corporation
- Wash systems for gas turbine engines18 Jun 2026US 2026/0166598 A1General Electric Company
- Gas turbine engine cleaning system18 Jun 2026US 2026/0168393 A1General Electric Company
- Gas turbine engine treatment system18 Jun 2026US 2026/0168402 A1General Electric Company
- Gas turbine engine wash systems and methods18 Jun 2026US 2026/0168406 A1General Electric Company
Most cited
By later US patents
- Spray and foam producing nozzle apparatus52US 3,961,754 AEconomics Laboratory, Inc. · 1976
- Apparatus for making foamed cleaning solutions and method of operation52US 4,133,773 AThe Dow Chemical Company · 1979
- System and devices for collecting and treating waste water from engine washing30US 7,297,260 B2Gas Turbine Efficiency AB · 2007
- Turboengine water wash system27US 8,628,627 B2EcoServices, LLC · 2014
- Spray and foam producing nozzle apparatus26US 4,071,195 AEconomics Laboratory, Inc. · 1978