B08B 3/12
By sonic or ultrasonic vibrations
Official title: by sonic or ultrasonic vibrations
B08B3/12 (By sonic or ultrasonic vibrations) appears on 1,385 US grants and 1,435 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B08B- Granted patents
- 1,385
- Published applications
- 1,435
- Assignees
- 779
- Inventors
- 3,292
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 7 | 0 |
| 1977 | 3 | 0 |
| 1978 | 7 | 0 |
| 1979 | 5 | 0 |
| 1980 | 8 | 0 |
| 1981 | 1 | 0 |
| 1982 | 6 | 0 |
| 1983 | 9 | 0 |
| 1984 | 6 | 0 |
| 1985 | 9 | 0 |
| 1986 | 3 | 0 |
| 1987 | 4 | 0 |
| 1988 | 7 | 0 |
| 1989 | 13 | 0 |
| 1990 | 9 | 0 |
| 1991 | 12 | 0 |
| 1992 | 18 | 0 |
| 1993 | 17 | 0 |
| 1994 | 26 | 0 |
| 1995 | 21 | 0 |
| 1996 | 22 | 0 |
| 1997 | 31 | 0 |
| 1998 | 30 | 0 |
| 1999 | 51 | 0 |
| 2000 | 44 | 0 |
| 2001 | 52 | 17 |
| 2002 | 49 | 66 |
| 2003 | 43 | 65 |
| 2004 | 46 | 72 |
| 2005 | 40 | 67 |
| 2006 | 37 | 81 |
| 2007 | 31 | 54 |
| 2008 | 21 | 61 |
| 2009 | 25 | 75 |
| 2010 | 40 | 41 |
| 2011 | 31 | 40 |
| 2012 | 32 | 37 |
| 2013 | 31 | 57 |
| 2014 | 27 | 35 |
| 2015 | 35 | 48 |
| 2016 | 32 | 53 |
| 2017 | 44 | 65 |
| 2018 | 39 | 72 |
| 2019 | 38 | 56 |
| 2020 | 44 | 54 |
| 2021 | 52 | 62 |
| 2022 | 42 | 61 |
| 2023 | 46 | 69 |
| 2024 | 67 | 51 |
| 2025 | 43 | 45 |
| 2026 | 29 | 31 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Systems and methods for preventing and removing chemical deposits in a fluid heating device6 Oct 2026US 12,753,950 B2Rheem Manufacturing Company
- Apparatus for treating substrate and method for treating a substrate6 Oct 2026US 12,754,475 B2Semes Co., Ltd.
- Multipurpose garment care device15 Sep 2026US 12,735,833 B2HCL Technologies Limited
- Energy-gathering ultrasonic scrubbing device, and intensive desliming system for argillaceous sandstone uranium ore8 Sep 2026US 12,728,447 B2Institute of Rock and Soil Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Ultrasonic cleaner device for an espresso coffee machine and espresso coffee machine incorporating such a cleaner device1 Sep 2026US 12,721,469 B2La Marzocco S.R.L.
- Ultrasonic-wave irradiation unit8 Oct 2026US 2026/0314265 A1Honda Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Workpiece cleaning method and cleaning device24 Sep 2026US 2026/0284713 A1NHK Spring Co., Ltd.
- Wrist Watch Case Cleaning Apparatus20 Aug 2026US 2026/0244162 A1
- Solvent cup refill mechanism13 Aug 2026US 2026/0236046 A1Nordson Corporation
- Water-based, high-efficiency chemical reagent for substrate surface particle removal30 Jul 2026US 2026/0216756 A1APPLIED Materials.Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Simplified ozonator for a semiconductor wafer cleaner350US 6,399,022 B1Fairchild Semiconductor Corporation · 2002
- Method of cleaning chandeliers333US 5,603,773 A1997
- Method and apparatus for cleaning stereolithographically produced objects311US 5,248,456 A3D Systems, Inc. · 1993
- Method of oscillating ultrasonic vibrator for ultrasonic cleaning220US 5,462,604 A1995
- Surface cleaning using a cryogenic aerosol209US 5,062,898 AAir Products and Chemicals, Inc. · 1991