B08B 5/02
Cleaning by the force of jets
Official title: Cleaning by the force of jets, e.g. blowing-out cavities {(airguns or nozzles per se B05B1/005)}
B08B5/02 (Cleaning by the force of jets) appears on 1,339 US grants and 1,714 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B08B- Granted patents
- 1,339
- Published applications
- 1,714
- Assignees
- 946
- Inventors
- 3,755
- Latest grant
- 1 Sep 2026
Filings by year
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| 1976 | 4 | 0 |
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| 1978 | 1 | 0 |
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| 2002 | 17 | 10 |
| 2003 | 19 | 22 |
| 2004 | 17 | 33 |
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| 2006 | 26 | 15 |
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| 2019 | 72 | 109 |
| 2020 | 89 | 119 |
| 2021 | 75 | 161 |
| 2022 | 108 | 173 |
| 2023 | 122 | 127 |
| 2024 | 121 | 113 |
| 2025 | 123 | 100 |
| 2026 | 57 | 80 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Processing apparatus1 Sep 2026US 12,722,187 B2Disco Corporation
- Purge device1 Sep 2026US 12,722,188 B2Murata Machinery, Ltd.
- Air-blowing roller, dust removal apparatus and method1 Sep 2026US 12,722,189 B2Contemporary Amperex Technology (Hong Kong) Limited
- Electronic device control method and apparatus, electronic device, and storage medium25 Aug 2026US 12,715,024 B2Bitmain Technologies Inc.
- Using cleaning protocols to monitor defects associated with light detection and ranging (Lidar) devices25 Aug 2026US 12,717,013 B2Waymo LLC
- Airflow-guided cleaning device8 Oct 2026US 2026/0307114 A1Mu-tech Precision Co., Ltd.
- Test base cleaning line and method thereof8 Oct 2026US 2026/0307115 A1Siliconware Precision Industries Co., Ltd.
- Systems and methods for providing a flow of air about a lens of a sensor of a vehicle8 Oct 2026US 2026/0307625 A1LG Innotek Co., Ltd.
- System and apparatus for and method of cleaning air filters24 Sep 2026US 2026/0284715 A1
- Apparatus for manufacturing semiconductor device and method of manufacturing semiconductor device using the same17 Sep 2026US 2026/0273587 A1Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Automated contact cleaning system for docking stations143US 9,606,581 B1Hand Held Products, Inc. · 2017
- Remote-controlled mobile cleaning apparatus for removal and collection of high radioactive waste debris in hot-cell139US 6,625,843 B2Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute · 2003
- Enhanced rising device with circular array of orifices120US 5,297,739 ATorus Inc. · 1994
- Cleaning apparatus for cleaning reverse surface of semiconductor wafer109US 5,361,449 ATokyo Electron Kyushu Limited · 1994
- Waterless container cleaner monitoring system104US 5,546,631 A1996