B08B 5/04
Cleaning by suction, with or without auxiliary action
B08B5/04 (Cleaning by suction, with or without auxiliary action) appears on 629 US grants and 825 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B08B- Granted patents
- 629
- Published applications
- 825
- Assignees
- 495
- Inventors
- 1,863
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 4 | 0 |
| 1977 | 3 | 0 |
| 1978 | 0 | 0 |
| 1979 | 0 | 0 |
| 1980 | 2 | 0 |
| 1981 | 5 | 0 |
| 1982 | 2 | 0 |
| 1983 | 2 | 0 |
| 1984 | 2 | 0 |
| 1985 | 0 | 0 |
| 1986 | 0 | 0 |
| 1987 | 1 | 0 |
| 1988 | 1 | 0 |
| 1989 | 3 | 0 |
| 1990 | 4 | 0 |
| 1991 | 4 | 0 |
| 1992 | 4 | 0 |
| 1993 | 2 | 0 |
| 1994 | 1 | 0 |
| 1995 | 3 | 0 |
| 1996 | 3 | 0 |
| 1997 | 6 | 0 |
| 1998 | 3 | 0 |
| 1999 | 6 | 0 |
| 2000 | 11 | 0 |
| 2001 | 6 | 3 |
| 2002 | 5 | 8 |
| 2003 | 14 | 11 |
| 2004 | 5 | 11 |
| 2005 | 7 | 12 |
| 2006 | 5 | 9 |
| 2007 | 3 | 14 |
| 2008 | 6 | 16 |
| 2009 | 5 | 11 |
| 2010 | 10 | 12 |
| 2011 | 6 | 15 |
| 2012 | 8 | 23 |
| 2013 | 14 | 26 |
| 2014 | 24 | 30 |
| 2015 | 19 | 26 |
| 2016 | 20 | 36 |
| 2017 | 25 | 33 |
| 2018 | 24 | 41 |
| 2019 | 35 | 57 |
| 2020 | 39 | 52 |
| 2021 | 34 | 57 |
| 2022 | 44 | 70 |
| 2023 | 49 | 69 |
| 2024 | 61 | 72 |
| 2025 | 64 | 71 |
| 2026 | 25 | 40 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Optical table cleaning devices and methods of cleaning optical tables6 Oct 2026US 12,752,312 B2KLA Corporation
- Cleaning head for a marine cleaning system1 Sep 2026US 12,722,756 B2Franmarine Underwater Services Pty Ltd
- Work cleaning device and cleaning method18 Aug 2026US 12,711,991 B2NHK Spring Co., Ltd.
- Method of cleaning a nozzle11 Aug 2026US 12,707,929 B2Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company.Ltd
- Fabric cleaning systems and methods using synchronized cross-machine direction traversing cleaning heads7 Jul 2026US 12,674,273 B2Kadant Nordic AB
- Method of cleaning a nozzle8 Oct 2026US 2026/0314314 A1Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company.Ltd
- Automated cleaning system and device1 Oct 2026US 2026/0296686 A1Cleanbotix, Inc.
- Coating film removing mechanism and coating film removing equipment10 Sep 2026US 2026/0264116 A1Toray Industries, Inc.
- Cleaning device, method for cleaning and use of a cleaning device for fast-moving surfaces3 Sep 2026US 2026/0256276 A1Wandres GmbH
- Rotary press and method for pre-cleaning the press housing of a rotary press3 Sep 2026US 2026/0257444 A1Fette Compacting GmbH
Most cited
By later US patents
- Self-contained air enhancement and laser plume evacuation system116US 4,986,839 ASurgical Laser Products, Inc. · 1991
- Process for removing loose powder particles from interior passages of a body95US 5,490,882 AMassachusetts Institute of Technology · 1996
- Unmanned aerial vehicle having an elevated surface sensor86US 11,235,890 B1Working Drones, Inc. · 2022
- Apparatus and method for removing debris from the lens-cleaning nozzle of an endoscope77US 6,286,179 B12001
- Dust removing apparatus67US 5,979,011 ANoritsu Koki Co., Ltd. · 1999