B08B 6/00
Cleaning by electrostatic means
B08B6/00 (Cleaning by electrostatic means) appears on 246 US grants and 234 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B08B- Granted patents
- 246
- Published applications
- 234
- Assignees
- 172
- Inventors
- 597
- Latest grant
- 1 Sep 2026
Filings by year
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| 1976 | 2 | 0 |
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| 2001 | 11 | 2 |
| 2002 | 6 | 3 |
| 2003 | 5 | 3 |
| 2004 | 1 | 5 |
| 2005 | 2 | 3 |
| 2006 | 5 | 6 |
| 2007 | 1 | 7 |
| 2008 | 1 | 4 |
| 2009 | 4 | 7 |
| 2010 | 3 | 5 |
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| 2012 | 5 | 8 |
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| 2019 | 8 | 7 |
| 2020 | 6 | 14 |
| 2021 | 9 | 21 |
| 2022 | 16 | 21 |
| 2023 | 11 | 14 |
| 2024 | 13 | 13 |
| 2025 | 17 | 18 |
| 2026 | 13 | 15 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Substrate processing system and particle removal method1 Sep 2026US 12,725,769 B2Tokyo Electron Limited
- Automatic emitter point cleaners with a detection surface cleaner11 Aug 2026US 12,703,011 B2Illinois Tool Works Inc.
- Cleaning tool for an optical connector4 Aug 2026US 12,699,230 B2Fujikura Ltd.
- Electrostatic debris removal for camera lenses14 Jul 2026US 12,681,297 B1Ambarella International LP
- Method and apparatuses for disposing of excess material of a photolithographic mask14 Jul 2026US 12,681,382 B2Carl Zeiss SMT GmbH
- Method and apparatuses for disposing of excess material of a photolithographic mask1 Oct 2026US 2026/0299402 A1Carl Zeiss SMT GmbH
- Conductive polymers for reticle table cleaning apparatus24 Sep 2026US 2026/0288021 A1ASML Netherlands B. V.
- Surgical assembly and surgical instrument13 Aug 2026US 2026/0233263 A1
- Cleaning device and method for removing contamination particles from a surface to be cleaned6 Aug 2026US 2026/0225137 A1ASML Netherlands B. V.
- System and method for removing dust from a vehicle touchscreen30 Jul 2026US 2026/0216759 A1Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Apparatus for and method of cleaning and removing static charges from substrates129US 4,132,567 AFSI Corporation · 1979
- Processes for cleaning, sterilizing, and implanting materials using high energy dense fluids89US 5,213,619 A1993
- Sheet and web cleaner52US 4,454,621 AStatic Inc. · 1984
- Method for cleaning a surface by using a cationic sponge material39US 6,033,486 A2000
- Submicron particle removal39US 7,528,386 B2The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois · 2009