B08B 7/02
Cleaning by methods not provided for in a single other subclass or
Official title: by distortion, beating, or vibration of the surface to be cleaned {(B08B7/0007 takes precedence)}
B08B7/02 (Cleaning by methods not provided for in a single other subclass or) appears on 803 US grants and 936 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B08B- Granted patents
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
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- Reprocessing a single-use medical device22 Sep 2026US 12,741,045 B2Innovative Health
- Imaging unit15 Sep 2026US 12,736,803 B2Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
- Vibrator-attached vehicular window glass and vibrator-attached vehicular window glass system25 Aug 2026US 12,715,397 B2AGC Inc.
- Apparatus for protecting an optical device from contamination25 Aug 2026US 12,717,130 B2ExcelSense Technologies Corp.
- Methods for cleaning an ion transport system8 Oct 2026US 2026/0311949 A1Thermo Finnigan LLC
- Sensor cleaning device1 Oct 2026US 2026/0295642 A1Hyundai Motor Company
- Method and apparatuses for disposing of excess material of a photolithographic mask1 Oct 2026US 2026/0299402 A1Carl Zeiss SMT GmbH
- Electro-cleaning device and method24 Sep 2026US 2026/0284717 A1Commissariat A L' Energie Atomique Et Aux Energies Alternatives
- Sampling apparatus, control method, control program, and water treatment system17 Sep 2026US 2026/0276487 A1Yokogawa Electric Corporation
Most cited
By later US patents
- Surface cleaning using an argon or nitrogen aerosol198US 5,294,261 AAir Products and Chemicals, Inc. · 1994
- Permanent optical sensor downhole fluid analysis systems147US 6,437,326 B1Schlumberger Technology Corporation · 2002
- CO.sub.2 cleaning system and method132US 5,405,283 AFord Motor Company · 1995
- Vibrating debris remover73US 7,084,553 B22006
- Method and apparatus for compensating for changes in viscosity in a two-component dispensing system72US 5,271,521 ANordson Corporation · 1993