B08B 7/026
Using sound waves
Official title: {Using sound waves}
B08B7/026 (Using sound waves) appears on 275 US grants and 390 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B08B- Granted patents
- 275
- Published applications
- 390
- Assignees
- 248
- Inventors
- 873
- Latest grant
- 22 Sep 2026
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| 2024 | 37 | 35 |
| 2025 | 23 | 27 |
| 2026 | 17 | 23 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Reprocessing a single-use medical device22 Sep 2026US 12,741,045 B2Innovative Health
- Watertight housing designs for ultrasonic lens cleaning28 Jul 2026US 12,691,476 B2Texas Instruments Incorporated
- Rack for surgical instrument cleaning14 Jul 2026US 12,678,256 B2
- Ultrasonic cleaning tool and system for cleaning a surface14 Jul 2026US 12,678,834 B2BISSELL Inc.
- Method and device for removing impurities in granules14 Jul 2026US 12,678,836 B2Huachangfeng Equipment Inc.
- Methods for cleaning an ion transport system8 Oct 2026US 2026/0311949 A1Thermo Finnigan LLC
- Method and apparatuses for disposing of excess material of a photolithographic mask1 Oct 2026US 2026/0299402 A1Carl Zeiss SMT GmbH
- Sampling apparatus, control method, control program, and water treatment system17 Sep 2026US 2026/0276487 A1Yokogawa Electric Corporation
- Novel endoscopic ultrasonic cleaning adapter10 Sep 2026US 2026/0263189 A1Ga Health Company Limited
- Temporary pin reuse system10 Sep 2026US 2026/0264120 A1SK On Co., Ltd.
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
- Deposition monitoring system65US 6,880,402 B1Schlumberger Technology Corporation · 2005
- Sanitizing a touch panel surface62US 7,626,579 B2Immersion Corporation · 2009
- Method and sensor for monitoring gas in a downhole environment58US 6,995,360 B2Schlumberger Technology Corporation · 2006