B08B 9/00
Cleaning hollow articles by methods or apparatus specially adapted thereto
B08B9/00 (Cleaning hollow articles by methods or apparatus specially adapted thereto) appears on 6,586 US grants and 6,397 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B08B- Granted patents
- 6,586
- Published applications
- 6,397
- Assignees
- 3,363
- Inventors
- 13,160
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1976 | 43 | 0 |
| 1977 | 50 | 0 |
| 1978 | 41 | 0 |
| 1979 | 36 | 0 |
| 1980 | 41 | 0 |
| 1981 | 34 | 0 |
| 1982 | 31 | 0 |
| 1983 | 44 | 0 |
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| 1994 | 106 | 0 |
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| 1997 | 127 | 0 |
| 1998 | 122 | 0 |
| 1999 | 127 | 0 |
| 2000 | 124 | 0 |
| 2001 | 103 | 29 |
| 2002 | 116 | 106 |
| 2003 | 137 | 133 |
| 2004 | 98 | 154 |
| 2005 | 97 | 181 |
| 2006 | 105 | 178 |
| 2007 | 91 | 142 |
| 2008 | 82 | 175 |
| 2009 | 72 | 201 |
| 2010 | 106 | 219 |
| 2011 | 144 | 190 |
| 2012 | 113 | 198 |
| 2013 | 144 | 215 |
| 2014 | 147 | 259 |
| 2015 | 208 | 263 |
| 2016 | 215 | 335 |
| 2017 | 249 | 368 |
| 2018 | 258 | 380 |
| 2019 | 318 | 343 |
| 2020 | 327 | 417 |
| 2021 | 294 | 366 |
| 2022 | 301 | 394 |
| 2023 | 316 | 332 |
| 2024 | 303 | 314 |
| 2025 | 308 | 281 |
| 2026 | 169 | 224 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
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- Optical table cleaning devices and methods of cleaning optical tables6 Oct 2026US 12,752,312 B2KLA Corporation
- Semiconductor arrangement and method for making6 Oct 2026US 12,752,317 B2Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company.Ltd
- Drain cleaners6 Oct 2026US 12,753,596 B2
- Vacuum cleaner and method for operating a vacuum cleaner29 Sep 2026US 12,746,582 B2BSH Hausgeräte GmbH
- On-Boom Sectional Recirculating Injection System8 Oct 2026US 2026/0305596 A1Latitude Limited
- A Cleaning Tool for Cleaning an Aerosol Generating Device and an Aerosol Generating System Comprising a Cleaning Tool8 Oct 2026US 2026/0305726 A1JT International SA
- Long-Handled Reusable In-Bowl Toilet Cleaning Tablet Cartridge for Sustained Cleaning8 Oct 2026US 2026/0305888 A1
- Water filter priming pump8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306973 A1
- Drain cleaning device8 Oct 2026US 2026/0307116 A1Milwaukee Electric Tool Corporation
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