B08B 9/0821
Handling or manipulating containers
Official title: {Handling or manipulating containers, e.g. moving or rotating containers in cleaning devices, conveying to or from cleaning devices (B08B9/20 takes precedence)}
B08B9/0821 (Handling or manipulating containers) appears on 134 US grants and 153 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B08B- Granted patents
- 134
- Published applications
- 153
- Assignees
- 110
- Inventors
- 289
- Latest grant
- 1 Sep 2026
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| 2004 | 2 | 3 |
| 2005 | 0 | 2 |
| 2006 | 4 | 2 |
| 2007 | 1 | 2 |
| 2008 | 1 | 4 |
| 2009 | 3 | 2 |
| 2010 | 0 | 9 |
| 2011 | 5 | 4 |
| 2012 | 2 | 4 |
| 2013 | 6 | 9 |
| 2014 | 2 | 8 |
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| 2016 | 7 | 5 |
| 2017 | 5 | 2 |
| 2018 | 6 | 12 |
| 2019 | 5 | 5 |
| 2020 | 9 | 12 |
| 2021 | 8 | 10 |
| 2022 | 8 | 12 |
| 2023 | 6 | 11 |
| 2024 | 6 | 7 |
| 2025 | 5 | 6 |
| 2026 | 8 | 8 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Automated solid/liquid dispenser1 Sep 2026US 12,721,308 B1
- Label removing machine11 Aug 2026US 12,703,016 B2Zhejiang Boretech Environmental Engineering Co., Ltd.
- Laser cleaning system30 Jun 2026US 12,667,868 B2Automation Innovation Pty Ltd
- Apparatus for righting animal cages from a washing device28 Apr 2026US 12,611,702 B2Visron Design, Inc.
- Extraction device and mechanisms, and use in recycling beverage capsules14 Apr 2026US 12,599,942 B2Recycap Technologies, S.L.
- Carrying method and device for cleaning foup8 Oct 2026US 2026/0307916 A1Asia Neo Tech Industrial Co., Ltd.
- Device for cleaning pot-shaped hollow bodies, in particular of transport containers for semiconductor wafers or for lithography masks3 Sep 2026US 2026/0257254 A1Gsec German Semiconductor Equipment Company GmbH
- Wet cleaning method for the door of foup30 Jul 2026US 2026/0216763 A1Asia Neo Tech Industrial Co., Ltd.
- Wafer storage container cleaning device and wafer storage container cleaning method14 May 2026US 2026/0131363 A1Kioxia Corporation
- Powder removal device30 Apr 2026US 2026/0116011 A1Sintokogio, Ltd.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Liquid waste disposal and canister flushing system and method106US 6,263,887 B1Dornoch Medical Systems, Inc. · 2001
- Liquid waste disposal and canister flushing system and method70US 5,901,717 ADornoch Medical Systems, Inc. · 1999
- Water purification and dispenser with uncontaminated mineral addition66US 5,443,739 AJ. Vogel Premium Water Co. · 1995
- Water purification and dispensing system54US 5,587,089 AJ. Vogel Premium Water Co. · 1996
- Water purification and dispensing system53US 5,597,487 AJ. Vogel Premium Water Co. · 1997