B09B 3/45
Steam treatment
Official title: Steam treatment, e.g. supercritical water gasification or oxidation
B09B3/45 (Steam treatment) appears on 178 US grants and 203 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B09B- Granted patents
- 178
- Published applications
- 203
- Assignees
- 165
- Inventors
- 483
- Latest grant
- 18 Aug 2026
Filings by year
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| 2009 | 2 | 9 |
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| 2021 | 6 | 9 |
| 2022 | 3 | 17 |
| 2023 | 6 | 19 |
| 2024 | 7 | 15 |
| 2025 | 17 | 17 |
| 2026 | 8 | 8 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Method for producing a biofuel by steam cracking18 Aug 2026US 12,709,715 B2Europeenne De Biomasse
- Recycling of lignocellulosic fibers from fiberboards21 Jul 2026US 12,686,970 B2Inter IKEA Systems B.V.
- System and method of waste management30 Jun 2026US 12,667,872 B1King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals
- Incineration system21 Apr 2026US 12,607,351 B2
- Superheated steam and air oven for the disassembly of textile products10 Mar 2026US 12,569,894 B2Regeneration BV
- Machine for treating waste with a perfected closing system of the loading opening of the treatment cell13 Aug 2026US 2026/0233269 A1Ompeco S.r.l.
- Machine for treating waste with a heated air supply assembly13 Aug 2026US 2026/0235356 A1Ompeco S.r.l.
- Method for recovering polycarbonate recycling material from polycarbonate-containing waste6 Aug 2026US 2026/0225286 A1Covestro Deutschland AG
- Superheated steam and air oven for the disassembly of textile products30 Jul 2026US 2026/0216767 A1Regeneration BV
- Customizable Medical Waste Processor23 Jul 2026US 2026/0207810 A1Spectrum Medical Lending, LLC
Most cited
By later US patents
- Process and apparatus for separating organic contaminants from contaminated inert materials69US 4,864,942 AChemical Waste Management, Inc. · 1989
- Water wash/oil wash cyclonic column tank separation system67US 5,090,498 AM-I Drilling Fluids Company · 1992
- Process and apparatus for separating organic contaminants from contaminated inert materials56US 4,977,839 AChemical Waste Management, Inc. · 1990
- Method for re-cycling wellbore cuttings53US 6,106,733 ATuboscope Vetco International, Inc. · 2000
- Apparatus and method for removing and recovering oil and/or other oil-based drilling mud additives from drill cuttings43US 4,836,302 A1989