B09B 3/60
Biochemical treatment
Official title: Biochemical treatment, e.g. by using enzymes
B09B3/60 (Biochemical treatment) appears on 332 US grants and 548 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B09B- Granted patents
- 332
- Published applications
- 548
- Assignees
- 417
- Inventors
- 1,281
- Latest grant
- 15 Sep 2026
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| 2001 | 6 | 1 |
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| 2004 | 9 | 17 |
| 2005 | 7 | 11 |
| 2006 | 10 | 9 |
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| 2010 | 13 | 27 |
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| 2019 | 11 | 20 |
| 2020 | 15 | 23 |
| 2021 | 10 | 24 |
| 2022 | 9 | 22 |
| 2023 | 13 | 37 |
| 2024 | 19 | 68 |
| 2025 | 19 | 44 |
| 2026 | 18 | 34 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Field in-place film-covering fermentation device15 Sep 2026US 12,734,566 B2Institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Apparatus, system and method for automated food waste processing1 Sep 2026US 12,723,008 B2Ecotone Renewables PBC
- Apparatus for organic waste treatment11 Aug 2026US 12,702,984 B2
- Porous biochar for improving severe pollution and preparation method therefor4 Aug 2026US 12,698,225 B2Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Sciences
- Method for degradation of a plastic-containing waste14 Jul 2026US 12,678,842 B2Eco-Habitat B.V.
- Food disposal apparatus8 Oct 2026US 2026/0308897 A1LG Electronics Inc.
- Methods for curtailing biogenic methane emissions using pyrogenic carbon17 Sep 2026US 2026/0274722 A1University of Delaware
- System and method for efficient organic waste processing10 Sep 2026US 2026/0264125 A1White Horse Bio-Systems LLC
- Anaerobic digester monitoring system and method for biological control10 Sep 2026US 2026/0265108 A1Valkyrie Analytics
- Bioreactor apparatus10 Sep 2026US 2026/0265661 A1Vuala Ltd
Most cited
By later US patents
- Processes and means for waste resources utilization94US 5,134,944 A1992
- Method and apparatus for enhancing methane production87US 5,695,641 A1997
- Process for converting solid waste and sewage sludge into energy sources and separate recyclable by-products72US 4,624,417 ANewest, Inc. · 1986
- Method and apparatus for improving degradation of an unsecured landfill62US 5,605,417 AThe Dragun Corporation · 1997
- Method and apparatus for processing organic chlorine compounds45US 6,723,242 B1Sumitomo Heavy Industries, Ltd. · 2004