B24
Grinding
Official title: Grinding; polishing
B24 (Grinding) appears on 31,096 US grants and 25,997 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B24- Granted patents
- 31,096
- Published applications
- 25,997
- Assignees
- 7,953
- Inventors
- 44,612
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 312 | 0 |
| 1977 | 323 | 0 |
| 1978 | 288 | 0 |
| 1979 | 219 | 0 |
| 1980 | 275 | 0 |
| 1981 | 282 | 0 |
| 1982 | 207 | 0 |
| 1983 | 222 | 0 |
| 1984 | 277 | 0 |
| 1985 | 382 | 0 |
| 1986 | 341 | 0 |
| 1987 | 383 | 0 |
| 1988 | 352 | 0 |
| 1989 | 415 | 0 |
| 1990 | 424 | 0 |
| 1991 | 451 | 0 |
| 1992 | 493 | 0 |
| 1993 | 492 | 0 |
| 1994 | 454 | 0 |
| 1995 | 443 | 0 |
| 1996 | 570 | 0 |
| 1997 | 643 | 0 |
| 1998 | 655 | 0 |
| 1999 | 788 | 0 |
| 2000 | 973 | 0 |
| 2001 | 1110 | 424 |
| 2002 | 1050 | 1053 |
| 2003 | 1017 | 1083 |
| 2004 | 968 | 1114 |
| 2005 | 917 | 1092 |
| 2006 | 964 | 968 |
| 2007 | 690 | 993 |
| 2008 | 506 | 941 |
| 2009 | 460 | 943 |
| 2010 | 482 | 938 |
| 2011 | 584 | 889 |
| 2012 | 639 | 882 |
| 2013 | 776 | 985 |
| 2014 | 758 | 1101 |
| 2015 | 845 | 1200 |
| 2016 | 852 | 1062 |
| 2017 | 876 | 1071 |
| 2018 | 878 | 1080 |
| 2019 | 945 | 1183 |
| 2020 | 826 | 1101 |
| 2021 | 662 | 1096 |
| 2022 | 724 | 1030 |
| 2023 | 833 | 1063 |
| 2024 | 809 | 1064 |
| 2025 | 750 | 925 |
| 2026 | 511 | 716 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subclasses
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Power tool6 Oct 2026US 12,752,345 B2Robert Bosch GmbH
- Wafer grinding method6 Oct 2026US 12,752,389 B2Disco Corporation
- Optical thickness control during a chemical mechanical polishing process and apparatus for effecting the same6 Oct 2026US 12,752,390 B2Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company.Ltd
- Substrate polishing apparatus6 Oct 2026US 12,752,391 B2Kctech Co., Ltd.
- Grinding apparatus and grinding method6 Oct 2026US 12,752,392 B2Disco Corporation
- Sanding pad having a sealing element and a rib structure, and sanding machine8 Oct 2026US 2026/0307197 A1Festool GmbH
- Inline Cut-Off Tool8 Oct 2026US 2026/0307198 A1Black & Decker Inc.
- Method and Apparatus for Generating a Reciprocating Sanding or Polishing Path8 Oct 2026US 2026/0307199 A1ABB Schweiz AG
- Semiconductor processing tool and methods of operation8 Oct 2026US 2026/0307200 A1Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company.Ltd
- Polishing method, polishing apparatus, and computer-readable storage medium8 Oct 2026US 2026/0307201 A1Ebara Corporation
Most cited
By later US patents
- Industrial endoscope system having a rotary treatment member1,407US 5,155,941 AOlympus Optical Co., Ltd. · 1992
- Controlled electro-pneumatic power tools and interactive consumable1,078US 9,061,392 B22015
- Grinding apparatus for blending defects on turbine blades and associated method of use1,035US 6,899,593 B12005
- Hand tool machine having an oscillatory drive880US 8,397,832 B2C. & E. Fein GmbH · 2013
- Microsurgical cutting instruments712US 8,499,673 B2Mynosys Cellular Devices, Inc. · 2013