B24B 41/005
Feeding or manipulating devices specially adapted to grinding machines
Official title: {Feeding or manipulating devices specially adapted to grinding machines (feeding, loading or unloading work specially adapted to lapping machines B24B37/345)}
B24B41/005 (Feeding or manipulating devices specially adapted to grinding machines) appears on 315 US grants and 267 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B24B- Granted patents
- 315
- Published applications
- 267
- Assignees
- 237
- Inventors
- 782
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 3 | 0 |
| 1977 | 7 | 0 |
| 1978 | 5 | 0 |
| 1979 | 5 | 0 |
| 1980 | 2 | 0 |
| 1981 | 2 | 0 |
| 1982 | 1 | 0 |
| 1983 | 1 | 0 |
| 1984 | 1 | 0 |
| 1985 | 1 | 0 |
| 1986 | 1 | 0 |
| 1987 | 1 | 0 |
| 1988 | 5 | 0 |
| 1989 | 5 | 0 |
| 1990 | 3 | 0 |
| 1991 | 3 | 0 |
| 1992 | 4 | 0 |
| 1993 | 1 | 0 |
| 1994 | 5 | 0 |
| 1995 | 1 | 0 |
| 1996 | 4 | 0 |
| 1997 | 2 | 0 |
| 1998 | 6 | 0 |
| 1999 | 3 | 0 |
| 2000 | 17 | 0 |
| 2001 | 17 | 9 |
| 2002 | 19 | 6 |
| 2003 | 11 | 7 |
| 2004 | 3 | 3 |
| 2005 | 8 | 7 |
| 2006 | 12 | 10 |
| 2007 | 8 | 9 |
| 2008 | 6 | 2 |
| 2009 | 2 | 5 |
| 2010 | 4 | 5 |
| 2011 | 4 | 6 |
| 2012 | 3 | 3 |
| 2013 | 3 | 9 |
| 2014 | 4 | 2 |
| 2015 | 3 | 17 |
| 2016 | 9 | 12 |
| 2017 | 8 | 10 |
| 2018 | 14 | 15 |
| 2019 | 8 | 22 |
| 2020 | 12 | 19 |
| 2021 | 8 | 12 |
| 2022 | 15 | 15 |
| 2023 | 15 | 16 |
| 2024 | 12 | 15 |
| 2025 | 12 | 19 |
| 2026 | 6 | 12 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Grinding apparatus and grinding method6 Oct 2026US 12,752,392 B2Disco Corporation
- Grinding machine and method of operating a grinding machine1 Sep 2026US 12,722,243 B2Adelbert Haas GmbH
- Creep feed grinding apparatus5 May 2026US 12,617,054 B2Deckers Outdoor Corporation
- Condensed gas pad conditioner21 Apr 2026US 12,605,802 B2APPLIED Materials.Inc.
- Pusher, transfer device, and substrate processing apparatus31 Mar 2026US 12,589,464 B2Ebara Corporation
- Precision-Controlled Surface Grinding System for Optical Fiber Lens Shaping27 Aug 2026US 2026/0249413 A1
- Needle Grinder System30 Jul 2026US 2026/0216835 A1Royal Master Grinders, Inc.
- Substrate processing apparatus16 Jul 2026US 2026/0200034 A1Ebara Corporation
- Eyeglasses lens machining device and non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing eyeglasses lens machining program25 Jun 2026US 2026/0175357 A1Nidek Co., Ltd.
- Changing Station for the Automatic Changing of Abrasive Devices18 Jun 2026US 2026/0166673 A1
Most cited
By later US patents
- Continuous processing system for chemical mechanical polishing501US 5,738,574 AAPPLIED Materials.Inc. · 1998
- Transfer module for bowed wafers397US 9,355,882 B2Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company.Ltd · 2016
- Polishing apparatus144US 4,193,226 AKayex Corporation · 1980
- Apparatus and method for loading and unloading substrates to a chemical-mechanical planarization machine130US 5,702,292 AMicron Technology, Inc. · 1997
- Polishing apparatus113US 4,141,180 AKayex Corporation · 1979