B25B 11/005
Vacuum work holders
Official title: {Vacuum work holders}
B25B11/005 (Vacuum work holders) appears on 960 US grants and 762 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B25B- Granted patents
- 960
- Published applications
- 762
- Assignees
- 526
- Inventors
- 1,902
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1976 | 7 | 0 |
| 1977 | 6 | 0 |
| 1978 | 4 | 0 |
| 1979 | 2 | 0 |
| 1980 | 5 | 0 |
| 1981 | 5 | 0 |
| 1982 | 6 | 0 |
| 1983 | 2 | 0 |
| 1984 | 10 | 0 |
| 1985 | 10 | 0 |
| 1986 | 6 | 0 |
| 1987 | 17 | 0 |
| 1988 | 10 | 0 |
| 1989 | 13 | 0 |
| 1990 | 10 | 0 |
| 1991 | 12 | 0 |
| 1992 | 17 | 0 |
| 1993 | 9 | 0 |
| 1994 | 19 | 0 |
| 1995 | 20 | 0 |
| 1996 | 18 | 0 |
| 1997 | 20 | 0 |
| 1998 | 29 | 0 |
| 1999 | 27 | 0 |
| 2000 | 28 | 0 |
| 2001 | 37 | 9 |
| 2002 | 38 | 38 |
| 2003 | 33 | 28 |
| 2004 | 22 | 21 |
| 2005 | 8 | 19 |
| 2006 | 12 | 19 |
| 2007 | 16 | 16 |
| 2008 | 8 | 17 |
| 2009 | 13 | 19 |
| 2010 | 12 | 13 |
| 2011 | 14 | 20 |
| 2012 | 15 | 20 |
| 2013 | 17 | 38 |
| 2014 | 22 | 21 |
| 2015 | 18 | 28 |
| 2016 | 28 | 30 |
| 2017 | 29 | 24 |
| 2018 | 23 | 52 |
| 2019 | 28 | 44 |
| 2020 | 36 | 51 |
| 2021 | 30 | 48 |
| 2022 | 55 | 53 |
| 2023 | 49 | 41 |
| 2024 | 32 | 44 |
| 2025 | 27 | 37 |
| 2026 | 26 | 12 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Substrate handling apparatus for extreme warped wafers6 Oct 2026US 12,757,686 B2KLA Corporation
- Vacuum wafer chuck for manufacturing semiconductor devices15 Sep 2026US 12,740,379 B2Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company.Ltd
- Vacuum blocking piece and method for manufacturing a spectacle lens25 Aug 2026US 12,715,086 B2Carl Zeiss Vision International GmbH
- Suction pad18 Aug 2026US 12,708,985 B2SMC Corporation
- Vacuum fitting adapter for bench dog holes28 Jul 2026US 12,691,538 B1
- Spoilboard gasket tile system for increased work-hold vacuum pressure8 Oct 2026US 2026/0307216 A1
- Method of separating a chip from a carrier and a system for performing the method1 Oct 2026US 2026/0305260 A1
- Vacuum chuck with bellow caps20 Aug 2026US 2026/0241518 A1
- Suction cup gripping device9 Jul 2026US 2026/0193044 A1Raimondi S.P.A.
- Vacuum table and method for clamping warped substrates25 Jun 2026US 2026/0182307 A1ASML Netherlands B. V.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Wafer-handling apparatus having a resilient membrane which holds wafer when a vacuum is applied197US 5,423,716 A1995
- Vacuum chuck having vacuum-nipples wafer support134US 6,257,564 B1APPLIED Materials.Inc. · 2001
- Universal holding fixture131US 4,684,113 AThe Boeing Company · 1987
- Stable vacuum mounting plate adapter124US 7,296,979 B2Faro Technologies, Inc. · 2007
- Additive manufactured tool assembly121US 10,392,131 B2The Boeing Company · 2019