B27K 3/0214
Drying
Official title: {Drying (drying in general F26B)}
B27K3/0214 (Drying) appears on 53 US grants and 62 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B27K- Granted patents
- 53
- Published applications
- 62
- Assignees
- 46
- Inventors
- 137
- Latest grant
- 19 May 2026
Filings by year
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| 1976 | 3 | 0 |
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| 2009 | 0 | 1 |
| 2010 | 1 | 1 |
| 2011 | 0 | 2 |
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| 2013 | 4 | 4 |
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| 2017 | 0 | 2 |
| 2018 | 1 | 2 |
| 2019 | 5 | 6 |
| 2020 | 4 | 4 |
| 2021 | 1 | 8 |
| 2022 | 4 | 4 |
| 2023 | 1 | 6 |
| 2024 | 4 | 6 |
| 2025 | 2 | 1 |
| 2026 | 2 | 2 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Method for treating wood and construction element19 May 2026US 12,629,862 B2Houtindustrie “Mevo B.V.”
- Wood protecting methods and wood products produced with the methods5 May 2026US 12,617,120 B2OrganoWood AB
- Green process for modifying wood2 Dec 2025US 12,485,570 B2T2Earth Holdings LLC
- Modified timber21 Oct 2025US 12,447,645 B2Archroma IP GmbH
- Method and device for preparing magnetic bamboo wood12 Nov 2024US 12,138,822 B2Nanjing Forestry University
- Process for the acetylation of wood and acetylated wood17 Sep 2026US 2026/0273793 A1Titan Wood Limited
- Process and Design Modifications to Retrofit a Conventional Wood Plant14 May 2026US 2026/0131498 A1T2Earth Holdings LLC
- In-Process Drying for Oil Based Timber Treatment3 Jul 2025US 2025/0214276 A1Arxada AG
- Method and device for preparing magnetic bamboo wood22 Aug 2024US 2024/0278454 A1Nanjing Forestry University
- Protective hemp seed oil for wood treatment1 Aug 2024US 2024/0253264 A1Smart Green Utility Pole, LLC.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Process and apparatus for seasoning wood50US 3,986,268 ADrywood Corporation · 1976
- Acetylation of lignocellulosic materials22US 4,804,384 AThe United States of America as represented by the Secretary of Agriculture · 1989
- Process for improving wood and use of the improved wood18US 4,678,715 ARuetgerswerke Aktiengesellschaft · 1987
- Method of drying wood and method of subjecting wood to impregnative treatment18US 5,970,624 ACommon Facility Co-Operatives Forest Nishikawa · 1999
- Liquid boron preservative process17US 5,871,817 ANew Zealand Forest Research Institute Limited · 1999