B27K 5/06
Softening or hardening of wood
B27K5/06 (Softening or hardening of wood) appears on 48 US grants and 55 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B27K- Granted patents
- 48
- Published applications
- 55
- Assignees
- 42
- Inventors
- 119
- Latest grant
- 8 Sep 2026
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| 2024 | 5 | 9 |
| 2025 | 2 | 4 |
| 2026 | 4 | 1 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Densified hygroscopic materials and products made thereof8 Sep 2026US 12,728,560 B2Swiss Wood Solutions AG
- Flow molding woody material and flow molding material including same and woody molded body19 May 2026US 12,630,718 B2National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology
- Part made from lignocellulosic material and method for producing such a part5 May 2026US 12,617,121 B2SAS Woodoo
- Conductive flexible transparent wood film, preparation method thereof and electronic device6 Jan 2026US 12,515,371 B2Nanjing Forestry University
- Densified wood including process for preparation14 Oct 2025US 12,441,023 B2Ahf, LLC
- Method for modifying wood and products thereof28 May 2026US 2026/0145359 A1Rakauco Limited
- Device, in particular composite beam, and method for producing and for dismantling the device6 Nov 2025US 2025/0340046 A1HYCOBILITY Engineering & Technologies GmbH
- Structures with circumferentially-extending densified fibrous plant materials, and systems and methods for fabrication and use thereof9 Oct 2025US 2025/0312938 A1University of Maryland, College Park
- Rotary Separation Apparatus and Process of Use11 Sep 2025US 2025/0281660 A1The Original Resinator LLC
- Strong and tough structural wood materials, and methods for fabricating and use thereof22 May 2025US 2025/0162189 A1University of Maryland, College Park
Most cited
By later US patents
- Process for densifying low density woods24US 4,606,388 A1986
- Wood veneers and products therefrom having enhanced strength and stiffness15US 5,652,065 AWeyerhaeuser Company · 1997
- Hydrostatic compression method for producing a fancy log from a primary wood15US 6,267,920 B1Mywood Kabushiki Kaisha · 2001
- Process for upgrading low-quality wood9US 5,555,642 AShell Oil Company · 1996
- Process for upgrading low-quality wood8US 5,451,361 AShell Oil Company · 1995