B28B 11/08
Apparatus or processes for treating or working the shaped or preshaped articles
Official title: for reshaping the surface, e.g. smoothing, roughening, corrugating, making screw-threads
B28B11/08 (Apparatus or processes for treating or working the shaped or preshaped articles) appears on 342 US grants and 334 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B28B- Granted patents
- 342
- Published applications
- 334
- Assignees
- 231
- Inventors
- 750
- Latest grant
- 21 Jul 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 8 | 0 |
| 1977 | 3 | 0 |
| 1978 | 9 | 0 |
| 1979 | 3 | 0 |
| 1980 | 3 | 0 |
| 1981 | 3 | 0 |
| 1982 | 3 | 0 |
| 1983 | 2 | 0 |
| 1984 | 3 | 0 |
| 1985 | 3 | 0 |
| 1986 | 2 | 0 |
| 1987 | 2 | 0 |
| 1988 | 9 | 0 |
| 1989 | 4 | 0 |
| 1990 | 5 | 0 |
| 1991 | 7 | 0 |
| 1992 | 8 | 0 |
| 1993 | 6 | 0 |
| 1994 | 4 | 0 |
| 1995 | 6 | 0 |
| 1996 | 9 | 0 |
| 1997 | 6 | 0 |
| 1998 | 7 | 0 |
| 1999 | 8 | 0 |
| 2000 | 7 | 0 |
| 2001 | 6 | 0 |
| 2002 | 6 | 13 |
| 2003 | 11 | 12 |
| 2004 | 6 | 16 |
| 2005 | 7 | 20 |
| 2006 | 8 | 15 |
| 2007 | 1 | 6 |
| 2008 | 9 | 15 |
| 2009 | 2 | 9 |
| 2010 | 8 | 7 |
| 2011 | 5 | 7 |
| 2012 | 6 | 9 |
| 2013 | 6 | 5 |
| 2014 | 7 | 9 |
| 2015 | 5 | 6 |
| 2016 | 5 | 12 |
| 2017 | 10 | 12 |
| 2018 | 6 | 8 |
| 2019 | 10 | 13 |
| 2020 | 6 | 16 |
| 2021 | 14 | 26 |
| 2022 | 12 | 20 |
| 2023 | 12 | 20 |
| 2024 | 20 | 25 |
| 2025 | 15 | 17 |
| 2026 | 9 | 16 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- B28B 11/0818For roughening, profiling, corrugating81
- B28B 11/0863For profiling81
- B28B 11/0845For smoothing65
- B28B 11/0809Hand tools therefore33
- B28B 11/10By using presses26
- B28B 11/0872Non-mechanical reshaping of the surface17
- B28B 11/089Using impacting tools15
- B28B 11/0881Using vibrating mechanisms12
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