B29B 17/00
Recovery of plastics or other constituents of waste material containing plastics
Official title: Recovery of plastics or other constituents of waste material containing plastics; ({volume reduction of waste plastics, e.g. by mechanical compacting or melting disposal of solid waste B09B;} chemical recovery C08J11/00)
B29B17/00 (Recovery of plastics or other constituents of waste material containing plastics) appears on 2,980 US grants and 3,037 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B29B- Granted patents
- 2,980
- Published applications
- 3,037
- Assignees
- 1,864
- Inventors
- 6,766
- Latest grant
- 29 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 27 | 0 |
| 1977 | 36 | 0 |
| 1978 | 24 | 0 |
| 1979 | 21 | 0 |
| 1980 | 24 | 0 |
| 1981 | 21 | 0 |
| 1982 | 23 | 0 |
| 1983 | 24 | 0 |
| 1984 | 28 | 0 |
| 1985 | 14 | 0 |
| 1986 | 22 | 0 |
| 1987 | 13 | 0 |
| 1988 | 16 | 0 |
| 1989 | 29 | 0 |
| 1990 | 21 | 0 |
| 1991 | 27 | 0 |
| 1992 | 54 | 0 |
| 1993 | 77 | 0 |
| 1994 | 77 | 0 |
| 1995 | 75 | 0 |
| 1996 | 85 | 0 |
| 1997 | 66 | 0 |
| 1998 | 91 | 0 |
| 1999 | 80 | 0 |
| 2000 | 55 | 0 |
| 2001 | 66 | 23 |
| 2002 | 70 | 83 |
| 2003 | 79 | 86 |
| 2004 | 67 | 94 |
| 2005 | 45 | 90 |
| 2006 | 58 | 90 |
| 2007 | 46 | 69 |
| 2008 | 42 | 70 |
| 2009 | 40 | 96 |
| 2010 | 50 | 67 |
| 2011 | 62 | 101 |
| 2012 | 57 | 90 |
| 2013 | 62 | 100 |
| 2014 | 53 | 124 |
| 2015 | 87 | 110 |
| 2016 | 69 | 97 |
| 2017 | 86 | 113 |
| 2018 | 76 | 85 |
| 2019 | 89 | 123 |
| 2020 | 88 | 127 |
| 2021 | 88 | 136 |
| 2022 | 82 | 179 |
| 2023 | 105 | 219 |
| 2024 | 125 | 249 |
| 2025 | 145 | 225 |
| 2026 | 113 | 191 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- B29B 17/02Separating plastics from other materials1,629
- B29B 17/04Disintegrating plastics1,237
- B29B 17/0026Recovery of plastics or other constituents of waste material containing plastics: by930
- B29B 2017/001Pretreating the materials before recoveryIndexing code178
- B29B 17/0005Direct recuperation and re-use of scrap material during moulding operation, i.e. feed-back148
- B29B 2017/0094Mobile recycling devicesIndexing code56
- B29B 2017/0089Recycling systems, wherein the flow of products between producers, sellers and consumersIndexing code52
Recent patents
- Efficient material recovery facility29 Sep 2026US 12,746,581 B2AMP Robotics Corporation
- Plastics processing and plastics recovery facility29 Sep 2026US 12,746,710 B2Wm Intellectual Property Holdings, L.L.C.
- Method for manufacturing polyester film having laminated structure29 Sep 2026US 12,747,326 B2Nan Ya Plastics Corporation
- Combined washing/delamination process for multilayer film-containing recycling streams29 Sep 2026US 12,747,331 B2Borealis AG
- System for demolition of blade of wind turbine and related method22 Sep 2026US 12,741,303 B2J.H. Fletcher & Co.
- Support element for the human body comprising a recycled material and method for its production8 Oct 2026US 2026/0307752 A1Selle Royal Group S.P.A.
- Recycling waste air filtration waste to make glass-reinforced thermoplastic composites1 Oct 2026US 2026/0295910 A1Johns Manville
- Coating film removing device and coating film removing method1 Oct 2026US 2026/0295928 A1Toray Industries, Inc.
- Color getters for color removal in solvent-based plastic recycling1 Oct 2026US 2026/0297281 A1Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation
- Recovering polymer from three-dimensional printed objects1 Oct 2026US 2026/0297282 A1Peridot Print LLC
Most cited
By later US patents
- Manufactured article recycling system205US 5,965,858 AHitachi, Ltd. · 1999
- Skillful three-dimensional printing197US 10,071,422 B2Velo3D, Inc. · 2018
- Apparatuses for three-dimensional printing191US 9,962,767 B2Velo3D, Inc. · 2018
- Skillful three-dimensional printing157US 10,183,330 B2Vel03D, Inc. · 2019
- Process for making molded or extruded objects from waste containing plastic materials151US 4,968,463 AOTVD (Omnium de Traitements et de Valorisation des dechets) · 1990