B29B 9/16
Auxiliary treatment of granules
B29B9/16 (Auxiliary treatment of granules) appears on 838 US grants and 964 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B29B- Granted patents
- 838
- Published applications
- 964
- Assignees
- 545
- Inventors
- 2,169
- Latest grant
- 25 Aug 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1976 | 5 | 0 |
| 1977 | 4 | 0 |
| 1978 | 2 | 0 |
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| 1981 | 4 | 0 |
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| 2001 | 16 | 1 |
| 2002 | 19 | 16 |
| 2003 | 12 | 16 |
| 2004 | 7 | 15 |
| 2005 | 7 | 25 |
| 2006 | 8 | 29 |
| 2007 | 18 | 27 |
| 2008 | 9 | 16 |
| 2009 | 10 | 30 |
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| 2011 | 23 | 36 |
| 2012 | 21 | 35 |
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| 2015 | 32 | 55 |
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| 2017 | 35 | 42 |
| 2018 | 31 | 52 |
| 2019 | 25 | 59 |
| 2020 | 56 | 72 |
| 2021 | 42 | 81 |
| 2022 | 49 | 54 |
| 2023 | 39 | 39 |
| 2024 | 46 | 47 |
| 2025 | 41 | 29 |
| 2026 | 13 | 29 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- B29B 2009/163Coating, i.e. applying a layer of liquid or solid material on theIndexing code124
- B29B 2009/165Crystallizing granulesIndexing code124
- B29B 2009/168Removing undesirable residual componentsIndexing code109
- B29B 2009/166Deforming granules to give a special formIndexing code50
- B29B 2009/161Absorbing, i.e. introducing a gas, a liquid or a solid material intoIndexing code25
Recent patents
- Recycled polymers for 3D printing25 Aug 2026US 12,715,974 B2Impossible Objects, Inc.
- Method and apparatus for analyzing a separator and plant for treating incoherent plastics21 Jul 2026US 12,686,153 B2Piovan S.P.A.
- Process for drying granular polymeric material and plant operating according to said process14 Jul 2026US 12,679,001 B2Pegaso Industries S.P.A.
- Process for deodorization of recycled polyolefin pellets16 Jun 2026US 12,654,361 B2Alpla Werke Alwin Lehner GmbH & Co. KG
- Deodorization apparatus and method16 Jun 2026US 12,654,362 B2Piovan S.P.A.
- Deodorization apparatus and method17 Sep 2026US 2026/0273799 A1Piovan S.P.A.
- A reactive extrusion line and method for manufacturing thermoplastics from cellulose10 Sep 2026US 2026/0264291 A1Tallinn University of Technology
- Pellet manufacturing apparatus and water treatment method using the same10 Sep 2026US 2026/0264292 A1Korea Institute of Industrial Technology
- Thermoplastic polyurethane shoe-sole comprised hydrophobic nano silica by supercritical physical foaming13 Aug 2026US 2026/0233437 A1Sam Bu Fine Chemical Co., Ltd.
- Thermoplastic polyurethane shoe-sole comprised hydrophobic nano silica by supercritical physical foaming13 Aug 2026US 2026/0233438 A1Sam Bu Fine Chemical Co., Ltd.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Stable tetrafluoroethylene copolymers177US 4,743,658 AE. I. Du Pont de Nemours and Company · 1988
- Degradable polymer fibers; preparation product; and, methods of use134US 6,506,873 B1Cargill, Incorporated · 2003
- Biodegradable protein/starch-based thermoplastic composition120US 5,922,379 ANatural Polymer International Corporation · 1999
- Method and device for metering and dispersing fluid materials103US 3,960,187 AUSM Corporation · 1976
- Implantable articles with as-cast macrotextured surface regions and method of manufacturing same97US 5,658,334 AJohnson & Johnson Professional, Inc. · 1997