Arrangements of installations for treating ballast water, waste water, sewage, sludge, or
Official title: Arrangements of installations for treating {ballast water,} waste water, sewage, {sludge, or refuse}, or for preventing environmental pollution not otherwise provided for; ({centrifugal bilge-water separators B04; discharge of refuse, e.g. for ash B63B17/06; arrangements on tanks for fuel or the like for minimizing pollution by accidents B63B17/0036, associated with cargo tanks B63B25/082; vessels for collecting pollution from open water B63B35/30;} soil-water discharges B63B29/16; {treating waste water, sewage, or sludge, in general, C02F; cleaning or keeping clear the surface of open water, in general E02B15/00})
B63J4/00 (Arrangements of installations for treating ballast water, waste water, sewage, sludge, or) appears on 266 US grants and 341 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B63J- Granted patents
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
- B63J 4/002Arrangements of installations for treating ballast water, waste water, sewage, sludge, or144
- B63J 4/004Arrangements of installations for treating ballast water, waste water, sewage, sludge, or66
- B63J 4/006Arrangements of installations for treating ballast water, waste water, sewage, sludge, or54
- B63J 2004/008Arrangements of installations for treating ballast water, waste water, sewage, sludge, orIndexing code0
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