B65G 11/00
Chutes
Official title: Chutes (used as storage devices B65G1/02)
B65G11/00 (Chutes) appears on 794 US grants and 683 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B65G- Granted patents
- 794
- Published applications
- 683
- Assignees
- 532
- Inventors
- 1,657
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1976 | 7 | 0 |
| 1977 | 8 | 0 |
| 1978 | 9 | 0 |
| 1979 | 3 | 0 |
| 1980 | 4 | 0 |
| 1981 | 12 | 0 |
| 1982 | 10 | 0 |
| 1983 | 15 | 0 |
| 1984 | 10 | 0 |
| 1985 | 7 | 0 |
| 1986 | 4 | 0 |
| 1987 | 8 | 0 |
| 1988 | 9 | 0 |
| 1989 | 6 | 0 |
| 1990 | 3 | 0 |
| 1991 | 5 | 0 |
| 1992 | 11 | 0 |
| 1993 | 11 | 0 |
| 1994 | 4 | 0 |
| 1995 | 2 | 0 |
| 1996 | 3 | 0 |
| 1997 | 4 | 0 |
| 1998 | 5 | 0 |
| 1999 | 7 | 0 |
| 2000 | 9 | 0 |
| 2001 | 18 | 2 |
| 2002 | 16 | 8 |
| 2003 | 7 | 7 |
| 2004 | 8 | 13 |
| 2005 | 11 | 10 |
| 2006 | 10 | 11 |
| 2007 | 9 | 7 |
| 2008 | 6 | 17 |
| 2009 | 11 | 14 |
| 2010 | 10 | 7 |
| 2011 | 10 | 13 |
| 2012 | 8 | 27 |
| 2013 | 16 | 27 |
| 2014 | 28 | 24 |
| 2015 | 39 | 34 |
| 2016 | 36 | 39 |
| 2017 | 30 | 52 |
| 2018 | 51 | 34 |
| 2019 | 40 | 48 |
| 2020 | 41 | 43 |
| 2021 | 40 | 47 |
| 2022 | 40 | 43 |
| 2023 | 35 | 45 |
| 2024 | 35 | 43 |
| 2025 | 35 | 48 |
| 2026 | 28 | 20 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- B65G 11/20Auxiliary devices267
- B65G 11/02Chutes: of straight form223
- B65G 11/16Interior surfaces110
- B65G 11/18Supports or mountings108
- B65G 11/08Chutes: with discontinuous guiding surfaces83
- B65G 11/12Pivotable82
- B65G 11/06Chutes: of helical or spiral form66
- B65G 11/14Extensible44
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