B65G 43/08
Control devices operated by article or material being fed, conveyed or discharged
Official title: Control devices operated by article or material being fed, conveyed or discharged {(and controlling the discharging devices B65G47/42)}
B65G43/08 (Control devices operated by article or material being fed, conveyed or discharged) appears on 1,352 US grants and 1,431 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B65G- Granted patents
- 1,352
- Published applications
- 1,431
- Assignees
- 821
- Inventors
- 3,163
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1976 | 9 | 0 |
| 1977 | 4 | 0 |
| 1978 | 6 | 0 |
| 1979 | 4 | 0 |
| 1980 | 5 | 0 |
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| 2000 | 7 | 0 |
| 2001 | 13 | 6 |
| 2002 | 15 | 20 |
| 2003 | 18 | 11 |
| 2004 | 18 | 13 |
| 2005 | 9 | 16 |
| 2006 | 15 | 10 |
| 2007 | 7 | 7 |
| 2008 | 3 | 9 |
| 2009 | 6 | 13 |
| 2010 | 5 | 10 |
| 2011 | 15 | 13 |
| 2012 | 10 | 19 |
| 2013 | 12 | 23 |
| 2014 | 17 | 46 |
| 2015 | 36 | 52 |
| 2016 | 46 | 60 |
| 2017 | 59 | 59 |
| 2018 | 66 | 86 |
| 2019 | 84 | 81 |
| 2020 | 83 | 117 |
| 2021 | 88 | 117 |
| 2022 | 93 | 146 |
| 2023 | 100 | 124 |
| 2024 | 137 | 176 |
| 2025 | 102 | 107 |
| 2026 | 112 | 90 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
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