B65G 47/46
And distributing
Official title: and distributing, e.g. automatically, to desired points (in tube mail systems B65G51/36)
B65G47/46 (And distributing) appears on 1,258 US grants and 1,020 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B65G- Granted patents
- 1,258
- Published applications
- 1,020
- Assignees
- 669
- Inventors
- 2,196
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 18 | 0 |
| 1977 | 8 | 0 |
| 1978 | 4 | 0 |
| 1979 | 8 | 0 |
| 1980 | 10 | 0 |
| 1981 | 11 | 0 |
| 1982 | 12 | 0 |
| 1983 | 10 | 0 |
| 1984 | 8 | 0 |
| 1985 | 11 | 0 |
| 1986 | 12 | 0 |
| 1987 | 11 | 0 |
| 1988 | 8 | 0 |
| 1989 | 19 | 0 |
| 1990 | 13 | 0 |
| 1991 | 16 | 0 |
| 1992 | 19 | 0 |
| 1993 | 17 | 0 |
| 1994 | 24 | 0 |
| 1995 | 23 | 0 |
| 1996 | 9 | 0 |
| 1997 | 16 | 0 |
| 1998 | 17 | 0 |
| 1999 | 11 | 0 |
| 2000 | 17 | 0 |
| 2001 | 25 | 6 |
| 2002 | 20 | 14 |
| 2003 | 28 | 35 |
| 2004 | 26 | 17 |
| 2005 | 11 | 22 |
| 2006 | 13 | 21 |
| 2007 | 15 | 20 |
| 2008 | 13 | 19 |
| 2009 | 8 | 13 |
| 2010 | 14 | 29 |
| 2011 | 17 | 37 |
| 2012 | 19 | 22 |
| 2013 | 29 | 29 |
| 2014 | 34 | 56 |
| 2015 | 47 | 28 |
| 2016 | 50 | 40 |
| 2017 | 42 | 31 |
| 2018 | 36 | 52 |
| 2019 | 42 | 58 |
| 2020 | 63 | 81 |
| 2021 | 69 | 81 |
| 2022 | 60 | 67 |
| 2023 | 58 | 67 |
| 2024 | 84 | 76 |
| 2025 | 59 | 50 |
| 2026 | 44 | 49 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Apparatus and method for storing articles6 Oct 2026US 12,753,024 B2G. D S.p.A.
- Methods and arrangements for identifying and sorting items29 Sep 2026US 12,746,577 B1Dmrc LLC
- Object transport apparatus and method29 Sep 2026US 12,747,113 B2Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
- Automated problem solve workflows for shuttle rail systems8 Sep 2026US 12,729,071 B1Amazon Technologies, Inc.
- Container discharge apparatus for discharging containers from a mass-flow conveyor and for separating the containers, and method for operating the container discharge apparatus1 Sep 2026US 12,722,906 B2Krones AG
- System and method for automated parcel loading and transport1 Oct 2026US 2026/0299621 A1FORTNA Systems, Inc.
- Variable-capacity store24 Sep 2026US 2026/0283223 A1G. D S.p.A.
- Logical relocation of sort destinations24 Sep 2026US 2026/0284707 A1Tompkins Robotics, Inc.
- Conveyor system and associated methods24 Sep 2026US 2026/0285616 A1Intelligrated Headquarters, LLC
- Systems and methods for tray cassette warehousing24 Sep 2026US 2026/0293595 A1Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company.Ltd
Most cited
By later US patents
- Detection and reconstruction of an environment to facilitate robotic interaction with the environment318US 9,102,055 B1Industrial Perception, Inc. · 2015
- Methods and systems for recognizing machine-readable information on three-dimensional objects173US 9,227,323 B1Google Inc. · 2016
- Feeding system and method for placing a plurality of objects on a tray of an automated sorting system151US 6,323,452 B1United Parcel Service of America, Inc. · 2001
- Portable bin for sortation system143US 9,102,336 B2Cross Belt IP, L.L.C. · 2015
- Determining a virtual representation of an environment by projecting texture patterns127US 9,233,470 B1Industrial Perception, Inc. · 2016