B65H 2406/36
Means for producing, distributing or controlling suction
B65H2406/36 (Means for producing, distributing or controlling suction) appears on 356 US grants and 363 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B65H- Granted patents
- 356
- Published applications
- 363
- Assignees
- 192
- Inventors
- 744
- Latest grant
- 1 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1976 | 3 | 0 |
| 1977 | 0 | 0 |
| 1978 | 0 | 0 |
| 1979 | 1 | 0 |
| 1980 | 0 | 0 |
| 1981 | 0 | 0 |
| 1982 | 2 | 0 |
| 1983 | 1 | 0 |
| 1984 | 1 | 0 |
| 1985 | 1 | 0 |
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| 1996 | 2 | 0 |
| 1997 | 0 | 0 |
| 1998 | 3 | 0 |
| 1999 | 3 | 0 |
| 2000 | 8 | 0 |
| 2001 | 12 | 5 |
| 2002 | 14 | 7 |
| 2003 | 10 | 6 |
| 2004 | 5 | 12 |
| 2005 | 6 | 13 |
| 2006 | 5 | 8 |
| 2007 | 4 | 14 |
| 2008 | 6 | 9 |
| 2009 | 12 | 16 |
| 2010 | 4 | 14 |
| 2011 | 15 | 21 |
| 2012 | 12 | 15 |
| 2013 | 14 | 19 |
| 2014 | 17 | 15 |
| 2015 | 21 | 16 |
| 2016 | 18 | 18 |
| 2017 | 9 | 14 |
| 2018 | 18 | 27 |
| 2019 | 23 | 20 |
| 2020 | 10 | 16 |
| 2021 | 18 | 19 |
| 2022 | 17 | 25 |
| 2023 | 20 | 10 |
| 2024 | 11 | 12 |
| 2025 | 14 | 8 |
| 2026 | 6 | 4 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- B65H 2406/361Distributing vacuum from stationary element to movable elementIndexing code118
- B65H 2406/362Adjusting or controlling distribution of vacuum transversally to the transport directionIndexing code80
- B65H 2406/366Producing vacuumIndexing code64
- B65H 2406/363Adjusting or controlling distribution of vacuum for a plurality of suction meansIndexing code61
- B65H 2406/365Selectively blowing or suckingIndexing code48
- B65H 2406/364Simultaneously blowing and suckingIndexing code31
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