C02F 3/223
Using "air-lift"
Official title: {using "air-lift"}
C02F3/223 (Using "air-lift") appears on 195 US grants and 107 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in C02F- Granted patents
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- Published applications
- 107
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- 114
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- Latest grant
- 28 Jul 2026
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Vacuum air lift systems including a fluidic oscillator28 Jul 2026US 12,692,177 B2Searen, LLC
- Tank configuration with enhanced denitrification27 Jan 2026US 12,534,392 B2KleanTu LLC
- Combined mixed-cell and raceway aquaculture device, system and method of use thereof, and method for growing fish thereby25 Nov 2025US 12,478,047 B2Jlh Consulting Inc.
- Bubble generator14 Oct 2025US 12,441,641 B2Pulse Burst Systems, LLC
- High-efficiency airlift pump12 Aug 2025US 12,384,706 B2GIS Gas Infusion Systems Inc.
- Tank configuration with enhanced denitrification7 May 2026US 2026/0125302 A1KleanTu LLC
- Waste water treatment system using aerobic granular sludge gravity-driven membrane system20 Nov 2025US 2025/0353765 A1King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
- Adjustable gas siphon for mixing densified solids in water systems1 May 2025US 2025/0135417 A1Hampton Roads Sanitation District
- Organic wastewater treatment apparatus and method for operating organic wastewater treatment apparatus30 Jan 2025US 2025/0034013 A1Kubota Corporation
- Membrane bioreactor, method of operating a membrane bioreactor, and use of a membrane bioreactor24 Oct 2024US 2024/0351922 A1
Most cited
By later US patents
- Submersible aeration train and aeration apparatus for biological purification of sewage82US 5,316,671 A1994
- Airlift pump apparatus and method78US 6,162,020 ANCA2BioProcess, Inc. · 2000
- Water aeration apparatus72US 4,702,830 AKaiyo Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha · 1987
- Method of supplying air masses and producing jets of water68US 4,752,421 AKaiyo Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha · 1988
- Process and apparatus for the anaerobic treatment of waste water in a filter including granular material64US 4,482,458 ADegremont · 1984