D06F 33/52
Control of the operational steps
Official title: Control of the operational steps, e.g. optimisation or improvement of operational steps depending on the condition of the laundry
D06F33/52 (Control of the operational steps) appears on 160 US grants and 257 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in D06F- Granted patents
- 160
- Published applications
- 257
- Assignees
- 49
- Inventors
- 504
- Latest grant
- 29 Sep 2026
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| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1992 | 1 | 0 |
| 1993 | 0 | 0 |
| 1994 | 0 | 0 |
| 1995 | 0 | 0 |
| 1996 | 0 | 0 |
| 1997 | 0 | 0 |
| 1998 | 1 | 0 |
| 1999 | 0 | 0 |
| 2000 | 0 | 0 |
| 2001 | 0 | 0 |
| 2002 | 0 | 0 |
| 2003 | 0 | 2 |
| 2004 | 0 | 3 |
| 2005 | 1 | 5 |
| 2006 | 0 | 5 |
| 2007 | 1 | 7 |
| 2008 | 1 | 4 |
| 2009 | 4 | 6 |
| 2010 | 0 | 6 |
| 2011 | 3 | 4 |
| 2012 | 7 | 2 |
| 2013 | 4 | 7 |
| 2014 | 5 | 6 |
| 2015 | 3 | 2 |
| 2016 | 6 | 4 |
| 2017 | 1 | 1 |
| 2018 | 5 | 8 |
| 2019 | 2 | 9 |
| 2020 | 7 | 27 |
| 2021 | 15 | 34 |
| 2022 | 22 | 20 |
| 2023 | 18 | 18 |
| 2024 | 20 | 20 |
| 2025 | 18 | 43 |
| 2026 | 15 | 14 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- D06F 33/57Of metering of detergents or additives46
- D06F 33/68Of the sequence of washing and drying operations23
- D06F 33/63Of air flow22
- D06F 33/60Of centrifugal separation of water from the laundry20
- D06F 33/65Of conditioning or finishing phases20
- D06F 33/56Of washing13
- D06F 33/54Of water filling11
- D06F 33/62Of draining7
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