D06F 39/06
Arrangements for preventing or destroying scum
D06F39/06 (Arrangements for preventing or destroying scum) appears on 72 US grants and 90 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in D06F- Granted patents
- 72
- Published applications
- 90
- Assignees
- 32
- Inventors
- 234
- Latest grant
- 14 Jul 2026
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| 2022 | 9 | 13 |
| 2023 | 3 | 6 |
| 2024 | 8 | 4 |
| 2025 | 9 | 6 |
| 2026 | 1 | 5 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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