E02B 15/048
Oil collectors moved over the water skimming the water surface
Official title: {Oil collectors moved over the water skimming the water surface}
E02B15/048 (Oil collectors moved over the water skimming the water surface) appears on 146 US grants and 101 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in E02B- Granted patents
- 146
- Published applications
- 101
- Assignees
- 71
- Inventors
- 236
- Latest grant
- 31 Mar 2026
Filings by year
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| 1976 | 4 | 0 |
| 1977 | 4 | 0 |
| 1978 | 2 | 0 |
| 1979 | 3 | 0 |
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| 1981 | 1 | 0 |
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| 2003 | 0 | 0 |
| 2004 | 0 | 1 |
| 2005 | 1 | 1 |
| 2006 | 1 | 1 |
| 2007 | 0 | 0 |
| 2008 | 0 | 1 |
| 2009 | 0 | 1 |
| 2010 | 1 | 1 |
| 2011 | 0 | 11 |
| 2012 | 2 | 11 |
| 2013 | 4 | 14 |
| 2014 | 14 | 5 |
| 2015 | 6 | 10 |
| 2016 | 9 | 7 |
| 2017 | 7 | 2 |
| 2018 | 6 | 4 |
| 2019 | 6 | 7 |
| 2020 | 11 | 4 |
| 2021 | 5 | 3 |
| 2022 | 7 | 5 |
| 2023 | 4 | 4 |
| 2024 | 3 | 5 |
| 2025 | 3 | 0 |
| 2026 | 1 | 3 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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- Sorbent-based oil skimmer and methods of use20 Feb 2024US 11,905,671 B2The Board of Regents of the University of Oklahoma
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Most cited
By later US patents
- Oil spill cleanup system43US 3,966,614 AShell Oil Company · 1976
- Apparatus and method of removing debris floating on a body of water39US 3,983,034 AChevron Research Company · 1976
- Hand manipulable skimmer system for removing an oil sheen from the surface of a body of water38US 5,948,266 AU.S. Hydrex, Inc. · 1999
- Oil spill recovery means33US 4,388,188 A1983
- Oil skimmer module with free floating weir trough32US 3,951,810 A1976