E02B 3/023
Removing sediments
Official title: {Removing sediments (in barrages or reservoirs E02B8/02)}
E02B3/023 (Removing sediments) appears on 99 US grants and 85 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in E02B- Granted patents
- 99
- Published applications
- 85
- Assignees
- 48
- Inventors
- 184
- Latest grant
- 12 May 2026
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Method for regulating confluence of tributaries with large drop difference and large angle into trunk canal12 May 2026US 12,624,509 B2Chongqing Jiaotong University
- Portable, reusable, high-stability, clog-resistant, universal-application, adjustable-volume non-filtration flow regulation device and system for sedimentation control related applications24 Mar 2026US 12,584,282 B1
- Silt fence configured for capturing pollutants and fabric forming the same5 Aug 2025US 12,378,736 B2Huesker, Inc.
- Dredging and drainage structure for irrigation area11 Feb 2025US 12,221,756 B1Zhejiang Institute of Hydraulics & Estuary (Zhejiang Institute of Marine Planning and Design)
- Method for preventing repeated (tsunami, storm surge, and river) disasters by forces of nature7 Jan 2025US 12,188,193 B2
- Automated rainfall flocculant disbursement structure for sediment and erosion control19 Feb 2026US 2026/0049012 A1
- Method for regulating confluence of tributaries with large drop difference and large angle into trunk canal13 Nov 2025US 2025/0347074 A1Chongqing Jiaotong University
- Method and system for determining limit scouring state of riverbed in downstream river channel of reservoir group4 Sep 2025US 2025/0277347 A1Bureau of Hydrology, Changjiang Water Resources Commission
- Securable device having a substantially flexible shaft and one or more protrusions and method for securing the same17 Apr 2025US 2025/0122682 A1Coastal Protection Holdings Corporation
- Material transfer system for a body of water27 Feb 2025US 2025/0067020 A1Sea to Sky Energy Solutions Corp.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Method and apparatus for removing mud from around and inside of casings116US 5,360,292 AFlow International Corporation · 1994
- Nutrient and particle removal: method and apparatus for treatment of existing lakes, ponds and water bodies58US 5,143,623 A1992
- System for removing sludge from dam reservoir26US 4,343,696 A1982
- Apparatus for removing sediment from ponds25US 4,957,622 AUddo-Mims International, Inc. · 1990
- Temporary stream filtration system23US 4,297,219 AThe KBI Corp. · 1981