E02D 3/10
By watering, draining, de-aerating or blasting
Official title: by watering, draining, de-aerating or blasting, e.g. by installing sand or wick drains (E02D3/11 takes precedence; soil-penetrating vibrators with auxiliary watering E02D3/054; drainage of soil in general E02B11/00)
E02D3/10 (By watering, draining, de-aerating or blasting) appears on 159 US grants and 95 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in E02D- Granted patents
- 159
- Published applications
- 95
- Assignees
- 106
- Inventors
- 309
- Latest grant
- 3 Mar 2026
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| 2023 | 2 | 7 |
| 2024 | 3 | 5 |
| 2025 | 9 | 4 |
| 2026 | 1 | 1 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Drainage pressure relief anti-floating system suitable for weakly permeable soft stratum3 Mar 2026US 12,565,752 B2South China University of Technology
- Shear resistant drain system for improving weak foundation soils25 Nov 2025US 12,480,260 B2TBT Engineering Limited
- Segmental method for installing wick drains12 Aug 2025US 12,385,205 B2
- Soft soil foundation single-hole depth air compression drainage device and working method thereof15 Jul 2025US 12,359,387 B2Ningbo China Communications Water Transportation Design and Research Co., Ltd.
- Water dispensing management for autonomous machines17 Jun 2025US 12,331,644 B2Caterpillar Inc.
- Method for densification of an amount of soil and apparatus26 Feb 2026US 2026/0055568 A1Fnv IP B.V.
- Segmental method for installing wick drains16 Oct 2025US 2025/0320679 A1Keller North America, Inc.
- Drainage anti-slide pipe pile suitable for open channel project of expansive soil in cold and arid regions and construction method thereof2 Oct 2025US 2025/0305233 A1Xinjiang Agricultural University
- Tailings storage facility method and structure31 Jul 2025US 2025/0243640 A1Anglo American Technical & Sustainability Services Ltd
- Method for designing a drainage well network pattern and conceiving same16 Jan 2025US 2025/0019918 A1Edaphis Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Method for recovering contaminants from soil utilizing electrical heating315US 5,656,239 AShell Oil Company · 1997
- Method of removing contaminants from contaminated soil in situ144US 4,842,448 ADrexel University · 1989
- Foam panels and blocks of hollow profiles72US 4,755,408 ANoel, Marquet & Cie. S.A. · 1988
- Ground anchor device for penetrating an underground rock formation62US 5,919,005 AIntegrated Stabilzation Technologies Inc. · 1999
- Ground anchor device59US 5,934,836 AIntegrated Stabilization Technologies Inc. · 1999