F16L 2101/12
Cleaning
F16L2101/12 (Cleaning) appears on 224 US grants and 251 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in F16L- Granted patents
- 224
- Published applications
- 251
- Assignees
- 126
- Inventors
- 476
- Latest grant
- 25 Aug 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 1 | 0 |
| 1977 | 0 | 0 |
| 1978 | 0 | 0 |
| 1979 | 0 | 0 |
| 1980 | 0 | 0 |
| 1981 | 0 | 0 |
| 1982 | 0 | 0 |
| 1983 | 0 | 0 |
| 1984 | 0 | 0 |
| 1985 | 0 | 0 |
| 1986 | 0 | 0 |
| 1987 | 0 | 0 |
| 1988 | 0 | 0 |
| 1989 | 1 | 0 |
| 1990 | 0 | 0 |
| 1991 | 0 | 0 |
| 1992 | 2 | 0 |
| 1993 | 1 | 0 |
| 1994 | 2 | 0 |
| 1995 | 3 | 0 |
| 1996 | 0 | 0 |
| 1997 | 1 | 0 |
| 1998 | 0 | 0 |
| 1999 | 2 | 0 |
| 2000 | 2 | 0 |
| 2001 | 0 | 0 |
| 2002 | 1 | 1 |
| 2003 | 1 | 2 |
| 2004 | 2 | 2 |
| 2005 | 2 | 5 |
| 2006 | 1 | 5 |
| 2007 | 3 | 2 |
| 2008 | 3 | 4 |
| 2009 | 1 | 1 |
| 2010 | 3 | 2 |
| 2011 | 3 | 2 |
| 2012 | 1 | 1 |
| 2013 | 1 | 1 |
| 2014 | 4 | 2 |
| 2015 | 3 | 5 |
| 2016 | 5 | 17 |
| 2017 | 10 | 14 |
| 2018 | 7 | 27 |
| 2019 | 17 | 22 |
| 2020 | 21 | 32 |
| 2021 | 23 | 28 |
| 2022 | 20 | 18 |
| 2023 | 25 | 22 |
| 2024 | 23 | 15 |
| 2025 | 21 | 14 |
| 2026 | 8 | 7 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Method and apparatus for cleaning and inspecting oil well drilling mud flow lines25 Aug 2026US 12,715,025 B1Tri-State Environmental, LLC
- Odometer and inspection and/or cleaning device23 Jun 2026US 12,663,292 B2Rosen IP AG
- Cleaning module for a pipeline inspection gauge16 Jun 2026US 12,655,928 B2Entegra LLP
- System and method for cleaning and/or inspecting a pipeline21 Apr 2026US 12,607,287 B2Envirobot GmbH & Co. KG
- System, method, and apparatus for inspecting a surface31 Mar 2026US 12,591,239 B2Gecko Robotics, Inc.
- Intelligent suction-type underground drainage pipeline sediment removal robot and sediment removal method17 Sep 2026US 2026/0273592 A1Zhengzhou University
- Robot for trenchless pipeline and manhole rehabilitation3 Sep 2026US 2026/0258897 A1
- Adapted laser pig with agitation and circulation mechanism for thermal control in subsea operations2 Jul 2026US 2026/0185644 A1
- Method for operating a working apparatus in a pipeline, and working apparatus25 Jun 2026US 2026/0177184 A1
- Sliding contact for a high-pressure hose for a cleaning head with video camera18 Jun 2026US 2026/0168596 A1Enz Technik AG
Most cited
By later US patents
- Controller for inspection robot traversing an obstacle87US 11,148,292 B2Gecko Robotics, Inc. · 2021
- System, method, and apparatus to perform a surface inspection using real-time position information71US 10,481,608 B2Gecko Robotics, Inc. · 2019
- Inspection robot with couplant chamber disposed within sled for acoustic coupling71US 10,698,412 B2Gecko Robotics, Inc. · 2020
- Inspection robot having vertically distributed payloads with horizontally distributed sensor sleds68US 10,534,365 B2Gecko Robotics, Inc. · 2020
- Inspection robot having replaceable sensor sled portions66US 10,739,779 B2Gecko Robotics, Inc. · 2020