F26B 17/00

Machines or apparatus for drying materials in loose, plastic, or fluidised form

Official title: Machines or apparatus for drying materials in loose, plastic, or fluidised form, e.g. granules, staple fibres, with progressive movement (F26B13/00 takes precedence {; feed or discharge arrangements F26B25/002})

F26B17/00 (Machines or apparatus for drying materials in loose, plastic, or fluidised form) appears on 1,454 US grants and 1,065 published applications in this corpus.

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Granted patents: 1,454
Published applications: 1,065
Assignees: 912
Inventors: 2,825
Latest grant: 15 Sep 2026

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F26B 17/00: granted patents and published applications per publication year
Year	Granted patents	Published applications
1976	21	0
1977	33	0
1978	34	0
1979	15	0
1980	24	0
1981	28	0
1982	24	0
1983	23	0
1984	28	0
1985	26	0
1986	24	0
1987	26	0
1988	25	0
1989	29	0
1990	16	0
1991	20	0
1992	17	0
1993	37	0
1994	24	0
1995	26	0
1996	30	0
1997	30	0
1998	32	0
1999	34	0
2000	53	0
2001	35	3
2002	36	25
2003	21	20
2004	21	33
2005	13	26
2006	15	35
2007	15	37
2008	17	40
2009	12	47
2010	12	48
2011	26	52
2012	32	44
2013	35	45
2014	39	58
2015	33	49
2016	45	48
2017	46	50
2018	41	49
2019	38	57
2020	49	56
2021	39	53
2022	39	42
2023	34	45
2024	33	43
2025	32	33
2026	17	27

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