F26B 3/06
The gas or vapour flowing through the materials or objects to be
Official title: the gas or vapour flowing through the materials or objects to be dried (F26B3/14 takes precedence)
F26B3/06 (The gas or vapour flowing through the materials or objects to be) appears on 610 US grants and 499 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in F26B- Granted patents
- 610
- Published applications
- 499
- Assignees
- 489
- Inventors
- 1,432
- Latest grant
- 11 Aug 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1976 | 10 | 0 |
| 1977 | 14 | 0 |
| 1978 | 15 | 0 |
| 1979 | 7 | 0 |
| 1980 | 12 | 0 |
| 1981 | 24 | 0 |
| 1982 | 10 | 0 |
| 1983 | 6 | 0 |
| 1984 | 12 | 0 |
| 1985 | 13 | 0 |
| 1986 | 21 | 0 |
| 1987 | 10 | 0 |
| 1988 | 9 | 0 |
| 1989 | 8 | 0 |
| 1990 | 13 | 0 |
| 1991 | 5 | 0 |
| 1992 | 14 | 0 |
| 1993 | 5 | 0 |
| 1994 | 11 | 0 |
| 1995 | 7 | 0 |
| 1996 | 4 | 0 |
| 1997 | 9 | 0 |
| 1998 | 10 | 0 |
| 1999 | 12 | 0 |
| 2000 | 9 | 0 |
| 2001 | 6 | 1 |
| 2002 | 7 | 4 |
| 2003 | 6 | 10 |
| 2004 | 9 | 10 |
| 2005 | 7 | 6 |
| 2006 | 3 | 11 |
| 2007 | 4 | 6 |
| 2008 | 3 | 17 |
| 2009 | 3 | 8 |
| 2010 | 6 | 15 |
| 2011 | 6 | 14 |
| 2012 | 6 | 10 |
| 2013 | 7 | 15 |
| 2014 | 10 | 13 |
| 2015 | 14 | 21 |
| 2016 | 14 | 29 |
| 2017 | 17 | 29 |
| 2018 | 23 | 30 |
| 2019 | 18 | 29 |
| 2020 | 33 | 50 |
| 2021 | 27 | 41 |
| 2022 | 35 | 33 |
| 2023 | 23 | 21 |
| 2024 | 26 | 38 |
| 2025 | 19 | 25 |
| 2026 | 8 | 13 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Low-temperature, ejector assisted dryer apparatus, methods and deployment thereof11 Aug 2026US 12,704,325 B2Her Majesty the Queen in right of Canada, as represented by the Minister of Natural Resources
- Process for producing a thermoplastic moulding compound comprising a thermoplastic copolymer A and a graft copolymer B4 Aug 2026US 12,698,351 B2Ineos Styrolution Group GmbH
- Process for drying granular polymeric material and plant operating according to said process14 Jul 2026US 12,679,001 B2Pegaso Industries S.P.A.
- Processes and systems for de-watering sludge2 Jun 2026US 12,643,807 B2NewSouth Innovations Pty Limited
- Vehicle-mounted in-situ magnetic field decontamination device for heavy metal contaminated soil with retractable baffle26 May 2026US 12,636,688 B2Institute of Soil Science, CAS
- Method and apparatus for inputting thermal energy into a fluid, related apparatus and uses24 Sep 2026US 2026/0287253 A1Coolbrook Oy
- Dehumidification drying system for synthetic resin molding material17 Sep 2026US 2026/0276303 A1Osaka Reiken Co., Ltd.
- Material drying processes6 Aug 2026US 2026/0227125 A1B&T Technologies, LLC
- Solids treatment using fluidized bed process16 Jul 2026US 2026/0201761 A1Schlumberger Technology Corporation
- Apparatus for continuous drying of particles comprising a control loop25 Jun 2026US 2026/0177316 A1
Most cited
By later US patents
- Device and method for producing a material web80US 8,382,956 B2Voith Patent GmbH · 2013
- Two-stage drying spray dryer68US 5,924,216 AMorinaga Milk Industry Co., Ltd. · 1999
- Device and method for producing a material web68US 8,580,083 B2Voith Patent GmbH · 2013
- Apparatus pelletizing particles65US 4,858,552 AGlatt GmbH · 1989
- Low pressure dryer62US RE45,501 E12015