F26B 5/00

Drying solid materials or objects by processes not involving the application of

Official title: Drying solid materials or objects by processes not involving the application of heat (separating liquids from solids by straining B01D; replacing liquids in wet solids by other liquids, e.g. water by spirit, B01D12/00; drying by electrophoresis B01J)

F26B5/00 (Drying solid materials or objects by processes not involving the application of) appears on 2,073 US grants and 1,803 published applications in this corpus.

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Granted patents: 2,073
Published applications: 1,803
Assignees: 1,283
Inventors: 4,316
Latest grant: 6 Oct 2026

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F26B 5/00: granted patents and published applications per publication year
Year	Granted patents	Published applications
1976	28	0
1977	28	0
1978	23	0
1979	15	0
1980	22	0
1981	17	0
1982	21	0
1983	12	0
1984	27	0
1985	26	0
1986	28	0
1987	21	0
1988	21	0
1989	26	0
1990	24	0
1991	40	0
1992	43	0
1993	48	0
1994	40	0
1995	40	0
1996	30	0
1997	34	0
1998	26	0
1999	46	0
2000	50	0
2001	43	11
2002	41	37
2003	46	38
2004	25	39
2005	25	35
2006	23	50
2007	10	37
2008	30	49
2009	12	45
2010	23	64
2011	33	60
2012	45	65
2013	39	75
2014	55	99
2015	61	95
2016	62	90
2017	69	67
2018	83	105
2019	89	95
2020	101	115
2021	78	87
2022	80	92
2023	76	103
2024	69	102
2025	73	84
2026	46	64

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