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Y10S 4/12

Aerobic decomposing toilet

Y10S4/12 (Aerobic decomposing toilet) appears on 41 US grants and 1 published applications in this corpus.

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Where it sits

  1. YGeneral tagging of new technological developments
  2. Y10Technical subjects covered by former uspc
  3. Y10STechnical subjects covered by former uspc cross-reference art collections [xracs] and digests
  4. Y10S 4/00Baths, closets, sinks, and spittoons
  5. Y10S 4/12Aerobic decomposing toilet
Granted patents
41
Published applications
1
Assignees
15
Inventors
36
Latest grant
5 Aug 2003

Filings by year

Granted patentsPublished applications
Y10S 4/12: granted patents and published applications per publication year
YearGranted patentsPublished applications
197830
197920
198030
198130
198250
198300
198400
198520
198610
198720
198800
198900
199020
199110
199210
199320
199430
199510
199610
199700
199810
199910
200020
200130
200211
200310

1978198819982003

By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001.

Recent patents

  • Toilet installation implementing composting with worms5 Aug 2003US 6,601,243 B2Ecosphere Technologies, Inc.
  • Composting arrangement1 Jan 2002US 6,335,192 B1
  • Method and arrangement for composting biodegradable material25 Dec 2001US 6,333,190 B1
  • Composting toilet17 Jul 2001US 6,260,216 B1
  • Human waste treatment system10 Jul 2001US 6,258,594 B1Suiko Kinzoku Kabushiki Kaisha
  • Toilet installation implementing composting with worms10 Oct 2002US 2002/0144339 A1Ecosphere Technologies, Inc.

Most cited

By later US patents
  • Organic material recycling method and device26US 4,285,719 A1981
  • Integrated solar heated resource transformation system23US 4,174,371 A1979
  • Outdoor toilet holding tank ventilation system21US 4,922,557 APoly-John Enterprises Corp. · 1990
  • Compost-type toilet equipment17US 4,254,515 A1981
  • Toilet17US 4,313,234 ASanterra Industries Ltd. · 1982

Top assignees

Documents
  • CMClivus Multrum, Inc.3
  • IIInventor Invest AB2
  • SISanterra Industries Ltd.2
  • AHAGA Heating AB1
  • AUAsko-Upo Oy1
  • BSBio-Sun Systems, Inc.1
  • BBiocon Limited1
  • CDCentre d'Experimentation et de Documentation sur les Energies Renouvelables1
  • CIClevedon Invetments Limited1
  • ETEcosphere Technologies, Inc.1

Often classified with

  • Y02ATechnologies for adaptation to climate change37
  • A47KSanitary equipment32
  • C05FOrganic fertilisers not covered by subclasses c05b, c05c22
  • Y02PLow-carbon manufacturing22
  • Y02WClimate change mitigation technologies related to wastewater treatment or waste management15
  • E03DWater-closets or urinals with flushing devices5
  • B01FMixing3
  • C02FTreatment of water, waste water, sewage, or sludge3
  • E03FSewers1
  • E04HBuildings or like structures for particular purposes1

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