Y10T 137/4245
Cleaning or steam sterilizing
Y10T137/4245 (Cleaning or steam sterilizing) appears on 1,269 US grants and 507 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in Y10T- Granted patents
- 1,269
- Published applications
- 507
- Assignees
- 714
- Inventors
- 1,920
- Latest grant
- 22 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 19 | 0 |
| 1977 | 22 | 0 |
| 1978 | 17 | 0 |
| 1979 | 28 | 0 |
| 1980 | 32 | 0 |
| 1981 | 30 | 0 |
| 1982 | 27 | 0 |
| 1983 | 29 | 0 |
| 1984 | 27 | 0 |
| 1985 | 43 | 0 |
| 1986 | 26 | 0 |
| 1987 | 27 | 0 |
| 1988 | 23 | 0 |
| 1989 | 29 | 0 |
| 1990 | 22 | 0 |
| 1991 | 18 | 0 |
| 1992 | 23 | 0 |
| 1993 | 37 | 0 |
| 1994 | 25 | 0 |
| 1995 | 25 | 0 |
| 1996 | 26 | 0 |
| 1997 | 31 | 0 |
| 1998 | 39 | 0 |
| 1999 | 38 | 0 |
| 2000 | 38 | 0 |
| 2001 | 52 | 11 |
| 2002 | 33 | 33 |
| 2003 | 25 | 19 |
| 2004 | 22 | 30 |
| 2005 | 33 | 31 |
| 2006 | 27 | 29 |
| 2007 | 22 | 27 |
| 2008 | 17 | 23 |
| 2009 | 26 | 28 |
| 2010 | 16 | 40 |
| 2011 | 29 | 36 |
| 2012 | 27 | 32 |
| 2013 | 48 | 23 |
| 2014 | 40 | 46 |
| 2015 | 39 | 44 |
| 2016 | 30 | 10 |
| 2017 | 16 | 7 |
| 2018 | 21 | 8 |
| 2019 | 11 | 4 |
| 2020 | 9 | 5 |
| 2021 | 3 | 3 |
| 2022 | 5 | 7 |
| 2023 | 6 | 5 |
| 2024 | 2 | 1 |
| 2025 | 6 | 5 |
| 2026 | 3 | 0 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Valve assembly for AC condensate line22 Sep 2026US 12,742,568 B2
- Valve cartridge8 Sep 2026US 12,729,593 B2SPM Oil & Gas Inc.
- Medium installation of a vehicle, emptying device for a medium line, and vehicle with the medium installation17 Feb 2026US 12,552,307 B2
- Apparatus, system, and method using immiscible-fluid-discrete-volumes7 Oct 2025US 12,435,367 B2Applied Biosystems, LLC
- Coupler and clean connection device having the same7 Oct 2025US 12,435,824 B2Hosan Tech Co., Ltd.
- Valve cartridge9 Oct 2025US 2025/0314143 A1SPM Oil & Gas Inc.
- Gas flow valve and methods of operating thereof21 Aug 2025US 2025/0264163 A1APPLIED Materials.Inc.
- Valve assembly for ac condensate line19 Jun 2025US 2025/0198649 A1
- Gas flow valve and methods of operating thereof20 Feb 2025US 2025/0060048 A1APPLIED Materials.Inc.
- Valve cartridge2 Jan 2025US 2025/0003300 A1SPM Oil & Gas Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Dual-direction chemical delivery system for ALD/CVD chambers377US 9,353,440 B2APPLIED Materials.Inc. · 2016
- Film forming apparatus, gas supply device and film forming method370US 9,644,266 B2Tokyo Electron Limited · 2017
- Dual-direction chemical delivery system for ALD/CVD chambers367US 10,400,335 B2APPLIED Materials.Inc. · 2019
- Dual-direction chemical delivery system for ALD/CVD chambers367US 9,765,432 B2APPLIED Materials.Inc. · 2017
- Water line decontamination system167US 5,526,841 A1996