IPC Main Group
B05B 1/00 Nozzles, spray heads or other outlets, with or without auxiliary devices such as valves, heating means
Introduced: September 1968
Last revised: January 2006
Classification Context
- Section:
- PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- Class:
- SPRAYING OR ATOMISING IN GENERAL; APPLYING FLUENT MATERIALS TO SURFACES, IN GENERAL
- Subclass:
- SPRAYING APPARATUS; ATOMISING APPARATUS; NOZZLES
Filing statistics
IPC B05B 1/00 belongs to the parent subclass B05B, which recorded 254,925 patent applications worldwide between 2013 and 2023. Annual filings grew from 10,116 in 2013 to 36,135 in 2023 (+257%). The most active applicants in class B05 are DUERR SYSTEMS (1,073 applications), 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY (MINNESOTA MINING AND MANUFACTURING INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY) (941 applications) and TOKYO ELECTRON (825 applications).
Source: EPO PATSTAT, worldwide filings
Related Keywords
nozzles for disseminating GAS(ES) in generalNOZZLESOUTLETS for gas, liquid or other fluent material, in generalSPRAY producers; SPRAY nozzles
10 direct subcodes
Child Classifications
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- B05B 1/02 designed to produce a jet, spray, or other discharge of particular shape or nature, e.g. in single drops
- B05B 1/12 capable of producing different kinds of discharge, e.g. either jet or spray
- B05B 1/14 with multiple outlet openings; with strainers in or outside the outlet opening
- B05B 1/22 Spouts
- B05B 1/24 incorporating means for heating the liquid or other fluent material, e.g. electrically
- B05B 1/26 with means for mechanically breaking-up or deflecting the jet after discharge, e.g. with fixed deflectors; Breaking-up the discharged liquid or other fluent material by impinging jets
- B05B 1/28 with integral means for shielding the discharged liquid or other fluent material, e.g. to limit area of spray; with integral means for catching drips or collecting surplus liquid or other fluent material
- B05B 1/3 designed to control volume of flow, e.g. with adjustable passages
- B05B 1/34 designed to influence the nature of flow of the liquid or other fluent material, e.g. to produce swirl
- B05B 1/36 Outlets for discharging by overflow
Top Applicants
Top 10 applicants by patent filingsfor class B05, 2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT
- DUERR SYSTEMS DE 1,073
- 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY (MINNESOTA MINING AND MANUFACTURING INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY) US 941
- TOKYO ELECTRON JP 825
- YOSHINO KOGYOSHO COMPANY 780
- APTAR FRANCE FR 723
- NORDSON CORPORATION US 704
- LG ENERGY SOLUTION KR 606
- GRACO MINNESOTA US 604
- SCREEN HOLDINGS JP 592
- BOEING COMPANY US 516