A24C 5/02
Cigarette-filling machines
A24C5/02 (Cigarette-filling machines) appears on 112 US grants and 190 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A24C- Granted patents
- 112
- Published applications
- 190
- Assignees
- 75
- Inventors
- 252
- Latest grant
- 14 Jul 2026
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| 2010 | 2 | 0 |
| 2011 | 1 | 6 |
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| 2013 | 0 | 8 |
| 2014 | 1 | 5 |
| 2015 | 3 | 5 |
| 2016 | 5 | 8 |
| 2017 | 2 | 3 |
| 2018 | 6 | 7 |
| 2019 | 8 | 13 |
| 2020 | 3 | 16 |
| 2021 | 8 | 19 |
| 2022 | 19 | 20 |
| 2023 | 14 | 14 |
| 2024 | 16 | 21 |
| 2025 | 10 | 17 |
| 2026 | 6 | 11 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Keyhole fill plate for vertical multi-tamping cigarette herb filling system and method14 Jul 2026US 12,677,864 B2
- Fluid chamber mold and method of use14 Jul 2026US 12,677,865 B1
- Apparatus and method for filling smoking cones23 Jun 2026US 12,660,845 B2
- Refrigeration system for a cannabis product manufacturing machine and cannabis product manufacturing machine therewith26 May 2026US 12,638,228 B2Le Groupe Solid Packaging Robotik Inc.
- Tray loading and unloading system14 Apr 2026US 12,599,165 B2
- Apparatus and method for manufacturing inhaler articles13 Aug 2026US 2026/0232011 A1Philip Morris Products S. A.
- Pre-roll loading system and cartridge with pushing device30 Jul 2026US 2026/0215483 A1
- Cone filling and compaction machine11 Jun 2026US 2026/0157421 A1
- Pre-roll filling system4 Jun 2026US 2026/0150879 A1Clear IP Corporation
- Automated paper tube filling machine for resinous plant material with adaptive fill control system4 Jun 2026US 2026/0152304 A1
Most cited
By later US patents
- Apparatus for filling cigarette papers with tobacco66US 4,572,216 AHarting Elektronik GmbH · 1986
- Apparatus and methods for manufacturing cigarettes29US 7,565,818 B2R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company · 2009
- Organic material grinder and cigarette filler23US 9,427,020 B22016
- Method and apparatus for loading finished cigarettes into package17US 7,325,382 B2R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company · 2008
- Bead feeding method and bead feeding unit12US 8,925,708 B2INTERNATIONAL TOBACCO MACHINERY POLAND Sp.z.o.o. · 2015