A24C 5/32
Separating, ordering, counting or examining cigarettes
Official title: Separating, ordering, counting or examining cigarettes (in relation to packaging B65B19/00); Regulating the feeding of tobacco according to rod or cigarette condition
A24C5/32 (Separating, ordering, counting or examining cigarettes) appears on 756 US grants and 438 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A24C- Granted patents
- 756
- Published applications
- 438
- Assignees
- 154
- Inventors
- 1,162
- Latest grant
- 4 Aug 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1976 | 23 | 0 |
| 1977 | 24 | 0 |
| 1978 | 11 | 0 |
| 1979 | 11 | 0 |
| 1980 | 25 | 0 |
| 1981 | 29 | 0 |
| 1982 | 13 | 0 |
| 1983 | 15 | 0 |
| 1984 | 16 | 0 |
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| 1989 | 29 | 0 |
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| 1992 | 16 | 0 |
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| 1997 | 16 | 0 |
| 1998 | 7 | 0 |
| 1999 | 3 | 0 |
| 2000 | 12 | 0 |
| 2001 | 10 | 3 |
| 2002 | 16 | 8 |
| 2003 | 8 | 9 |
| 2004 | 10 | 26 |
| 2005 | 4 | 20 |
| 2006 | 13 | 18 |
| 2007 | 12 | 15 |
| 2008 | 3 | 12 |
| 2009 | 7 | 4 |
| 2010 | 7 | 7 |
| 2011 | 6 | 4 |
| 2012 | 3 | 4 |
| 2013 | 5 | 12 |
| 2014 | 3 | 11 |
| 2015 | 11 | 12 |
| 2016 | 7 | 16 |
| 2017 | 13 | 17 |
| 2018 | 12 | 24 |
| 2019 | 17 | 30 |
| 2020 | 18 | 36 |
| 2021 | 22 | 28 |
| 2022 | 36 | 27 |
| 2023 | 26 | 32 |
| 2024 | 24 | 31 |
| 2025 | 15 | 17 |
| 2026 | 9 | 15 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Method for checking an aerosol-generating article for manufacturing defects4 Aug 2026US 12,696,924 B2Philip Morris Products S. A.
- Cutting and arranging rods for tobacco industry products21 Jul 2026US 12,685,333 B2British American Tobacco (Investments) Limited
- Arrangement for transversely axially conveying of rod-shaped articles of the tobacco processing industry14 Jul 2026US 12,677,866 B2KöRber Technologies GmbH
- Adaptor devices for use in emissions testing of smoking or vaping products and methods of use7 Jul 2026US 12,672,669 B2Ohio State Innovation Foundation
- System and method for applying a label for the automated production of e-vapor devices7 Jul 2026US 12,673,797 B2Altria Client Services LLC
- Variable-capacity store24 Sep 2026US 2026/0283223 A1G. D S.p.A.
- Positioning of segments for aerosol-generating articles with a positioning wheel having adjustable receiving positions27 Aug 2026US 2026/0248171 A1Philip Morris Products S. A.
- Apparatus, components thereof and method for handling rods of aerosol-generating material13 Aug 2026US 2026/0232010 A1Nicoventures Trading Limited
- Apparatus, member and method for transferring products and method for setting up the apparatus13 Aug 2026US 2026/0233942 A1I,M.A. Industria Macchine Automatiche S.p.A.
- Apparatus, components thereof and method for handling rods of aerosol-generating material30 Jul 2026US 2026/0215485 A1Nicoventures Trading Limited
Most cited
By later US patents
- System and method for optically inspecting cigarettes by detecting the lengths of cigarette sections121US 6,075,882 APhilip Morris Incorporated · 2000
- Method of and apparatus for treating accumulations of fibers of tobacco or other smokable material97US 4,878,506 AKorber AG · 1989
- Method and apparatus for pinpointing the causes of malfunction of machines for the manufacture and/or processing of cigarettes or the like87US 4,280,187 AHauni-Werke Korber & Co. KG · 1981
- Control process and apparatus for the production of cigarette filters82US 5,116,298 AIntertaba, S.p.A. · 1992
- Method and apparatus for detecting foreign matter within a layer of tabacco82US 5,476,108 AR. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company · 1995