A24C 5/60
Final treatment of cigarettes
Official title: Final treatment of cigarettes, e.g. marking, printing, branding, decorating
A24C5/60 (Final treatment of cigarettes) appears on 137 US grants and 118 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A24C- Granted patents
- 137
- Published applications
- 118
- Assignees
- 44
- Inventors
- 303
- Latest grant
- 14 Jul 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1978 | 2 | 0 |
| 1979 | 2 | 0 |
| 1980 | 9 | 0 |
| 1981 | 5 | 0 |
| 1982 | 3 | 0 |
| 1983 | 3 | 0 |
| 1984 | 0 | 0 |
| 1985 | 3 | 0 |
| 1986 | 4 | 0 |
| 1987 | 4 | 0 |
| 1988 | 5 | 0 |
| 1989 | 6 | 0 |
| 1990 | 3 | 0 |
| 1991 | 4 | 0 |
| 1992 | 3 | 0 |
| 1993 | 8 | 0 |
| 1994 | 1 | 0 |
| 1995 | 0 | 0 |
| 1996 | 2 | 0 |
| 1997 | 4 | 0 |
| 1998 | 3 | 0 |
| 1999 | 0 | 0 |
| 2000 | 2 | 0 |
| 2001 | 2 | 1 |
| 2002 | 1 | 5 |
| 2003 | 2 | 3 |
| 2004 | 5 | 3 |
| 2005 | 1 | 6 |
| 2006 | 1 | 3 |
| 2007 | 2 | 3 |
| 2008 | 3 | 5 |
| 2009 | 1 | 5 |
| 2010 | 2 | 4 |
| 2011 | 2 | 0 |
| 2012 | 5 | 4 |
| 2013 | 1 | 5 |
| 2014 | 2 | 5 |
| 2015 | 3 | 3 |
| 2016 | 3 | 4 |
| 2017 | 3 | 3 |
| 2018 | 1 | 3 |
| 2019 | 1 | 2 |
| 2020 | 1 | 4 |
| 2021 | 0 | 6 |
| 2022 | 2 | 6 |
| 2023 | 4 | 10 |
| 2024 | 7 | 14 |
| 2025 | 3 | 7 |
| 2026 | 3 | 4 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Fluid chamber mold and method of use14 Jul 2026US 12,677,865 B1
- Pre-roll filling system10 Mar 2026US 12,569,003 B2Clear IP Corporation
- Smoking article10 Feb 2026US 12,543,778 B2Altria Client Services LLC
- Automated deposition of highly viscous fluids into thin-walled cylinders17 Jun 2025US 12,329,192 B2Sorting Robotics Inc.
- Smoking article from which sound is generated1 Apr 2025US 12,262,733 B2Kt&G Corporation
- An applicator device8 Oct 2026US 2026/0305729 A1Lokman SàRl
- Heated tobacco system, device and consumable24 Sep 2026US 2026/0283225 A1Imperial Tobacco Limited
- Smoking article25 Jun 2026US 2026/0174119 A1Altria Client Services LLC
- Pre-roll filling system4 Jun 2026US 2026/0150879 A1Clear IP Corporation
- System and method for closing and extracting pre-rolled cones18 Sep 2025US 2025/0287989 A1
Most cited
By later US patents
- Electrical smoking system and method446US 6,688,313 B2Philip Morris Incorporated · 2004
- Apparatus for increasing the permeability of wrapping material for rod-shaped smokers products127US 4,281,670 AHauni-Werke Korber & Co. KG · 1981
- Menthol cigarette99US 8,157,918 B2Philip Morris USA Inc. · 2012
- Equipment and methods for manufacturing cigarettes83US 7,296,578 B2R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company · 2007
- Smoking rod wrapper78US 4,236,532 AGallaher Limited · 1980