A24C 5/606
Perforating cigarettes
Official title: {Perforating cigarettes}
A24C5/606 (Perforating cigarettes) appears on 65 US grants and 21 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A24C- Granted patents
- 65
- Published applications
- 21
- Assignees
- 14
- Inventors
- 109
- Latest grant
- 10 Feb 2026
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| 1978 | 2 | 0 |
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| 1980 | 7 | 0 |
| 1981 | 5 | 0 |
| 1982 | 3 | 0 |
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| 2002 | 1 | 3 |
| 2003 | 2 | 3 |
| 2004 | 4 | 2 |
| 2005 | 1 | 2 |
| 2006 | 0 | 0 |
| 2007 | 1 | 2 |
| 2008 | 0 | 0 |
| 2009 | 0 | 1 |
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| 2012 | 0 | 0 |
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| 2014 | 0 | 1 |
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| 2019 | 0 | 1 |
| 2020 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 0 | 2 |
| 2023 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026 | 1 | 1 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Smoking article10 Feb 2026US 12,543,778 B2Altria Client Services LLC
- Machine for the tobacco processing industry, in particular, a filter tipping machine17 Sep 2024US 12,089,627 B2KöRber Technologies GmbH
- Cigar flavoring method17 Oct 2017US 9,788,569 B2
- Cigarillo splitter18 Oct 2016US 9,468,232 B2
- Method of and apparatus for changing the permeability of tubular envelopes of rod-shaped articles of the tobacco processing industry9 Oct 2007US 7,279,656 B2Hauni Maschinenbau AG
- Smoking article25 Jun 2026US 2026/0174119 A1Altria Client Services LLC
- Automated deposition of highly viscous fluids into thin-walled cylinders26 Sep 2024US 2024/0315314 A1Sorting Robotics Inc.
- Improved smoking article16 Jun 2022US 2022/0183348 A1Altria Client Services LLC
- Perforating drum device and perforation device3 Feb 2022US 2022/0030931 A1Japan Tobacco Inc.
- Machine for the tobacco processing industry, in particular, a filter tipping machine9 May 2019US 2019/0133179 A1Hauni Maschinenbau AG
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
- Apparatus for increasing the permeability of wrapping material for rod-shaped smokers products62US 4,121,595 AHauni-Werke Korber & Co. KG · 1978
- Apparatus for perforating cigarette paper or the like30US 4,265,254 AHauni-Werke Korber & Co. KG · 1981
- Method and apparatus for regulating the permeability of wrapping material for rod-shaped smokers' products29US 4,193,409 AHauni-Werke Korber & Co. KG · 1980