B29C 43/021
Characterised by the shape of the surface
Official title: {characterised by the shape of the surface}
B29C43/021 (Characterised by the shape of the surface) appears on 1,259 US grants and 1,426 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B29C- Granted patents
- 1,259
- Published applications
- 1,426
- Assignees
- 772
- Inventors
- 2,933
- Latest grant
- 15 Sep 2026
Filings by year
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| 2023 | 37 | 29 |
| 2024 | 26 | 36 |
| 2025 | 25 | 32 |
| 2026 | 22 | 15 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Plastic composite material molded structure15 Sep 2026US 12,734,734 B2Hyundai Motor Company
- Imprinting apparatus15 Sep 2026US 12,736,872 B2Koninklijke Philips N. V.
- Rotatable mold apparatus8 Sep 2026US 12,728,584 B2Hyundai Mobis Co., Ltd.
- Urinal screens1 Sep 2026US 12,723,393 B2Fresh Products, Inc.
- Core-shell microneedle platform for transdermal and pulsatile drug/vaccine delivery and method of manufacturing the same18 Aug 2026US 12,708,750 B2University of Connecticut
- Method for manufacturing a graphene-based thermal interface pad17 Sep 2026US 2026/0273807 A1
- Method for producing a hybrid component, and pressing tool for producing a hybrid component13 Aug 2026US 2026/0233484 A1Kautex Textron GmbH & Co. KG
- Imprint method2 Jul 2026US 2026/0186404 A1United Microelectronics Corp.
- Composite material, working stamp, and preparation method thereof28 May 2026US 2026/0146141 A1General Interface Solution Limited
- Seat14 May 2026US 2026/0131707 A1Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
Most cited
By later US patents
- Wafer planarization using a uniform layer of material and method and apparatus for forming uniform layer of material used in semiconductor processing544US 6,410,459 B1Micron Technology, Inc. · 2002
- Method of forming articles including waveguides via capillary micromolding and microtransfer molding512US 6,355,198 B1President and Fellows of Harvard College · 2002
- Step and flash imprint lithography459US 6,334,960 B12002
- Web of blended microfibers and crimped bulking fibers445US 4,118,531 AMinnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company · 1978
- Method for forming optical lenses363US 4,197,266 ABausch & Lomb Incorporated · 1980