B29C 48/08
Flexible
Official title: flexible, e.g. films
B29C48/08 (Flexible) appears on 4,881 US grants and 4,703 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B29C- Granted patents
- 4,881
- Published applications
- 4,703
- Assignees
- 2,248
- Inventors
- 10,844
- Latest grant
- 29 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 84 | 0 |
| 1977 | 63 | 0 |
| 1978 | 89 | 0 |
| 1979 | 46 | 0 |
| 1980 | 54 | 0 |
| 1981 | 65 | 0 |
| 1982 | 58 | 0 |
| 1983 | 59 | 0 |
| 1984 | 58 | 0 |
| 1985 | 49 | 0 |
| 1986 | 61 | 0 |
| 1987 | 72 | 0 |
| 1988 | 85 | 0 |
| 1989 | 103 | 0 |
| 1990 | 68 | 0 |
| 1991 | 81 | 0 |
| 1992 | 81 | 0 |
| 1993 | 88 | 0 |
| 1994 | 79 | 0 |
| 1995 | 81 | 0 |
| 1996 | 80 | 0 |
| 1997 | 106 | 0 |
| 1998 | 133 | 0 |
| 1999 | 107 | 0 |
| 2000 | 110 | 0 |
| 2001 | 121 | 47 |
| 2002 | 83 | 137 |
| 2003 | 100 | 163 |
| 2004 | 113 | 188 |
| 2005 | 71 | 178 |
| 2006 | 91 | 145 |
| 2007 | 61 | 144 |
| 2008 | 46 | 184 |
| 2009 | 62 | 245 |
| 2010 | 111 | 212 |
| 2011 | 103 | 236 |
| 2012 | 116 | 229 |
| 2013 | 108 | 215 |
| 2014 | 151 | 208 |
| 2015 | 145 | 172 |
| 2016 | 136 | 202 |
| 2017 | 142 | 201 |
| 2018 | 138 | 215 |
| 2019 | 150 | 165 |
| 2020 | 141 | 168 |
| 2021 | 129 | 201 |
| 2022 | 112 | 201 |
| 2023 | 131 | 175 |
| 2024 | 162 | 183 |
| 2025 | 131 | 162 |
| 2026 | 67 | 127 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Co-extruded sheet29 Sep 2026US 12,746,742 B2Maxell, Ltd.
- Method for manufacturing polyester film having laminated structure29 Sep 2026US 12,747,326 B2Nan Ya Plastics Corporation
- Biaxially oriented film15 Sep 2026US 12,734,740 B2NOVA Chemicals (International) S.A.
- Extrusion methods for manufacturing seaweed-based films and pellets15 Sep 2026US 12,734,741 B2Notpla Limited
- Full polyethylene blown film through double bubble process15 Sep 2026US 12,734,792 B2ExxonMobil Chemical Patents Inc.
- Product8 Oct 2026US 2026/0307316 A1Kuraray Co., Ltd.
- Biaxially oriented film8 Oct 2026US 2026/0307318 A1NOVA Chemicals (International) S.A.
- Method for producing a single- or multi-layered film, single- or multi-layered, extruded, simultaneously biaxially stretched and thermofixed film and corresponding uses8 Oct 2026US 2026/0307320 A1Kuhne Anlagenbau GmbH
- Recyclable multilayer films having a heco-based core layer8 Oct 2026US 2026/0307321 A1
- Polyester film, method for manufacturing polyester film, laminated metal sheet, method for manufacturing laminated metal sheet, and laminated metal container8 Oct 2026US 2026/0307364 A1Jfe Steel Corporation
Most cited
By later US patents
- Method for forming nonwoven webs1,405US 4,340,563 AKimberly-Clark Corporation · 1982
- Polyolefin-containing extrudable compositions and methods for their formation into elastomeric products including microfibers991US 4,663,220 AKimberly-Clark Corporation · 1987
- Multilayer polymeric film481US 5,006,394 AThe Procter & Gamble Company · 1991
- Membranes of polyurethane based materials including polyester polyols423US 6,013,340 ANIKE, Inc. · 2000
- Elastic laminated sheet of an incrementally stretched nonwoven fibrous web and elastomeric film and method342US 5,422,172 AClopay Plastic Products Company, Inc. · 1995