B29C 48/18
The components being layers
Official title: the components being layers
B29C48/18 (The components being layers) appears on 3,770 US grants and 4,140 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B29C- Granted patents
- 3,770
- Published applications
- 4,140
- Assignees
- 1,988
- Inventors
- 8,235
- Latest grant
- 29 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1976 | 36 | 0 |
| 1977 | 24 | 0 |
| 1978 | 33 | 0 |
| 1979 | 19 | 0 |
| 1980 | 31 | 0 |
| 1981 | 41 | 0 |
| 1982 | 27 | 0 |
| 1983 | 38 | 0 |
| 1984 | 45 | 0 |
| 1985 | 52 | 0 |
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| 1987 | 54 | 0 |
| 1988 | 67 | 0 |
| 1989 | 65 | 0 |
| 1990 | 49 | 0 |
| 1991 | 55 | 0 |
| 1992 | 65 | 0 |
| 1993 | 48 | 0 |
| 1994 | 31 | 0 |
| 1995 | 57 | 0 |
| 1996 | 49 | 0 |
| 1997 | 47 | 0 |
| 1998 | 85 | 0 |
| 1999 | 55 | 0 |
| 2000 | 55 | 0 |
| 2001 | 79 | 40 |
| 2002 | 55 | 100 |
| 2003 | 77 | 118 |
| 2004 | 76 | 122 |
| 2005 | 51 | 111 |
| 2006 | 66 | 109 |
| 2007 | 39 | 107 |
| 2008 | 37 | 125 |
| 2009 | 40 | 138 |
| 2010 | 61 | 156 |
| 2011 | 74 | 148 |
| 2012 | 71 | 148 |
| 2013 | 80 | 152 |
| 2014 | 100 | 211 |
| 2015 | 113 | 195 |
| 2016 | 104 | 218 |
| 2017 | 152 | 259 |
| 2018 | 162 | 210 |
| 2019 | 184 | 219 |
| 2020 | 187 | 194 |
| 2021 | 139 | 200 |
| 2022 | 134 | 199 |
| 2023 | 142 | 185 |
| 2024 | 159 | 191 |
| 2025 | 133 | 176 |
| 2026 | 85 | 109 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- B29C 48/21The layers being joined at their surfaces3,061
- B29C 48/19The layers being joined at their edges480
- B29C 48/185Comprising six or more components, i.e. each component being counted once for195
- B29C 48/22With means connecting the layers184
- B29C 48/20One of the layers being a strip151
- B29C 48/23With means for avoiding adhesion of the layers61
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