B29C 51/002
Shaping by thermoforming , i.e. shaping sheets or sheet like preforms after
Official title: {characterised by the choice of material}
B29C51/002 (Shaping by thermoforming , i.e. shaping sheets or sheet like preforms after) appears on 646 US grants and 756 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B29C- Granted patents
- 646
- Published applications
- 756
- Assignees
- 490
- Inventors
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- Latest grant
- 29 Sep 2026
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| 2025 | 29 | 46 |
| 2026 | 21 | 26 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Container for package29 Sep 2026US 12,747,087 B2Berry Global, Inc.
- System and method of manufacturing fiber based articles with steam molding8 Sep 2026US 12,728,583 B2Persico S.P.A.
- Polyester resin closures for containers1 Sep 2026US 12,722,351 B2Origin Materials Operating, Inc.
- Textiles and articles, and processes for making the same25 Aug 2026US 12,716,151 B2NIKE, Inc.
- Textiles and articles, and processes for making the same11 Aug 2026US 12,703,934 B2NIKE, Inc.
- Patient Interface Assembly with Thermoformable Seal17 Sep 2026US 2026/0273215 A1Medlands Consulting Limited
- Tool for manufacturing a cushion in the thermoforming process17 Sep 2026US 2026/0273833 A1Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
- Methods of thermoforming cellulose ester foamed articles6 Aug 2026US 2026/0226245 A1Eastman Chemical Company
- Biodegradable resin composition and biodegradable article comprising same23 Jul 2026US 2026/0209508 A1Cj Cheiljedang Corporation
- Preheating and thermoforming polysulfone film into dental aligners16 Jul 2026US 2026/0199061 A1Bixby International Corporation
Most cited
By later US patents
- Systems and methods for varying elastic modulus appliances183US 6,454,565 B2Align Technology, Inc. · 2002
- Thermoplastic three-dimensional fiber network181US 5,731,062 AHoechst Celanese Corporation · 1998
- Sheets having a highly inorganically filled organic polymer matrix172US 5,508,072 AE. Khashoggi Industries · 1996
- Articles of manufacture fashioned from sheets having a highly inorganically filled organic polymer matrix171US 5,506,046 AE. Khashoggi Industries · 1996
- Starch-based compositions having uniformly dispersed fibers used to manufacture high strength articles having a fiber-reinforced, starch-bound cellular matrix165US 5,679,145 AE. Khashoggi Industries · 1997