B29C 51/02
Combined thermoforming and manufacture of the preform
B29C51/02 (Combined thermoforming and manufacture of the preform) appears on 403 US grants and 517 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B29C- Granted patents
- 403
- Published applications
- 517
- Assignees
- 325
- Inventors
- 1,159
- Latest grant
- 29 Sep 2026
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| 2026 | 11 | 11 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Container for package29 Sep 2026US 12,747,087 B2Berry Global, 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.
- Knit textiles and uppers, and processes for making the same14 Jul 2026US 12,680,204 B2NIKE, Inc.
- Dental appliances from multilayer films having discrete structures covered by an ion permeable release layer7 Jul 2026US 12,672,939 B2Solventum Intellectual Properties Company
- Secondary Battery Manufacturing Method and Device20 Aug 2026US 2026/0245942 A1LG Energy Solution, Ltd.
- Preform, method for producing resin container, and device for producing resin container6 Aug 2026US 2026/0225302 A1Nissei Asb Machine Co., Ltd.
- Methods of thermoforming cellulose ester foamed articles6 Aug 2026US 2026/0226245 A1Eastman Chemical Company
- Preheating and thermoforming polysulfone film into dental aligners16 Jul 2026US 2026/0199061 A1Bixby International Corporation
- Tool For Manufacturing A Thermoformed Fiber Composite Component18 Jun 2026US 2026/0166804 A1Premium Aerotec GmbH
Most cited
By later US patents
- Thermoformed apparatus having a communications device174US 6,943,678 B2Nextreme, LLC · 2005
- Method of forming a dental appliance116US 8,765,031 B2Align Technology, Inc. · 2014
- Method of making a golf ball with a multi-layer core75US 7,153,467 B2Acushnet Company · 2006
- RF-enabled pallet72US 7,342,496 B2Nextreme, LLC · 2008
- Thermoformable laminate material with registered print and method of making the same62US 5,366,791 AParamount Packaging Corporation · 1994