B29C 53/00
Shaping by bending, folding, twisting, straightening or flattening
Official title: Shaping by bending, folding, twisting, straightening or flattening; Apparatus therefor (B29C61/10 takes precedence)
B29C53/00 (Shaping by bending, folding, twisting, straightening or flattening) appears on 5,243 US grants and 3,756 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B29C- Granted patents
- 5,243
- Published applications
- 3,756
- Assignees
- 2,572
- Inventors
- 9,214
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1976 | 94 | 0 |
| 1977 | 78 | 0 |
| 1978 | 96 | 0 |
| 1979 | 65 | 0 |
| 1980 | 75 | 0 |
| 1981 | 90 | 0 |
| 1982 | 76 | 0 |
| 1983 | 79 | 0 |
| 1984 | 73 | 0 |
| 1985 | 79 | 0 |
| 1986 | 79 | 0 |
| 1987 | 93 | 0 |
| 1988 | 105 | 0 |
| 1989 | 106 | 0 |
| 1990 | 93 | 0 |
| 1991 | 88 | 0 |
| 1992 | 122 | 0 |
| 1993 | 103 | 0 |
| 1994 | 116 | 0 |
| 1995 | 114 | 0 |
| 1996 | 105 | 0 |
| 1997 | 119 | 0 |
| 1998 | 142 | 0 |
| 1999 | 106 | 0 |
| 2000 | 116 | 0 |
| 2001 | 111 | 34 |
| 2002 | 82 | 111 |
| 2003 | 113 | 104 |
| 2004 | 67 | 117 |
| 2005 | 64 | 118 |
| 2006 | 74 | 96 |
| 2007 | 44 | 116 |
| 2008 | 52 | 137 |
| 2009 | 42 | 134 |
| 2010 | 78 | 168 |
| 2011 | 80 | 168 |
| 2012 | 111 | 152 |
| 2013 | 96 | 170 |
| 2014 | 126 | 188 |
| 2015 | 149 | 200 |
| 2016 | 140 | 182 |
| 2017 | 144 | 184 |
| 2018 | 148 | 179 |
| 2019 | 167 | 180 |
| 2020 | 171 | 213 |
| 2021 | 150 | 184 |
| 2022 | 179 | 174 |
| 2023 | 128 | 142 |
| 2024 | 141 | 139 |
| 2025 | 117 | 106 |
| 2026 | 57 | 60 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Processes for the production of an extruded web material from plastic, extruded web material and transport containers6 Oct 2026US 12,752,468 B2Gebr. Scheidt GmbH
- Apparatus and method for vinyl sheet heating and bending6 Oct 2026US 12,752,474 B2American Regal Remodeling LLC
- Apparatuses, methods, and systems for reconfigurable three-dimensional mesostructures8 Sep 2026US 12,727,807 B2The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
- Three-dimensional helical-artificial-fibrous-muscle structured tubular soft actuator, manufacturing method therefor and application thereof1 Sep 2026US 12,723,197 B2Westlake University
- Fabrication of three-dimensional kirigami structures with tunable properties18 Aug 2026US 12,709,080 B2Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Melt-out mandrel for composite structures8 Oct 2026US 2026/0307324 A1Kingdom First Holdings, Inc.
- Flexible web-type composite material and bags made from same1 Oct 2026US 2026/0295987 A1Starlinger & Co Gesellschaft M.B.H.
- Composite tape splicing10 Sep 2026US 2026/0264313 A1Baker Hughes Energy Technology UK Limited
- Method and apparatus for manufacturing display device10 Sep 2026US 2026/0264365 A1Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
- Golf club shaft, golf club, and method for manufacturing golf club shaft27 Aug 2026US 2026/0249144 A1Fujikura Composites Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Wind turbine and a shaft for a wind turbine1,094US 8,664,792 B2Envision Energy (Denmark) ApS · 2014
- Biphasic osteochondral scaffold for reconstruction of articular cartilage780US 9,180,223 B2The Trustees of the Stevens Institute of Technology · 2015
- Anatomically shaped vasoocclusive device and method of making the same551US 5,645,558 AMedical University of South Carolina · 1997
- Filter-catheter and method of manufacturing same541US 5,421,832 A1995
- Stented, radially expandable, tubular PTFE grafts345US 5,928,279 ABaxter International Inc. · 1999