B29C 53/36
Bending and joining
Official title: Bending and joining, e.g. for making hollow articles (B29C53/56 takes precedence)
B29C53/36 (Bending and joining) appears on 982 US grants and 745 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B29C- Granted patents
- 982
- Published applications
- 745
- Assignees
- 591
- Inventors
- 1,638
- Latest grant
- 8 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 21 | 0 |
| 1977 | 27 | 0 |
| 1978 | 26 | 0 |
| 1979 | 7 | 0 |
| 1980 | 13 | 0 |
| 1981 | 20 | 0 |
| 1982 | 11 | 0 |
| 1983 | 14 | 0 |
| 1984 | 13 | 0 |
| 1985 | 13 | 0 |
| 1986 | 11 | 0 |
| 1987 | 19 | 0 |
| 1988 | 17 | 0 |
| 1989 | 19 | 0 |
| 1990 | 17 | 0 |
| 1991 | 10 | 0 |
| 1992 | 10 | 0 |
| 1993 | 10 | 0 |
| 1994 | 19 | 0 |
| 1995 | 16 | 0 |
| 1996 | 10 | 0 |
| 1997 | 21 | 0 |
| 1998 | 34 | 0 |
| 1999 | 22 | 0 |
| 2000 | 23 | 0 |
| 2001 | 26 | 11 |
| 2002 | 16 | 24 |
| 2003 | 34 | 31 |
| 2004 | 17 | 35 |
| 2005 | 16 | 25 |
| 2006 | 24 | 30 |
| 2007 | 9 | 39 |
| 2008 | 17 | 37 |
| 2009 | 11 | 32 |
| 2010 | 16 | 46 |
| 2011 | 24 | 43 |
| 2012 | 27 | 37 |
| 2013 | 24 | 23 |
| 2014 | 28 | 37 |
| 2015 | 27 | 33 |
| 2016 | 30 | 23 |
| 2017 | 28 | 24 |
| 2018 | 19 | 21 |
| 2019 | 25 | 33 |
| 2020 | 25 | 34 |
| 2021 | 24 | 22 |
| 2022 | 24 | 27 |
| 2023 | 22 | 21 |
| 2024 | 17 | 25 |
| 2025 | 18 | 24 |
| 2026 | 11 | 8 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Apparatuses, methods, and systems for reconfigurable three-dimensional mesostructures8 Sep 2026US 12,727,807 B2The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
- Fabrication of three-dimensional kirigami structures with tunable properties18 Aug 2026US 12,709,080 B2Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Sleeve for medical device assembly7 Jul 2026US 12,673,142 B2W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.
- Method of manufacturing a bent composite putter shaft2 Jun 2026US 12,643,281 B1Callaway Golf Company
- Composite material panel structural body and method of manufacturing same21 Apr 2026US 12,606,682 B2Kawasaki Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
- Flexible web-type composite material and bags made from same1 Oct 2026US 2026/0295987 A1Starlinger & Co Gesellschaft M.B.H.
- A method for quality control of packages produced in a roll-fed packaging machine16 Jul 2026US 2026/0200620 A1Tetra Laval Holdings & Finance S. A.
- A computer implemented method for quality control of packages produced in a roll-fed packaging machine using machine learning16 Jul 2026US 2026/0202835 A1Tetra Laval Holdings & Finance S. A.
- Method for producing a vane made from composite material2 Jul 2026US 2026/0184027 A1Safran
- Extruded door frame subassembly, methods, and systems for producing the same25 Jun 2026US 2026/0175510 A1Manufacturing Resources International, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Stent-graft assembly with thin-walled graft component and method of manufacture302US 6,488,701 B1Medtronic AVE, Inc. · 2002
- Thin-wall polytetrafluoroethylene tube232US 6,027,779 AW. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. · 2000
- Reclosable bag, material, and method of and means for making same223US 4,617,683 AMinigrip, Inc. · 1986
- Method of lining a pipe194US 4,009,063 AInsituform (Pipes & Structures) Ltd. · 1977
- Method of and means for making reclosable bags and method therefor182US 4,655,862 AMinigrip, Inc. · 1987