B29C 55/00
Shaping by stretching
Official title: Shaping by stretching, e.g. drawing through a die; Apparatus therefor (B29C61/08 takes precedence)
B29C55/00 (Shaping by stretching) appears on 3,919 US grants and 3,541 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B29C- Granted patents
- 3,919
- Published applications
- 3,541
- Assignees
- 1,311
- Inventors
- 7,316
- Latest grant
- 15 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 27 | 0 |
| 1977 | 24 | 0 |
| 1978 | 27 | 0 |
| 1979 | 20 | 0 |
| 1980 | 32 | 0 |
| 1981 | 36 | 0 |
| 1982 | 21 | 0 |
| 1983 | 29 | 0 |
| 1984 | 45 | 0 |
| 1985 | 42 | 0 |
| 1986 | 47 | 0 |
| 1987 | 53 | 0 |
| 1988 | 37 | 0 |
| 1989 | 78 | 0 |
| 1990 | 88 | 0 |
| 1991 | 86 | 0 |
| 1992 | 81 | 0 |
| 1993 | 86 | 0 |
| 1994 | 78 | 0 |
| 1995 | 83 | 0 |
| 1996 | 86 | 0 |
| 1997 | 102 | 0 |
| 1998 | 126 | 0 |
| 1999 | 82 | 0 |
| 2000 | 81 | 0 |
| 2001 | 91 | 25 |
| 2002 | 69 | 92 |
| 2003 | 80 | 119 |
| 2004 | 74 | 116 |
| 2005 | 53 | 104 |
| 2006 | 61 | 124 |
| 2007 | 43 | 113 |
| 2008 | 41 | 126 |
| 2009 | 34 | 191 |
| 2010 | 73 | 154 |
| 2011 | 80 | 157 |
| 2012 | 97 | 167 |
| 2013 | 98 | 158 |
| 2014 | 119 | 173 |
| 2015 | 126 | 165 |
| 2016 | 139 | 198 |
| 2017 | 131 | 174 |
| 2018 | 125 | 151 |
| 2019 | 123 | 140 |
| 2020 | 127 | 136 |
| 2021 | 128 | 164 |
| 2022 | 105 | 162 |
| 2023 | 117 | 133 |
| 2024 | 126 | 124 |
| 2025 | 104 | 102 |
| 2026 | 58 | 73 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Biaxially oriented film15 Sep 2026US 12,734,740 B2NOVA Chemicals (International) S.A.
- Method for manufacturing micro-wrinkle-structured cholesteric liquid crystal film, micro-wrinkle-structured cholesteric liquid crystal film manufactured thereby, and photonic crystal reflective film including same15 Sep 2026US 12,736,847 B2Industrial Cooperation Foundation Jeonbuk National University
- High performance cooling element8 Sep 2026US 12,728,580 B2Addex, Inc.
- Link mechanism for resin-film stretch apparatus, resin-film stretch apparatus, and method of manufacturing resin film8 Sep 2026US 12,728,585 B2The Japan Steel Works, Ltd.
- Polyethylene composition for biaxial orientation1 Sep 2026US 12,723,148 B2NOVA Chemicals (International) S.A.
- Elastic laminates and methods for assembling elastic laminates for absorbent articles8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306306 A1The Procter & Gamble Company
- Biaxially oriented film8 Oct 2026US 2026/0307318 A1NOVA Chemicals (International) S.A.
- Stretching Device and Method for Uniaxially Stretching a Film Web in the Transport Direction Thereof1 Oct 2026US 2026/0295924 A1
- Link mechanism and drawing machine24 Sep 2026US 2026/0284958 A1The Japan Steel Works, Ltd.
- Curved roller process for pre-stretched film17 Sep 2026US 2026/0273836 A1Tesla, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Process for producing porous products1,316US 3,953,566 AW. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. · 1976
- Implantable layers comprising a pressed region1,175US 9,693,777 B2Ethicon, Inc. · 2017
- Implantable layer assemblies1,173US 9,757,124 B2Ethicon, Inc. · 2017
- Implantable layers and methods for altering implantable layers for use with surgical fastening instruments1,172US 9,839,422 B2Ethicon, Inc. · 2017
- Implantable layers and methods for modifying the shape of the implantable layers for use with a surgical fastening instrument1,167US 9,839,423 B2Ethicon, Inc. · 2017