B29C 55/02
Shaping by stretching: of plates or sheets
Official title: of plates or sheets
B29C55/02 (Shaping by stretching: of plates or sheets) appears on 2,660 US grants and 2,698 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B29C- Granted patents
- 2,660
- Published applications
- 2,698
- Assignees
- 889
- Inventors
- 5,225
- Latest grant
- 15 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1976 | 16 | 0 |
| 1977 | 17 | 0 |
| 1978 | 19 | 0 |
| 1979 | 13 | 0 |
| 1980 | 17 | 0 |
| 1981 | 22 | 0 |
| 1982 | 14 | 0 |
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| 1997 | 70 | 0 |
| 1998 | 90 | 0 |
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| 2000 | 47 | 0 |
| 2001 | 52 | 16 |
| 2002 | 47 | 68 |
| 2003 | 48 | 84 |
| 2004 | 58 | 89 |
| 2005 | 40 | 78 |
| 2006 | 52 | 90 |
| 2007 | 30 | 76 |
| 2008 | 30 | 92 |
| 2009 | 24 | 148 |
| 2010 | 51 | 111 |
| 2011 | 58 | 130 |
| 2012 | 75 | 127 |
| 2013 | 72 | 120 |
| 2014 | 87 | 114 |
| 2015 | 93 | 122 |
| 2016 | 108 | 140 |
| 2017 | 99 | 136 |
| 2018 | 90 | 121 |
| 2019 | 89 | 108 |
| 2020 | 102 | 103 |
| 2021 | 84 | 138 |
| 2022 | 76 | 128 |
| 2023 | 96 | 115 |
| 2024 | 103 | 95 |
| 2025 | 89 | 89 |
| 2026 | 43 | 60 |
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
- 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.
- Multilayer film having excellent recoverability25 Aug 2026US 12,715,195 B2Kuraray Co., Ltd.
- 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.
- Link mechanism, link device, and stretching machine17 Sep 2026US 2026/0273837 A1The Japan Steel Works, Ltd.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Process for producing porous products1,316US 3,953,566 AW. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. · 1976
- Absorbent article with dynamic elastic waist feature having a predisposed resilient flexural hinge1,158US 5,151,092 AThe Procter & Gamble Company · 1992
- Optical film968US 5,882,774 AMinnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company · 1999
- Porous products and process therefor909US 4,187,390 AW. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. · 1980
- Web materials exhibiting elastic-like behavior816US 5,518,801 AThe Procter & Gamble Company · 1996