B29C 65/78
Means for handling the parts to be joined
Official title: Means for handling the parts to be joined, e.g. for making containers or hollow articles {, e.g. means for handling sheets, plates, web-like materials, tubular articles, hollow articles or elements to be joined therewith; Means for discharging the joined articles from the joining apparatus}
B29C65/78 (Means for handling the parts to be joined) appears on 3,796 US grants and 3,037 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B29C- Granted patents
- 3,796
- Published applications
- 3,037
- Assignees
- 1,900
- Inventors
- 6,884
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 50 | 0 |
| 1977 | 40 | 0 |
| 1978 | 42 | 0 |
| 1979 | 28 | 0 |
| 1980 | 28 | 0 |
| 1981 | 52 | 0 |
| 1982 | 43 | 0 |
| 1983 | 33 | 0 |
| 1984 | 33 | 0 |
| 1985 | 57 | 0 |
| 1986 | 41 | 0 |
| 1987 | 41 | 0 |
| 1988 | 66 | 0 |
| 1989 | 65 | 0 |
| 1990 | 65 | 0 |
| 1991 | 50 | 0 |
| 1992 | 46 | 0 |
| 1993 | 49 | 0 |
| 1994 | 55 | 0 |
| 1995 | 58 | 0 |
| 1996 | 65 | 0 |
| 1997 | 82 | 0 |
| 1998 | 101 | 0 |
| 1999 | 77 | 0 |
| 2000 | 94 | 0 |
| 2001 | 80 | 24 |
| 2002 | 71 | 70 |
| 2003 | 62 | 84 |
| 2004 | 77 | 99 |
| 2005 | 48 | 84 |
| 2006 | 61 | 120 |
| 2007 | 42 | 82 |
| 2008 | 49 | 86 |
| 2009 | 44 | 91 |
| 2010 | 56 | 98 |
| 2011 | 80 | 94 |
| 2012 | 72 | 94 |
| 2013 | 65 | 127 |
| 2014 | 100 | 139 |
| 2015 | 101 | 156 |
| 2016 | 128 | 161 |
| 2017 | 119 | 142 |
| 2018 | 115 | 206 |
| 2019 | 147 | 155 |
| 2020 | 160 | 191 |
| 2021 | 172 | 168 |
| 2022 | 157 | 159 |
| 2023 | 144 | 133 |
| 2024 | 114 | 129 |
| 2025 | 114 | 92 |
| 2026 | 57 | 53 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- B29C 65/7841Holding or clamping means for handling purposes1,864
- B29C 65/7858Characterised by the feeding movement of the parts to be joined1,296
- B29C 65/7802Positioning the parts to be joined1,243
- B29C 65/7855Provisory fixing115
- B29C 65/7897Means for discharging the joined articles from the joining apparatus76
- B29C 65/80Rotatable transfer means for loading or unloading purposes, i.e. turret transfer means44
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Most cited
By later US patents
- Position feedback system and method for use thereof1,075US 6,625,517 B12003
- Elasticized disposable training pant and method of making the same809US 5,246,433 AThe Procter & Gamble Company · 1993
- Process for the permanent joining of stretchable threadlike or small ribbonlike elastic elements to a flat substrate, as well as use thereof for producing frilled sections of film or foil strip534US 4,842,666 AH. B. Fuller Company · 1989
- Method for assembling a package for sutures359US 6,915,623 B2Ethicon, Inc. · 2005
- Method of manufacturing microfluidic devices328US 5,882,465 ACaliper Technologies Corp. · 1999