B29C 66/84
Specific machine types or machines suitable for specific applications
Official title: {Specific machine types or machines suitable for specific applications}
B29C66/84 (Specific machine types or machines suitable for specific applications) appears on 3,632 US grants and 2,945 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B29C- Granted patents
- 3,632
- Published applications
- 2,945
- Assignees
- 1,776
- Inventors
- 6,243
- Latest grant
- 25 Aug 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 40 | 0 |
| 1977 | 41 | 0 |
| 1978 | 44 | 0 |
| 1979 | 26 | 0 |
| 1980 | 35 | 0 |
| 1981 | 48 | 0 |
| 1982 | 23 | 0 |
| 1983 | 27 | 0 |
| 1984 | 41 | 0 |
| 1985 | 67 | 0 |
| 1986 | 52 | 0 |
| 1987 | 58 | 0 |
| 1988 | 64 | 0 |
| 1989 | 63 | 0 |
| 1990 | 54 | 0 |
| 1991 | 52 | 0 |
| 1992 | 45 | 0 |
| 1993 | 53 | 0 |
| 1994 | 64 | 0 |
| 1995 | 53 | 0 |
| 1996 | 60 | 0 |
| 1997 | 74 | 0 |
| 1998 | 83 | 0 |
| 1999 | 73 | 0 |
| 2000 | 86 | 0 |
| 2001 | 72 | 33 |
| 2002 | 73 | 81 |
| 2003 | 100 | 99 |
| 2004 | 79 | 96 |
| 2005 | 51 | 98 |
| 2006 | 65 | 129 |
| 2007 | 51 | 106 |
| 2008 | 69 | 93 |
| 2009 | 47 | 108 |
| 2010 | 69 | 92 |
| 2011 | 74 | 95 |
| 2012 | 58 | 92 |
| 2013 | 58 | 104 |
| 2014 | 67 | 119 |
| 2015 | 97 | 143 |
| 2016 | 103 | 140 |
| 2017 | 104 | 145 |
| 2018 | 107 | 163 |
| 2019 | 157 | 139 |
| 2020 | 129 | 172 |
| 2021 | 142 | 146 |
| 2022 | 149 | 146 |
| 2023 | 119 | 126 |
| 2024 | 118 | 132 |
| 2025 | 106 | 93 |
| 2026 | 42 | 55 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- B29C 66/849Packaging machines1,371
- B29C 66/843Machines for making separate joints at the same time in different planes709
- B29C 66/861Hand-held tools600
- B29C 66/841Machines or tools adaptable for making articles of different dimensions or shapes384
- B29C 66/851Bag or container making machines359
- B29C 66/863Robotised257
- B29C 66/865Independently movable welding apparatus214
- B29C 66/857Medical tube welding machines164
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Most cited
By later US patents
- Position feedback system and method for use thereof1,075US 6,625,517 B12003
- Suture fusing and cutting apparatus775US 4,662,068 A1987
- Surgical stapler buttress assembly with adhesion to wet end effector703US 10,517,592 B2Ethicon, Inc. · 2019
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