B29C 70/30
Shaping by lay-up, i.e. applying fibres, tape or broadsheet on a mould
Official title: Shaping by lay-up, i.e. applying fibres, tape or broadsheet on a mould, former or core; Shaping by spray-up, i.e. spraying of fibres on a mould, former or core
B29C70/30 (Shaping by lay-up, i.e. applying fibres, tape or broadsheet on a mould) appears on 4,989 US grants and 5,476 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B29C- Granted patents
- 4,989
- Published applications
- 5,476
- Assignees
- 1,802
- Inventors
- 9,196
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 19 | 0 |
| 1977 | 17 | 0 |
| 1978 | 15 | 0 |
| 1979 | 9 | 0 |
| 1980 | 19 | 0 |
| 1981 | 22 | 0 |
| 1982 | 18 | 0 |
| 1983 | 29 | 0 |
| 1984 | 20 | 0 |
| 1985 | 34 | 0 |
| 1986 | 28 | 0 |
| 1987 | 34 | 0 |
| 1988 | 32 | 0 |
| 1989 | 43 | 0 |
| 1990 | 39 | 0 |
| 1991 | 54 | 0 |
| 1992 | 51 | 0 |
| 1993 | 51 | 0 |
| 1994 | 58 | 0 |
| 1995 | 46 | 0 |
| 1996 | 49 | 0 |
| 1997 | 37 | 0 |
| 1998 | 52 | 0 |
| 1999 | 48 | 0 |
| 2000 | 49 | 0 |
| 2001 | 43 | 21 |
| 2002 | 44 | 69 |
| 2003 | 57 | 71 |
| 2004 | 57 | 66 |
| 2005 | 39 | 88 |
| 2006 | 47 | 83 |
| 2007 | 40 | 104 |
| 2008 | 41 | 127 |
| 2009 | 42 | 145 |
| 2010 | 88 | 166 |
| 2011 | 110 | 158 |
| 2012 | 106 | 192 |
| 2013 | 118 | 183 |
| 2014 | 166 | 216 |
| 2015 | 161 | 267 |
| 2016 | 175 | 285 |
| 2017 | 178 | 328 |
| 2018 | 250 | 370 |
| 2019 | 291 | 381 |
| 2020 | 355 | 423 |
| 2021 | 355 | 395 |
| 2022 | 337 | 402 |
| 2023 | 317 | 283 |
| 2024 | 306 | 291 |
| 2025 | 257 | 233 |
| 2026 | 136 | 129 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- B29C 70/34And shaping or impregnating by compression , i.e. combined with compressing after1,797
- B29C 70/38Automated lay-up1,563
- B29C 70/32On a rotating mould, former or core843
- B29C 70/302Details of the edges of fibre composites267
- B29C 70/305Spray-up of reinforcing fibres with or without matrix to form a non-coherent129
- B29C 70/304In-plane lamination by juxtaposing or interleaving of plies128
- B29C 70/36And impregnating by casting114
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Most cited
By later US patents
- Apparatus and process for producing fiber reinforced composite objects360US 5,936,861 ANanotek Instruments, Inc. · 1999
- Composite golf club head and method of manufacturing321US 6,248,025 B1Callaway Golf Company · 2001
- High moment of inertia composite golf club head264US 6,607,452 B2Callaway Golf Company · 2003
- Composite golf club head with integral weight strip247US 6,386,990 B1Callaway Golf Company · 2002
- Three dimensional printer for fiber reinforced composite filament fabrication245US 9,126,367 B1Markforged, Inc. · 2015