B29C 73/02
Repairing of articles made from plastics or substances in a plastic state
Official title: using liquid or paste-like material (B29C73/16 takes precedence)
B29C73/02 (Repairing of articles made from plastics or substances in a plastic state) appears on 527 US grants and 498 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B29C- Granted patents
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- Published applications
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- Assignees
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- Latest grant
- 1 Sep 2026
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- 3D printing in a confined space1 Sep 2026US 12,724,400 B2International Business Machines Corporation
- Tire patching kit25 Aug 2026US 12,715,183 B2Nuvalux LLC
- Tire patching kit25 Aug 2026US 12,715,184 B2Nuvalux LLC
- Vehicle plastering moulding tape and method for vehicle plastering using said moulding tape16 Jun 2026US 12,654,199 B2
- Method for repairing a part for an aircraft turbine engine16 Jun 2026US 12,654,262 B2Safran Aircraft Engines
- Tire patching kit8 Oct 2026US 2026/0307343 A1Nuvalux LLC
- Tire patching kit8 Oct 2026US 2026/0307344 A1Nuvalux LLC
- Method and device for repairing an element of composite material1 Oct 2026US 2026/0295955 A1Airbus Operations GmbH
- Method for controlling compressor display for inflating and repairing tires and related compressor10 Sep 2026US 2026/0264351 A1Tek Group Sagl
- A robotic method for introducing a solidifying substance into the inner cavity of wind turbine blades13 Aug 2026US 2026/0233476 A1Aerones Engineering, Sia
Most cited
By later US patents
- Object consolidation employing friction joining79US 6,457,629 B1Solidica, Inc. · 2002
- Process for restoration of clear plastic68US 4,301,193 A1981
- Process for finishing a plastic surface68US 5,194,293 A1993
- Windshield repair apparatus and method67US 3,993,520 A1976
- Method of repairing automobile windshield67US 5,512,116 A1996