B29K 2101/12
Thermoplastic materials
B29K2101/12 (Thermoplastic materials) appears on 3,002 US grants and 3,861 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B29K- Granted patents
- 3,002
- Published applications
- 3,861
- Assignees
- 1,833
- Inventors
- 7,265
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 7 | 0 |
| 1977 | 3 | 0 |
| 1978 | 7 | 0 |
| 1979 | 3 | 0 |
| 1980 | 3 | 0 |
| 1981 | 4 | 0 |
| 1982 | 2 | 0 |
| 1983 | 10 | 0 |
| 1984 | 8 | 0 |
| 1985 | 12 | 0 |
| 1986 | 11 | 0 |
| 1987 | 9 | 0 |
| 1988 | 10 | 0 |
| 1989 | 14 | 0 |
| 1990 | 17 | 0 |
| 1991 | 20 | 0 |
| 1992 | 22 | 0 |
| 1993 | 27 | 0 |
| 1994 | 19 | 0 |
| 1995 | 28 | 0 |
| 1996 | 27 | 0 |
| 1997 | 15 | 0 |
| 1998 | 36 | 0 |
| 1999 | 19 | 0 |
| 2000 | 13 | 0 |
| 2001 | 24 | 8 |
| 2002 | 12 | 20 |
| 2003 | 17 | 29 |
| 2004 | 15 | 30 |
| 2005 | 21 | 35 |
| 2006 | 18 | 55 |
| 2007 | 19 | 84 |
| 2008 | 21 | 108 |
| 2009 | 23 | 122 |
| 2010 | 59 | 137 |
| 2011 | 71 | 99 |
| 2012 | 74 | 82 |
| 2013 | 69 | 76 |
| 2014 | 80 | 113 |
| 2015 | 103 | 398 |
| 2016 | 113 | 316 |
| 2017 | 200 | 353 |
| 2018 | 227 | 281 |
| 2019 | 275 | 297 |
| 2020 | 238 | 288 |
| 2021 | 199 | 277 |
| 2022 | 204 | 208 |
| 2023 | 199 | 174 |
| 2024 | 179 | 111 |
| 2025 | 125 | 107 |
| 2026 | 71 | 53 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Biaxially oriented thermoplastic pipette, and method and apparatus for forming same6 Oct 2026US 12,752,266 B2Corning Incorporated
- Method of 3D printing a shoe part and resulting shoe part6 Oct 2026US 12,752,479 B2Zellerfield R&D GmbH
- Manufacturing method of thermoplastic composite bicycle frame6 Oct 2026US 12,752,504 B2Astro Tech Co., Ltd.
- Methods for manufacturing a decorative panel, and decorative panels6 Oct 2026US 12,752,570 B2Unilin BV
- Partially transparent bath toys29 Sep 2026US 12,746,483 B2
- Method for producing plastics strapping bands8 Oct 2026US 2026/0307314 A1Teufelberger Gesellschaft M.B.H.
- Systems and methods of manufacturing composite parts via stacking8 Oct 2026US 2026/0307353 A1GE Vernova Infrastructure Technology LLC
- Recycling waste air filtration waste to make glass-reinforced thermoplastic composites1 Oct 2026US 2026/0295910 A1Johns Manville
- Method for producing resin molded article17 Sep 2026US 2026/0273812 A1Toyota Boshoku Kabushiki Kaisha
- Three-dimensional shaping apparatus17 Sep 2026US 2026/0273847 A1Seiko Epson Corporation
Most cited
By later US patents
- Ultrasonic horn assembly with fused stack components397US 6,786,383 B2Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc. · 2004
- Method of joining two thermoplastic articles380US 4,761,871 APhillips Petroleum Company · 1988
- Three dimensional printer with composite filament fabrication333US 9,156,205 B2Markforged, Inc. · 2015
- Friction welding329US 5,460,317 AThe Welding Institute · 1995
- Method for building three-dimensional models in extrusion-based digital manufacturing systems using ribbon filaments296US 8,221,669 B2Stratasys, Inc. · 2012