B31
Making articles of paper, cardboard or material worked in a manner analogous
Official title: Making articles of paper, cardboard or material worked in a manner analogous to paper; working paper, cardboard or material worked in a manner analogous to paper
B31 (Making articles of paper, cardboard or material worked in a manner analogous) appears on 11,845 US grants and 9,740 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B31- Granted patents
- 11,845
- Published applications
- 9,740
- Assignees
- 3,744
- Inventors
- 14,770
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 175 | 0 |
| 1977 | 154 | 0 |
| 1978 | 150 | 0 |
| 1979 | 88 | 0 |
| 1980 | 131 | 0 |
| 1981 | 198 | 0 |
| 1982 | 122 | 0 |
| 1983 | 114 | 0 |
| 1984 | 121 | 0 |
| 1985 | 177 | 0 |
| 1986 | 174 | 0 |
| 1987 | 174 | 0 |
| 1988 | 158 | 0 |
| 1989 | 175 | 0 |
| 1990 | 162 | 0 |
| 1991 | 189 | 0 |
| 1992 | 214 | 0 |
| 1993 | 203 | 0 |
| 1994 | 204 | 0 |
| 1995 | 194 | 0 |
| 1996 | 281 | 0 |
| 1997 | 310 | 0 |
| 1998 | 323 | 0 |
| 1999 | 300 | 0 |
| 2000 | 313 | 0 |
| 2001 | 263 | 95 |
| 2002 | 233 | 276 |
| 2003 | 268 | 325 |
| 2004 | 217 | 416 |
| 2005 | 171 | 381 |
| 2006 | 191 | 349 |
| 2007 | 147 | 300 |
| 2008 | 159 | 302 |
| 2009 | 121 | 288 |
| 2010 | 215 | 349 |
| 2011 | 170 | 385 |
| 2012 | 201 | 411 |
| 2013 | 262 | 418 |
| 2014 | 274 | 493 |
| 2015 | 333 | 489 |
| 2016 | 343 | 375 |
| 2017 | 316 | 431 |
| 2018 | 327 | 462 |
| 2019 | 335 | 492 |
| 2020 | 385 | 445 |
| 2021 | 396 | 420 |
| 2022 | 383 | 422 |
| 2023 | 374 | 443 |
| 2024 | 393 | 391 |
| 2025 | 338 | 357 |
| 2026 | 226 | 225 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subclasses
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Guide position adjustment device, folder gluer and box making machine, and folding guide position adjustment method6 Oct 2026US 12,752,505 B2Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Machinery Systems, Ltd.
- Device and method for pretreating packaging blanks and packaging device for producing packaging units6 Oct 2026US 12,752,506 B2Krones AG
- Method for cutting, creasing and/ or embossing a cardboard and cardboard processing machine6 Oct 2026US 12,752,507 B2Bobst Mex SA
- Method for operating a system having a corrugator and a printing machine, and system6 Oct 2026US 12,752,550 B2BHS Corrugated Maschinen-und Anlagenbau GmbH
- Apparatus and a method for producing dish-shaped product packages29 Sep 2026US 12,746,733 B2Jospak Oy
- Method for operating a corrugator, corrugator, computer programme product, and paper roll8 Oct 2026US 2026/0307357 A1BHS Corrugated Maschinen-und Anlagenbau GmbH
- Divider construct for trays, related systems and methods8 Oct 2026US 2026/0307851 A1Graphic Packaging International, Inc.
- Carton with locking features8 Oct 2026US 2026/0307852 A1Graphic Packaging International, Inc.
- Method and system for manufacturing pressed board trays1 Oct 2026US 2026/0295965 A1Confoil Pty Ltd
- Fibre based packaging container, circular base component, quadrilateral wall blank, method of manufacture of a fibre based packaging container and container obtainable from said method1 Oct 2026US 2026/0296713 A1Transcend Packaging Limited
Most cited
By later US patents
- Article forming system696US 4,773,182 AHighland Supply Corporation · 1988
- Disposable absorbent article having elastically extensible topsheet682US 5,037,416 AThe Procter & Gamble Company · 1991
- Method for wrapping an object with a material having pressure sensitive adhesive thereon626US 5,111,638 AHighland Supply Corporation · 1992
- Method of shaping and holding a sheet of material about a flower pot with a collar598US 4,835,834 AHighland Supply Corporation · 1989
- Wrapping a floral grouping with sheets having adhesive or cohesive material applied thereto507US 5,181,364 AHighland Supply Corporation · 1993