B31B 2241/003
Making cigarette boxes
B31B2241/003 (Making cigarette boxes) appears on 27 US grants and 31 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B31B- Granted patents
- 27
- Published applications
- 31
- Assignees
- 19
- Inventors
- 55
- Latest grant
- 21 Apr 2026
Filings by year
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| 1996 | 1 | 0 |
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| 2017 | 0 | 2 |
| 2018 | 1 | 3 |
| 2019 | 2 | 2 |
| 2020 | 1 | 6 |
| 2021 | 4 | 3 |
| 2022 | 4 | 1 |
| 2023 | 2 | 3 |
| 2024 | 3 | 2 |
| 2025 | 3 | 0 |
| 2026 | 1 | 2 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Consumable pack21 Apr 2026US 12,606,364 B2British American Tobacco (Investments) Limited
- Opening pack23 Sep 2025US 12,421,019 B2Altria Client Services LLC
- Hinge-lid container for consumer articles and a method to form a hinge-lid container13 May 2025US 12,297,035 B2Philip Morris Products S. A.
- Method and device for embossing relief structures14 Jan 2025US 12,194,517 B2Boegli-Gravures S.A.
- Package29 Oct 2024US 12,129,105 B2British American Tobacco (Investments) Limited
- Packaging box showing different open and closed images, method of preparing the same, and applications of the same4 Jun 2026US 2026/0152316 A1China Tobacco Yunnan Industrial Co., Ltd
- Opening pack15 Jan 2026US 2026/0015156 A1Altria Client Services LLC
- A hinge-lid container for consumer articles and a method to form a hinge-lid container11 Jul 2024US 2024/0228155 A1Philip Morris Products S. A.
- Opening pack18 Apr 2024US 2024/0124217 A1Altria Client Services LLC
- Method and device for embossing relief structures30 Nov 2023US 2023/0381843 A1Boegli-Gravures S.A.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Packing method and apparatus23US 5,727,367 AMolins Limited · 1998
- Method and machine for producing a rigid packet of cigarettes13US 6,694,708 B2G. D. Societa per Azioni · 2004
- Ultrasonic welding systems and methods using dual, synchronized horns on opposite sides of parts to be joined6US 10,807,314 B1Dukane IAS, LLC · 2020
- Apparatus for shaping blanks for hinge-lid packs with especially rounded longitudinal edges5US 5,558,611 AFocke & Co. (GmbH & Co.) · 1996
- Process for producing hinge-lid boxes3US 7,001,320 B1Focke & Co. (GmbH & Co.) · 2006