B31B 50/006
Controlling
Official title: {Controlling; Regulating; Measuring; Improving safety}
B31B50/006 (Controlling) appears on 398 US grants and 396 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B31B- Granted patents
- 398
- Published applications
- 396
- Assignees
- 245
- Inventors
- 759
- Latest grant
- 8 Sep 2026
Filings by year
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| 1976 | 3 | 0 |
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| 2003 | 6 | 6 |
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| 2005 | 4 | 14 |
| 2006 | 8 | 8 |
| 2007 | 2 | 3 |
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| 2010 | 5 | 8 |
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| 2018 | 10 | 24 |
| 2019 | 13 | 34 |
| 2020 | 18 | 28 |
| 2021 | 29 | 33 |
| 2022 | 32 | 30 |
| 2023 | 36 | 29 |
| 2024 | 29 | 29 |
| 2025 | 20 | 29 |
| 2026 | 22 | 19 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Defect detecting device and defect detecting method for corrugated cardboard sheet, and box making machinery8 Sep 2026US 12,728,611 B2Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Machinery Systems, Ltd.
- Systems and methods for web-fed dry forming of fiber-based products11 Aug 2026US 12,703,166 B2Footprint International, LLC
- Box forming apparatus4 Aug 2026US 12,697,795 B2Canon Finetech Nisca Inc.
- Methods and systems for producing pressware28 Jul 2026US 12,691,655 B2Brown LLC
- Ultrasonic inspection of joined portions of packaging containers7 Jul 2026US 12,674,779 B2Yamaha Fine Technologies Co., Ltd.
- Device and method for processing continuous cardboard web24 Sep 2026US 2026/0285634 A1HOMAG Automation GmbH
- Corrugated paperboard box making machine10 Sep 2026US 2026/0264358 A1Kabushiki Kaisha Isowa
- Blank joining module with improved ergonomics27 Aug 2026US 2026/0250095 A1Bobst Mex SA
- Method and apparatus for forming containers20 Aug 2026US 2026/0241659 A1
- Measuring tool and method for providing a compensation sheet30 Jul 2026US 2026/0216984 A1Bobst Mex SA
Most cited
By later US patents
- Method and system for creating personalized packaging75US 8,757,479 B2Xerox Corporation · 2014
- Machine for manufacturing folded boxes70US 4,604,083 ABobst SA · 1986
- Device for picking up semi-rigid sheet-like elements from a magazine and transferring them onto a conveyor60US 4,194,442 A1980
- Carton feeder assembly51US 5,653,671 ARiverwood International Corporation · 1997
- Method and device for controlling the setting of the components of a printing and cutting machine49US 4,847,775 ABobst SA · 1989