B31B 50/044
Involving aligning
Official title: {involving aligning}
B31B50/044 (Involving aligning) appears on 69 US grants and 48 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B31B- Granted patents
- 69
- Published applications
- 48
- Assignees
- 49
- Inventors
- 127
- Latest grant
- 26 May 2026
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| 2023 | 2 | 2 |
| 2024 | 5 | 2 |
| 2025 | 5 | 6 |
| 2026 | 2 | 3 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
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- Blank joining module with register control24 Mar 2026US 12,583,198 B2Bobst Mex SA
- Packaging system and method for feeding flat packaging materials to a packaging system9 Dec 2025US 12,492,029 B2Krones AG
- Blank joining module25 Nov 2025US 12,479,181 B1Bobst Mex SA
- Box folding machine14 Oct 2025US 12,441,075 B2Expack Industrial Corporation
- Method and system for manufacturing pressed board trays1 Oct 2026US 2026/0295965 A1Confoil Pty Ltd
- Blank joining module with improved ergonomics27 Aug 2026US 2026/0250095 A1Bobst Mex SA
- Auto-mask for packaging5 Mar 2026US 2026/0061719 A1Co2 Packaging LLC
- Blank joining module with register control27 Nov 2025US 2025/0360684 A1Bobst Mex SA
- Blank joining module27 Nov 2025US 2025/0360685 A1Bobst Mex SA
Most cited
By later US patents
- Apparatus and method for lining, folding and gluing container blanks49US 4,608,038 AA. W. Virta & Associates, Inc. · 1986
- Storage bag with soaker pad48US 5,845,769 A1998
- Method and apparatus for attaching insert panels to carton blanks32US 5,224,919 AGraphic Packaging Corporation · 1993
- Method for dynamically aligning substrates bearing printed reference marks and codes for automated cutting or scoring, and substrates so cut or scored32US 7,182,007 B2Esko-Graphics A/S · 2007
- Package provided with a coupon and method for obtaining said package31US 6,467,614 B1Philip Morris Products S. A. · 2002