B31B 50/78
Mechanically
B31B50/78 (Mechanically) appears on 166 US grants and 131 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B31B- Granted patents
- 166
- Published applications
- 131
- Assignees
- 105
- Inventors
- 292
- Latest grant
- 22 Sep 2026
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| 2003 | 1 | 1 |
| 2004 | 3 | 3 |
| 2005 | 4 | 10 |
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| 2007 | 4 | 8 |
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| 2015 | 5 | 9 |
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| 2017 | 4 | 3 |
| 2018 | 6 | 2 |
| 2019 | 5 | 12 |
| 2020 | 6 | 9 |
| 2021 | 7 | 3 |
| 2022 | 6 | 7 |
| 2023 | 5 | 6 |
| 2024 | 8 | 3 |
| 2025 | 2 | 1 |
| 2026 | 2 | 1 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- System of folding displays using an automatic display assembly machine and method of using the same22 Sep 2026US 12,740,658 B2
- Box erecting device31 Mar 2026US 12,589,569 B2
- Box erecting apparatus and method12 Aug 2025US 12,384,127 B2Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company.Ltd
- Packaging machine with station for folding a preformed carton and method therefor7 Jan 2025US 12,187,478 B2C.M.C. S.P.A.
- Apparatus, system, and method for erecting boxes25 Jun 2024US 12,017,430 B2Packsize LLC
- System of folding displays using an automatic display assembly machine and method of using the same9 Jul 2026US 2026/0191343 A1Diamond Display Group, Inc.
- Box erecting apparatus and method13 Nov 2025US 2025/0346014 A1Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company.Ltd
- Box Erecting Device21 Nov 2024US 2024/0383219 A1Flex-Line Automation, Inc.
- Box erecting apparatus and method16 May 2024US 2024/0157665 A1Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company.Ltd
- Box forming apparatus11 Apr 2024US 2024/0116260 A1Canon Finetech Nisca Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Carton formation system61US 5,106,359 A1992
- Carton erection and sealing apparatus60US 4,578,054 A1986
- Method and apparatus for setting up a box erecting machine43US 6,319,183 B1Combi Packaging Systems, LLC · 2001
- Method of expanding and feeding cartons to a filling line42US 5,715,657 AAzionaria Costruzioni Macchine Automatiche A.C.M.A. S.p.A. · 1998
- Apparatus and method for set-up of a non-rectangular container from a knocked-down-flat (KDF) precursor39US 6,106,450 AGeorgia-Pacific Corporation · 2000