B31D 1/02
The articles being labels or tags
Official title: the articles being labels or tags
B31D1/02 (The articles being labels or tags) appears on 548 US grants and 463 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B31D- Granted patents
- 548
- Published applications
- 463
- Assignees
- 311
- Inventors
- 849
- Latest grant
- 29 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1976 | 4 | 0 |
| 1977 | 2 | 0 |
| 1978 | 5 | 0 |
| 1979 | 3 | 0 |
| 1980 | 6 | 0 |
| 1981 | 8 | 0 |
| 1982 | 3 | 0 |
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| 1998 | 15 | 0 |
| 1999 | 13 | 0 |
| 2000 | 14 | 0 |
| 2001 | 12 | 6 |
| 2002 | 10 | 7 |
| 2003 | 15 | 16 |
| 2004 | 11 | 26 |
| 2005 | 6 | 18 |
| 2006 | 11 | 38 |
| 2007 | 10 | 21 |
| 2008 | 5 | 15 |
| 2009 | 4 | 12 |
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| 2012 | 9 | 14 |
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| 2017 | 13 | 33 |
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| 2019 | 20 | 18 |
| 2020 | 26 | 23 |
| 2021 | 15 | 10 |
| 2022 | 15 | 21 |
| 2023 | 14 | 15 |
| 2024 | 16 | 13 |
| 2025 | 9 | 8 |
| 2026 | 6 | 1 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- B31D 1/021Making adhesive labels having a multilayered structure376
- B31D 1/026Cutting or perforating150
- B31D 1/027Involving, marking, printing or coding131
- B31D 1/028Applying rfid chips31
- B31D 1/022Label folding16
- B31D 1/023Attaching wires or threads14
- B31D 1/025Applying patches, washers or reinforcements12
Recent patents
- Material web with labels of different label variants and method for producing labels of different label variants29 Sep 2026US 12,746,734 B2Schreiner Group GmbH & Co. KG
- Labels with liner separation feature25 Aug 2026US 12,718,709 B2Iconex LLC
- Process for identifying and correcting defects or non-conformities on self-adhesive labels or patterns made on a continuous band28 Jul 2026US 12,693,240 B2Graphimecc Group S.R.L.
- Method for producing a multilayer body and a multilayer body2 Jun 2026US 12,643,278 B2Burg Design GmbH
- Printed material, method for producing printed material and printing medium for laser printing7 Apr 2026US 12,594,781 B2Oji Holdings Corporation
- Method for producing adhesive rolls provided with adhesive elements, and refilled cartridge unit30 Apr 2026US 2026/0116694 A1Tesa SE
- Printed material, method for producing printed material and printing medium for laser printing13 Nov 2025US 2025/0346056 A1Oji Holdings Corporation
- Linerless label10 Jul 2025US 2025/0222672 A1Upm Raflatac Oy
- Thermal printable medium, method for producing the thermal printable medium, use of the thermal printable medium and system comprising thermal printing device and thermal printable medium26 Jun 2025US 2025/0206054 A1Pmg Besitz GmbH & Co. KG
- Composite structures for packaging articles and related methods19 Jun 2025US 2025/0198087 A1Smart Planet Technologies, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- RFID manufacturing concepts208US 6,451,154 B1Moore North America, Inc. · 2002
- Re-sealable label flap206US 4,840,270 ANice-Pak Products, Inc. · 1989
- Method of making laminated articles and articles made therefrom135US 4,854,610 ABertek, Inc. · 1989
- RFID label technique111US 6,951,596 B2Avery Dennison Corporation · 2005
- Perforating and slitting die sheet, methods of constructing same and paper product produced therefrom108US 5,789,050 AXynatech, Inc. · 1998