B31D 5/0065
Including slitting and expanding flat material
Official title: {including slitting and expanding flat material}
B31D5/0065 (Including slitting and expanding flat material) appears on 115 US grants and 119 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B31D- Granted patents
- 115
- Published applications
- 119
- Assignees
- 27
- Inventors
- 84
- Latest grant
- 29 Sep 2026
Filings by year
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| 2011 | 0 | 2 |
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| 2015 | 1 | 3 |
| 2016 | 2 | 1 |
| 2017 | 1 | 3 |
| 2018 | 2 | 4 |
| 2019 | 2 | 6 |
| 2020 | 5 | 8 |
| 2021 | 4 | 11 |
| 2022 | 10 | 14 |
| 2023 | 14 | 20 |
| 2024 | 15 | 19 |
| 2025 | 14 | 17 |
| 2026 | 8 | 7 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Apparatus and method for making a coil of dunnage29 Sep 2026US 12,747,124 B2Ranpak Corp.
- Apparatus and method for making a pouch package22 Sep 2026US 12,741,440 B2Ranpak Corp.
- Extensible paper and its use in the production of expanded slit packaging wrap and void fill products22 Sep 2026US 12,741,798 B2HexcelPack, LLC
- System and method for automatically packaging an item4 Aug 2026US 12,698,116 B2Iow, LLC
- Slit-sheet-paper expansion systems and methods using friction brush(es) and/or other friction member(s)21 Jul 2026US 12,686,193 B2HexcelPack, LLC
- Brake system and method for a dunnage conversion machine16 Jul 2026US 2026/0200198 A1Ranpak Corp.
- Cushion sheet production module and packaging bag production device thereof16 Jul 2026US 2026/0200640 A1Beta (Shenzhen) Package Products Co., Ltd
- Slit Sheet Tensioning Device18 Jun 2026US 2026/0166840 A1HexcelPack, LLC
- Apparatus and method for making a pouch package4 Jun 2026US 2026/0151980 A1Ranpak Corp.
- Systems and methods for dispensing and expanding expandable slit sheet material12 Mar 2026US 2026/0070297 A1
Most cited
By later US patents
- Composite packaging material having an expanded sheet with a separator sheet104US 5,688,578 A1997
- Slit sheet packing material100US 5,667,871 AGeopax Ltd · 1997
- Method and apparatus for producing individual rolls of packing material85US 5,782,735 AGeopax Ltd · 1998
- Method and apparatus for producing individual rolls of packing material67US 5,538,778 AGeopax Ltd · 1996
- Compositions of matter for stopping fires, explosions and oxidations of materials and build up of electrostatic charges and method and apparatus for making same45US 5,001,017 A1991