B31D 5/0095
Making drinking straws
Official title: {Making drinking straws}
B31D5/0095 (Making drinking straws) appears on 30 US grants and 53 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B31D- Granted patents
- 30
- Published applications
- 53
- Assignees
- 26
- Inventors
- 73
- Latest grant
- 14 Jul 2026
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| 2025 | 4 | 4 |
| 2026 | 3 | 2 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Biodegradable tea leaf straw and method for making the same14 Jul 2026US 12,677,968 B2
- Straw and manufacturing method of straw7 Jul 2026US 12,672,730 B2Tanax, Inc.
- Paper aimed at forming a u-straw31 Mar 2026US 12,588,777 B2Ahlstrom Oyj
- Apparatus and method for manufacturing paper straws14 Oct 2025US 12,441,077 B2Novacart S.P.A.
- Apparatus and method for automatically producing tubular elements29 Jul 2025US 12,370,770 B2I.M.A. Industria Macchine Autmomatiche S.P.A.
- Biodegradable tea leaf straw and method for making the same16 Jul 2026US 2026/0198720 A1
- Pre-salted beverage straw1 Jan 2026US 2026/0000227 A1
- Biodegradable tea leaf straw and method for making the same25 Dec 2025US 2025/0386962 A1
- Apparatus and method for manufacturing a drinking straw14 Aug 2025US 2025/0256478 A1Dolea Oy
- Apparatus and method for automatically producing tubular elements6 Mar 2025US 2025/0074027 A1I,M.A. Industria Macchine Automatiche S.p.A.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Procedure and relevant mechanical apparatus to obtain the folding section of a plastic drinking straw14US 4,613,474 A1986
- Profiling of tubes9US 9,339,979 B22016
- Flexible straw and system and method of manufacturing the same8US 9,974,403 B12018
- Profiling of tubes6US 8,540,926 B22013
- Flexible straw and system and method of manufacturing the same2US 10,524,599 B1Hoffmaster Group, Inc. · 2020