B31D 5/04
Including folding or pleating
Official title: including folding or pleating, e.g. Chinese lanterns
B31D5/04 (Including folding or pleating) appears on 86 US grants and 95 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B31D- Granted patents
- 86
- Published applications
- 95
- Assignees
- 60
- Inventors
- 152
- Latest grant
- 7 Apr 2026
Filings by year
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| 1976 | 2 | 0 |
| 1977 | 0 | 0 |
| 1978 | 1 | 0 |
| 1979 | 0 | 0 |
| 1980 | 0 | 0 |
| 1981 | 0 | 0 |
| 1982 | 1 | 0 |
| 1983 | 0 | 0 |
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| 2000 | 1 | 0 |
| 2001 | 1 | 0 |
| 2002 | 0 | 0 |
| 2003 | 0 | 0 |
| 2004 | 0 | 1 |
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| 2006 | 1 | 0 |
| 2007 | 0 | 1 |
| 2008 | 0 | 0 |
| 2009 | 0 | 0 |
| 2010 | 0 | 1 |
| 2011 | 0 | 2 |
| 2012 | 0 | 2 |
| 2013 | 1 | 2 |
| 2014 | 1 | 4 |
| 2015 | 4 | 6 |
| 2016 | 1 | 3 |
| 2017 | 6 | 6 |
| 2018 | 5 | 4 |
| 2019 | 6 | 16 |
| 2020 | 9 | 5 |
| 2021 | 5 | 5 |
| 2022 | 4 | 8 |
| 2023 | 5 | 11 |
| 2024 | 7 | 7 |
| 2025 | 9 | 3 |
| 2026 | 2 | 8 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
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- Wrapped paperboard packaging28 Oct 2025US 12,454,398 B2Great Northern Corporation
- Foldable FRP plate and manufacturing method thereof7 Oct 2025US 12,434,446 B2Tianjin University
- Greeting card for automated printing17 Sep 2026US 2026/0273984 A1Hallmark Cards, Incorporated
- Method and machine for folding sheets3 Sep 2026US 2026/0257880 A1G. D S.p.A.
- System and a method for manufacturing screw caps from cardboard or paperboard13 Aug 2026US 2026/0233485 A1Länsipahvi Oy
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Most cited
By later US patents
- Method of shaping and holding a sheet of material about a flower pot with a collar66US 4,901,423 AHighland Supply Corporation · 1990
- Method and apparatus for manufacturing cardboard pallets52US 4,792,325 A1988
- Pallet and method and apparatus for making same48US 5,184,558 AGaylord Container Corporation · 1993
- Method of shaping and holding a sheet of material about a flower pot with a collar40US 5,184,390 AHighland Supply Corporation · 1993
- Method and apparatus for folding of sheet material23US 5,207,631 AFabmation, Inc. · 1993