B31F 1/0006
Bending or folding
Official title: {Bending or folding; Folding edges combined with joining; Reinforcing edges during the folding thereof; (creasing B31F1/08, crêping paper B31F1/12, corrugating B31F1/20; bending and joining B31F1/0045; reinforcing edges per se B31F5/08; making wound articles B31C, folding thin material per se B65H45/00)}
B31F1/0006 (Bending or folding) appears on 256 US grants and 205 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B31F- Granted patents
- 256
- Published applications
- 205
- Assignees
- 170
- Inventors
- 457
- Latest grant
- 6 Jan 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 1 | 0 |
| 1977 | 0 | 0 |
| 1978 | 0 | 0 |
| 1979 | 0 | 0 |
| 1980 | 1 | 0 |
| 1981 | 3 | 0 |
| 1982 | 2 | 0 |
| 1983 | 4 | 0 |
| 1984 | 3 | 0 |
| 1985 | 6 | 0 |
| 1986 | 7 | 0 |
| 1987 | 4 | 0 |
| 1988 | 6 | 0 |
| 1989 | 3 | 0 |
| 1990 | 2 | 0 |
| 1991 | 2 | 0 |
| 1992 | 0 | 0 |
| 1993 | 9 | 0 |
| 1994 | 2 | 0 |
| 1995 | 3 | 0 |
| 1996 | 6 | 0 |
| 1997 | 7 | 0 |
| 1998 | 8 | 0 |
| 1999 | 14 | 0 |
| 2000 | 11 | 0 |
| 2001 | 1 | 0 |
| 2002 | 1 | 2 |
| 2003 | 4 | 7 |
| 2004 | 2 | 6 |
| 2005 | 4 | 8 |
| 2006 | 7 | 6 |
| 2007 | 8 | 6 |
| 2008 | 1 | 4 |
| 2009 | 1 | 5 |
| 2010 | 6 | 6 |
| 2011 | 1 | 8 |
| 2012 | 5 | 14 |
| 2013 | 11 | 14 |
| 2014 | 6 | 23 |
| 2015 | 22 | 17 |
| 2016 | 8 | 11 |
| 2017 | 7 | 7 |
| 2018 | 11 | 9 |
| 2019 | 5 | 8 |
| 2020 | 6 | 11 |
| 2021 | 5 | 4 |
| 2022 | 8 | 7 |
| 2023 | 7 | 11 |
| 2024 | 10 | 2 |
| 2025 | 4 | 3 |
| 2026 | 1 | 6 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Apparatus and method for folding6 Jan 2026US 12,515,432 B2Curt G. Joa, Inc.
- Construction of tubular assemblies20 May 2025US 12,304,135 B2Long Pipes USA, Inc.
- Folding wedge device for a bag packaging machine20 May 2025US 12,304,169 B2SN Maschinenbau GmbH
- Tape, zipper tape, and container with tape and method for manufacture therefor22 Apr 2025US 12,279,677 B2Idemitsu Unitech Co., Ltd.
- Methods and systems for producing pressware8 Apr 2025US 12,269,234 B2Brown LLC
- System and a method for manufacturing screw caps from cardboard or paperboard13 Aug 2026US 2026/0233485 A1Länsipahvi Oy
- Device for folding a packaging strip of a batch of containers6 Aug 2026US 2026/0225339 A1Sidel Participations
- Device for banding products23 Jul 2026US 2026/0208898 A1Dutch Banding Company B.V.
- Vertical bagger using web-alignment score11 Jun 2026US 2026/0159260 A1Pregis LLC
- Apparatus and method for forming a protective portion from a blank21 May 2026US 2026/0138350 A1System Ceramics S.P.A.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Method and apparatus for fabricating honeycomb insulating material147US 4,450,027 A1984
- Process for making a training pant having a separate waist elastic system126US 5,711,832 AKimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc. · 1998
- Self-centering laminated process for corrugated containers and blank therefor74US 5,211,618 AThe Mead Corporation · 1993
- Elastic band applicator and sheet folder68US 4,492,608 ACurt G. Joa, Inc. · 1985
- Fold construction of corrugated fiberboard58US 6,132,349 AHitachi Zosen Corporation · 2000