B31F 1/0045
Bending or folding combined with joining
Official title: {Bending or folding combined with joining (folding edges combined with joining B31F1/0016, B31F1/0029)}
B31F1/0045 (Bending or folding combined with joining) appears on 341 US grants and 123 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B31F- Granted patents
- 341
- Published applications
- 123
- Assignees
- 70
- Inventors
- 140
- Latest grant
- 14 Oct 2025
Filings by year
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| 1976 | 1 | 0 |
| 1977 | 0 | 0 |
| 1978 | 0 | 0 |
| 1979 | 0 | 0 |
| 1980 | 0 | 0 |
| 1981 | 6 | 0 |
| 1982 | 6 | 0 |
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| 1994 | 18 | 0 |
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| 1997 | 76 | 0 |
| 1998 | 42 | 0 |
| 1999 | 21 | 0 |
| 2000 | 19 | 0 |
| 2001 | 16 | 7 |
| 2002 | 13 | 17 |
| 2003 | 7 | 20 |
| 2004 | 4 | 15 |
| 2005 | 1 | 11 |
| 2006 | 3 | 3 |
| 2007 | 2 | 5 |
| 2008 | 0 | 3 |
| 2009 | 1 | 3 |
| 2010 | 0 | 1 |
| 2011 | 0 | 2 |
| 2012 | 0 | 4 |
| 2013 | 1 | 3 |
| 2014 | 1 | 1 |
| 2015 | 3 | 5 |
| 2016 | 3 | 5 |
| 2017 | 1 | 2 |
| 2018 | 2 | 5 |
| 2019 | 4 | 4 |
| 2020 | 3 | 0 |
| 2021 | 2 | 3 |
| 2022 | 3 | 1 |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 |
| 2024 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 1 | 1 |
| 2026 | 0 | 1 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Apparatus and method for manufacturing paper straws14 Oct 2025US 12,441,077 B2Novacart S.P.A.
- Method of making double-walled structure, and structure formed by the method20 Feb 2024US 11,905,101 B2Celwise AB
- Natural effect panel and method of fabricating the same12 Sep 2023US 11,752,661 B25R Technologies Sdn. Bhd.
- Methods for making repulpable paper strings and straps through pultrusion process and related devices for the same6 Sep 2022US 11,434,608 B2Enterprises International, Inc.
- Equipment for insertion of objects into smoking articles12 Jul 2022US 11,383,477 B2R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company
- Apparatus and method for forming a protective portion from a blank21 May 2026US 2026/0138350 A1System Ceramics S.P.A.
- Machine for making packages for liquid or pasty products and the relative method for making packages30 Jan 2025US 2025/0033311 A1I,M.A. Industria Macchine Automatiche S.p.A.
- Apparatus and method for manufacturing paper straws12 Sep 2024US 2024/0300203 A1Novacart S.P.A.
- Methods to enable the formation of ornamental circlets13 Jan 2022US 2022/0009191 A1
- Method of making double-walled structure, and structure formed by the method14 Oct 2021US 2021/0316935 A1Celwise AB
Most cited
By later US patents
- Article forming system696US 4,773,182 AHighland Supply Corporation · 1988
- Method for wrapping an object with a material having pressure sensitive adhesive thereon626US 5,111,638 AHighland Supply Corporation · 1992
- Wrapping a floral grouping with sheets having adhesive or cohesive material applied thereto507US 5,181,364 AHighland Supply Corporation · 1993
- Method of wrapping a floral grouping with a wrapper having a central opening394US 5,205,108 AHighland Supply Corporation · 1993
- Flower pot or flower pot cover having connected and unconnected segments in the skirt341US 5,152,100 AHighland Supply Corporation · 1992