B42
Bookbinding
Official title: Bookbinding; albums; files; special printed matter
B42 (Bookbinding) appears on 15,899 US grants and 13,041 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B42- Granted patents
- 15,899
- Published applications
- 13,041
- Assignees
- 4,139
- Inventors
- 20,405
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 161 | 0 |
| 1977 | 154 | 0 |
| 1978 | 161 | 0 |
| 1979 | 147 | 0 |
| 1980 | 164 | 0 |
| 1981 | 155 | 0 |
| 1982 | 118 | 0 |
| 1983 | 142 | 0 |
| 1984 | 170 | 0 |
| 1985 | 215 | 0 |
| 1986 | 223 | 0 |
| 1987 | 232 | 0 |
| 1988 | 221 | 0 |
| 1989 | 289 | 0 |
| 1990 | 318 | 0 |
| 1991 | 340 | 0 |
| 1992 | 347 | 0 |
| 1993 | 318 | 0 |
| 1994 | 346 | 0 |
| 1995 | 356 | 0 |
| 1996 | 292 | 0 |
| 1997 | 342 | 0 |
| 1998 | 405 | 0 |
| 1999 | 420 | 0 |
| 2000 | 426 | 0 |
| 2001 | 415 | 134 |
| 2002 | 327 | 407 |
| 2003 | 312 | 570 |
| 2004 | 353 | 615 |
| 2005 | 320 | 826 |
| 2006 | 344 | 630 |
| 2007 | 310 | 742 |
| 2008 | 318 | 750 |
| 2009 | 299 | 669 |
| 2010 | 492 | 656 |
| 2011 | 482 | 610 |
| 2012 | 434 | 522 |
| 2013 | 399 | 590 |
| 2014 | 394 | 582 |
| 2015 | 406 | 568 |
| 2016 | 412 | 432 |
| 2017 | 412 | 435 |
| 2018 | 403 | 504 |
| 2019 | 477 | 467 |
| 2020 | 426 | 440 |
| 2021 | 371 | 428 |
| 2022 | 298 | 368 |
| 2023 | 272 | 307 |
| 2024 | 285 | 328 |
| 2025 | 330 | 248 |
| 2026 | 146 | 213 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subclasses
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Transfer security element material and value document comprising a security element6 Oct 2026US 12,752,567 B2Giesecke+Devrient Currency Technology GmbH
- Metallic foil card and manufacturing thereof6 Oct 2026US 12,752,568 B2Thales Dis France SAS
- Tamper evident prepaid card packaging29 Sep 2026US 12,746,774 B2Multi Packaging Solutions, Inc.
- Device for processing documents29 Sep 2026US 12,746,775 B2MB AUTOMATION GmbH & Co. KG
- Security, luggage tracking, and machine learning models29 Sep 2026US 12,749,349 B2
- Printed documents readily identifying indicia printing defects8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306937 A1Brightstar Global Solutions Corporation
- Compositions, comprising silver nanoplatelets8 Oct 2026US 2026/0307149 A1BASF SE
- Pop-up three-dimensional (3d) greeting card structure with movable support arms8 Oct 2026US 2026/0307419 A1Shanghai Vanpine Cosmetics Co., Ltd
- Substrate with Varying Saturations of Offset Printing Utilizing Image Movement8 Oct 2026US 2026/0307420 A1The Government of the United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of Homeland Security
- Identification element, inquiry apparatus, and inquiry method8 Oct 2026US 2026/0307421 A1Sony Group Corporation
Most cited
By later US patents
- Device for packaging binding elements1,448US 5,806,676 AChr. Renz GmbH & Co. · 1998
- Staple supporting and staple removing strip1,421US 4,382,326 AMinnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company · 1983
- Folding photo case1,405US 6,932,218 B2Monica Rich Kosann Photography LLC · 2005
- Methods for surveying dissemination of proprietary empirical data1,132US 5,862,260 ADigimarc Corporation · 1999
- Computer system linked by using information in data objects1,131US 6,122,403 ADigimarc Corporation · 2000