B42B 4/02
Rotary type stitching machines
B42B4/02 (Rotary type stitching machines) appears on 33 US grants and 10 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B42B- Granted patents
- 33
- Published applications
- 10
- Assignees
- 14
- Inventors
- 28
- Latest grant
- 7 Oct 2025
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1980 | 4 | 0 |
| 1981 | 0 | 0 |
| 1982 | 1 | 0 |
| 1983 | 0 | 0 |
| 1984 | 1 | 0 |
| 1985 | 0 | 0 |
| 1986 | 0 | 0 |
| 1987 | 1 | 0 |
| 1988 | 1 | 0 |
| 1989 | 0 | 0 |
| 1990 | 0 | 0 |
| 1991 | 0 | 0 |
| 1992 | 2 | 0 |
| 1993 | 0 | 0 |
| 1994 | 3 | 0 |
| 1995 | 3 | 0 |
| 1996 | 2 | 0 |
| 1997 | 3 | 0 |
| 1998 | 2 | 0 |
| 1999 | 0 | 0 |
| 2000 | 0 | 0 |
| 2001 | 1 | 0 |
| 2002 | 0 | 0 |
| 2003 | 0 | 0 |
| 2004 | 0 | 1 |
| 2005 | 1 | 1 |
| 2006 | 0 | 0 |
| 2007 | 0 | 1 |
| 2008 | 1 | 0 |
| 2009 | 0 | 1 |
| 2010 | 0 | 1 |
| 2011 | 2 | 1 |
| 2012 | 1 | 0 |
| 2013 | 0 | 1 |
| 2014 | 0 | 0 |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 |
| 2016 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 0 | 1 |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 |
| 2021 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 2 | 2 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001.
Recent patents
- Stapling unit with an improved stitching head drive apparatus7 Oct 2025US 12,434,500 B2
- Wire stitching apparatus with missing staple pin detection mechanism19 Aug 2025US 12,391,057 B2
- Servo controlled stitching apparatus and method thereof15 Sep 2020US 10,773,414 B2
- Machine and method for printing products and making cut-outs at the edges of the sheets12 May 2015US 9,027,917 B2Tolerans AB
- Gathering and stitching machine21 Aug 2012US 8,246,031 B2Ferag AG
- Stapling unit with an improved stitching head drive apparatus13 Mar 2025US 2025/0083466 A1
- Wire stitching apparatus with missing staple pin detection mechanism13 Feb 2025US 2025/0050676 A1
- Servo controlled stitching apparatus and method thereof24 Oct 2019US 2019/0321998 A1
- Machine and method for printing products and making cut-outs at the edges of the sheets18 Apr 2013US 2013/0094891 A1Tolerans AB
- Gathering and stitching machine18 Aug 2011US 2011/0198796 A1Ferag AG
Most cited
By later US patents
- Gathering stapler for printed products comprising folded printed sheets18US 5,464,199 AFerag AG · 1995
- Apparatus for applying staples to groups of signatures and the like13US 4,750,661 AOfficine Meccaniche Giovani Cerutti S.p.A. · 1988
- Process and apparatus for collecting and stapling folded printed sheets13US 5,172,897 AFerag AG · 1992
- Apparatus for the wire-stapling of printed products12US 5,590,828 AFerag AG · 1997
- Apparatus for wire-stapling multi-component printed products11US 5,342,032 AFerag AG · 1994