B42C 11/04
Machines or equipment for casing-in or applying covers to books
Official title: Machines or equipment for casing-in or applying covers to books (B42C11/06 takes precedence)
B42C11/04 (Machines or equipment for casing-in or applying covers to books) appears on 161 US grants and 138 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B42C- Granted patents
- 161
- Published applications
- 138
- Assignees
- 75
- Inventors
- 241
- Latest grant
- 8 Sep 2026
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| 2024 | 3 | 5 |
| 2025 | 6 | 5 |
| 2026 | 2 | 1 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Book binding mismatch detection system and method8 Sep 2026US 12,728,660 B2Lightning Source LLC
- Device for the robotic printing of individually-printed books, and associated method21 Apr 2026US 12,605,958 B2R&D Automation
- Book binding assembly28 Oct 2025US 12,454,146 B2Powis Parker Inc.
- Image forming apparatus12 Aug 2025US 12,384,187 B2Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Printed book production plant with digital technologies with one or more book block forming stations and one or more cover binding machines and related method17 Jun 2025US 12,330,440 B2S.E.M. Servizi Editoriali Milano S.P.A.
- Bookbinding system and bookbinding apparatus7 May 2026US 2026/0124846 A1Horizon Inc.
- Dynamic mismatch correction system and method for book binding machines27 Nov 2025US 2025/0360744 A1
- Printed book production plant with digital technologies with one or more book block forming stations and one or more cover binding machines and related method18 Sep 2025US 2025/0289260 A1S.E.M. Servizi Editoriali Milano S.P.A.
- Production of books with printing of identification information on fastening linings26 Jun 2025US 2025/0206056 A1Meccanotecnica S.p.A.
- Device for the robotic printing of individually-printed books, and associated method29 May 2025US 2025/0170849 A1R&D Automation
Most cited
By later US patents
- Folding photo case1,405US 6,932,218 B2Monica Rich Kosann Photography LLC · 2005
- System for and method of binding and trimming a perfect bound book59US 6,193,458 B12001
- Method for binding books37US 4,420,282 ApermaTek, Inc. · 1983
- Bookbinding36US 4,184,218 AThe Research Association for the Paper and Board Printing and Packaging Industries · 1980
- Process and device for the manufacture of a book34US 5,868,539 AKolbus GmbH & Co. KG · 1999