B42C 19/04
Starting with signatures
Official title: starting with signatures
B42C19/04 (Starting with signatures) appears on 64 US grants and 41 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B42C- Granted patents
- 64
- Published applications
- 41
- Assignees
- 37
- Inventors
- 114
- Latest grant
- 17 Feb 2026
Filings by year
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| 1978 | 1 | 0 |
| 1979 | 0 | 0 |
| 1980 | 0 | 0 |
| 1981 | 0 | 0 |
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| 2000 | 0 | 0 |
| 2001 | 5 | 1 |
| 2002 | 1 | 0 |
| 2003 | 0 | 1 |
| 2004 | 1 | 3 |
| 2005 | 1 | 0 |
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| 2008 | 1 | 3 |
| 2009 | 1 | 3 |
| 2010 | 0 | 4 |
| 2011 | 3 | 2 |
| 2012 | 1 | 2 |
| 2013 | 3 | 5 |
| 2014 | 5 | 2 |
| 2015 | 7 | 3 |
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| 2017 | 2 | 4 |
| 2018 | 4 | 2 |
| 2019 | 1 | 1 |
| 2020 | 1 | 1 |
| 2021 | 2 | 1 |
| 2022 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | 0 | 1 |
| 2025 | 0 | 1 |
| 2026 | 2 | 0 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Dynamic change of gang run17 Feb 2026US 12,552,193 B2Mueller Martini Holding AG
- Sheet bundle binding apparatus and rotation detection method17 Feb 2026US 12,552,631 B2Horizon Inc.
- Book block conveying device5 Oct 2021US 11,135,867 B2Horizon International Inc.
- Device and method for the alignment of a book block consisting of single sheets and/or signatures13 Apr 2021US 10,974,533 B2Mueller Martini Holding AG
- Binding method of perfect-bound booklet11 Aug 2020US 10,737,524 B2Nakamura Printing & Binding Co., Ltd.
- Sheet bundle binding apparatus and rotation detection method31 Jul 2025US 2025/0243031 A1Horizon Inc.
- Dynamic change of gang run21 Mar 2024US 2024/0092110 A1Mueller Martini Holding AG
- Book block conveying device17 Jun 2021US 2021/0178801 A1Horizon International Inc.
- Binding method of perfect-bound booklet16 Apr 2020US 2020/0114676 A1Nakamura Printing & Binding Co., Ltd.
- Notebook and manufacturing method therefor21 Feb 2019US 2019/0054752 A1Yugengaisha Misatomira121
Most cited
By later US patents
- Book-binding method for saddle-stitched bound book38US 5,678,813 AKabushiki Kaisha Osako Seisakusho · 1997
- Apparatus and method of delivering signatures to a binding line38US 6,267,366 B1Quad/Graphics, Inc. · 2001
- Saddle-bound books, magazines and the like and process for manufacture same36US 5,028,193 A1991
- Method for binding books27US 4,091,487 A1978
- Method and apparatus for tandem stitching of books in a bindery line23US 4,519,599 AR. R. Donnelley & Sons Company · 1985