B42C 9/0056
Applying tape or covers precoated with adhesive to a stack of sheets
Official title: {applying tape or covers precoated with adhesive to a stack of sheets (covers therefor B42D3/002)}
B42C9/0056 (Applying tape or covers precoated with adhesive to a stack of sheets) appears on 176 US grants and 104 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B42C- Granted patents
- 176
- Published applications
- 104
- Assignees
- 64
- Inventors
- 246
- Latest grant
- 21 Apr 2026
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| 2026 | 2 | 0 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Device for the robotic printing of individually-printed books, and associated method21 Apr 2026US 12,605,958 B2R&D Automation
- Bill binding and encoding device and a classification filing system21 Apr 2026US 12,608,992 B2Hubei University of Arts and Science
- Device for the robotic printing of individually-printed books, and associated method4 Feb 2025US 12,214,610 B2R&D Automation
- Apparatus for loading binder strips into a binding machine15 Oct 2024US 12,115,807 B2Powis Parker Inc.
- Device for the robotic printing of individually-printed books, and associated method23 Jan 2024US 11,878,543 B2R&D Automation
- 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
- Device for the robotic printing of individually-printed books, and associated method21 Mar 2024US 2024/0092111 A1R&D Automation
- Apparatus for loading binder strips into a binding machine24 Aug 2023US 2023/0264507 A1Powis Parker Inc.
- Bill binding and encoding device and a classification filing system1 Jun 2023US 2023/0169814 A1Hubei University of Arts and Science
Most cited
By later US patents
- Machine for finishing printed sheets53US 5,632,587 AC. P. Bourg S.A. · 1997
- Hot melt adhesive applicator46US 5,346,350 AMinnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company · 1994
- Moisture proof binding tape cartridge42US 5,195,689 AXerox Corporation · 1993
- Method of multiple copy sets distribution with temporarily taped set distinctions35US 5,980,676 AXerox Corporation · 1999
- Bookbinding apparatus35US 6,000,894 ACanon Kabushiki Kaisha · 1999