B42D
Books
Official title: Books; book covers; loose leaves; printed matter characterised by identification or security features; printed matter of special format or style not otherwise provided for; devices for use therewith and not otherwise provided for; movable-strip writing or reading apparatus
B42D (Books) appears on 9,394 US grants and 8,804 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B42D- Granted patents
- 9,394
- Published applications
- 8,804
- Assignees
- 2,961
- Inventors
- 13,417
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 63 | 0 |
| 1977 | 72 | 0 |
| 1978 | 70 | 0 |
| 1979 | 62 | 0 |
| 1980 | 69 | 0 |
| 1981 | 53 | 0 |
| 1982 | 52 | 0 |
| 1983 | 49 | 0 |
| 1984 | 76 | 0 |
| 1985 | 97 | 0 |
| 1986 | 121 | 0 |
| 1987 | 120 | 0 |
| 1988 | 120 | 0 |
| 1989 | 157 | 0 |
| 1990 | 166 | 0 |
| 1991 | 174 | 0 |
| 1992 | 179 | 0 |
| 1993 | 170 | 0 |
| 1994 | 194 | 0 |
| 1995 | 200 | 0 |
| 1996 | 160 | 0 |
| 1997 | 163 | 0 |
| 1998 | 242 | 0 |
| 1999 | 236 | 0 |
| 2000 | 257 | 0 |
| 2001 | 228 | 78 |
| 2002 | 172 | 220 |
| 2003 | 165 | 318 |
| 2004 | 184 | 358 |
| 2005 | 159 | 492 |
| 2006 | 181 | 387 |
| 2007 | 173 | 447 |
| 2008 | 166 | 426 |
| 2009 | 154 | 388 |
| 2010 | 263 | 424 |
| 2011 | 230 | 394 |
| 2012 | 253 | 349 |
| 2013 | 259 | 423 |
| 2014 | 280 | 401 |
| 2015 | 285 | 388 |
| 2016 | 274 | 328 |
| 2017 | 295 | 318 |
| 2018 | 284 | 375 |
| 2019 | 350 | 385 |
| 2020 | 326 | 360 |
| 2021 | 292 | 345 |
| 2022 | 237 | 316 |
| 2023 | 217 | 257 |
| 2024 | 241 | 274 |
| 2025 | 284 | 188 |
| 2026 | 120 | 165 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Main groups
Granted patents with any code in the group
- B42D 25/00Information-bearing cards or sheet-like structures characterised by identification or security features4,742
- B42D 15/00Printed matter of special format or style not otherwise provided for2,556
- B42D 5/00Sheets united without binding to form pads or blocks1,054
- B42D 1/00Books or other bound products759
- B42D 3/00Book covers664
- B42D 9/00Bookmarkers421
- B42D 17/00Hanging or securing devices for books, newspapers or the like91
- B42D 13/00Loose leaves modified for binding70
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
- Staple supporting and staple removing strip1,421US 4,382,326 AMinnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company · 1983
- 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
- Linking of computers based on optical sensing of digital data942US 6,311,214 B1Digimarc Corporation · 2001
- Watermark embedder and reader942US 6,614,914 B1Digimarc Corporation · 2003