B42D 1/00
Books or other bound products
Official title: Books or other bound products (match books A24F27/12; picture books with additional toy effects A63H33/38; indexing features B42F21/00; educational or demonstration appliances G09B, e.g. textbooks for teaching foreign languages G09B19/08)
B42D1/00 (Books or other bound products) appears on 759 US grants and 735 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B42D- Granted patents
- 759
- Published applications
- 735
- Assignees
- 382
- Inventors
- 1,392
- Latest grant
- 5 May 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 10 | 0 |
| 1977 | 7 | 0 |
| 1978 | 13 | 0 |
| 1979 | 8 | 0 |
| 1980 | 8 | 0 |
| 1981 | 8 | 0 |
| 1982 | 4 | 0 |
| 1983 | 4 | 0 |
| 1984 | 6 | 0 |
| 1985 | 11 | 0 |
| 1986 | 14 | 0 |
| 1987 | 15 | 0 |
| 1988 | 12 | 0 |
| 1989 | 20 | 0 |
| 1990 | 16 | 0 |
| 1991 | 26 | 0 |
| 1992 | 20 | 0 |
| 1993 | 22 | 0 |
| 1994 | 13 | 0 |
| 1995 | 14 | 0 |
| 1996 | 18 | 0 |
| 1997 | 14 | 0 |
| 1998 | 25 | 0 |
| 1999 | 23 | 0 |
| 2000 | 26 | 0 |
| 2001 | 21 | 9 |
| 2002 | 18 | 25 |
| 2003 | 24 | 35 |
| 2004 | 18 | 28 |
| 2005 | 18 | 51 |
| 2006 | 12 | 33 |
| 2007 | 10 | 35 |
| 2008 | 7 | 39 |
| 2009 | 5 | 39 |
| 2010 | 20 | 36 |
| 2011 | 11 | 33 |
| 2012 | 17 | 44 |
| 2013 | 16 | 38 |
| 2014 | 21 | 47 |
| 2015 | 16 | 31 |
| 2016 | 18 | 31 |
| 2017 | 23 | 22 |
| 2018 | 28 | 27 |
| 2019 | 20 | 30 |
| 2020 | 21 | 29 |
| 2021 | 22 | 16 |
| 2022 | 9 | 10 |
| 2023 | 8 | 14 |
| 2024 | 5 | 8 |
| 2025 | 9 | 13 |
| 2026 | 5 | 12 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- B42D 1/003Books or other bound products: characterised by shape or material of the327
- B42D 1/08Albums169
- B42D 1/009Books or other bound products: characterised by printed matter not otherwise provided89
- B42D 1/06In which the fillings and covers are united by other means86
- B42D 1/10Files with adhesive strips for mounting papers42
- B42D 1/001Books or other bound products: with at least two separate sets of36
- B42D 1/04In which the fillings and the spine portions of the covers are31
- B42D 1/02In which the fillings and covers are connected by end papers25
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