B42D 15/02
Postcards
Official title: Postcards; Greeting, menu, business or like cards; Letter cards or letter-sheets (B42D25/00 takes precedence; envelopes B65D27/00)
B42D15/02 (Postcards) appears on 1,399 US grants and 1,292 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B42D- Granted patents
- 1,399
- Published applications
- 1,292
- Assignees
- 511
- Inventors
- 2,092
- Latest grant
- 29 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1976 | 12 | 0 |
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| 2001 | 54 | 13 |
| 2002 | 27 | 39 |
| 2003 | 32 | 41 |
| 2004 | 24 | 51 |
| 2005 | 28 | 75 |
| 2006 | 19 | 54 |
| 2007 | 31 | 66 |
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| 2009 | 24 | 68 |
| 2010 | 36 | 82 |
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| 2019 | 31 | 55 |
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| 2021 | 27 | 40 |
| 2022 | 25 | 24 |
| 2023 | 22 | 39 |
| 2024 | 28 | 27 |
| 2025 | 27 | 30 |
| 2026 | 12 | 24 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Tamper evident prepaid card packaging29 Sep 2026US 12,746,774 B2Multi Packaging Solutions, Inc.
- Celebration kit8 Sep 2026US 12,728,661 B2
- Printed material and method for producing printed material1 Sep 2026US 12,722,357 B2FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
- Personalized value item packaging1 Sep 2026US 12,722,843 B2e2interactive, Inc.
- 3D pop-up cards with a base structure25 Aug 2026US 12,715,234 B2JAST Gifts Shenzhen Company Limited
- Pop-up three-dimensional (3d) greeting card structure with movable support arms8 Oct 2026US 2026/0307419 A1Shanghai Vanpine Cosmetics Co., Ltd
- Systems and methods for collecting and storing biometric identifiers1 Oct 2026US 2026/0296087 A1Stillwater Solutions 23 LLC d/b/a National Child ID Program
- Greeting card for automated printing17 Sep 2026US 2026/0273984 A1Hallmark Cards, Incorporated
- Connected cards17 Sep 2026US 2026/0279222 A1
- Greeting card with deckled edges and methods of manufacture27 Aug 2026US 2026/0249637 A1
Most cited
By later US patents
- Apparatus and method for electronically dispensing personalized greeting cards and gifts790US 5,513,117 A1996
- Acoustic device295US 6,332,029 B1New Transducers Limited · 2001
- Postcard check277US 5,924,737 AYoung America Corporation · 1999
- System for exchanging health care insurance information263US 6,088,677 A2000
- Apparatus and method for electronically dispensing personalized greeting cards and gifts229US 5,442,567 A1995