B42D 25/20
Information-bearing cards or sheet-like structures characterised by identification or security features: characterised
Official title: characterised by a particular use or purpose
B42D25/20 (Information-bearing cards or sheet-like structures characterised by identification or security features: characterised) appears on 2,806 US grants and 3,020 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B42D- Granted patents
- 2,806
- Published applications
- 3,020
- Assignees
- 979
- Inventors
- 4,184
- Latest grant
- 22 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 7 | 0 |
| 1977 | 8 | 0 |
| 1978 | 12 | 0 |
| 1979 | 13 | 0 |
| 1980 | 12 | 0 |
| 1981 | 12 | 0 |
| 1982 | 12 | 0 |
| 1983 | 9 | 0 |
| 1984 | 15 | 0 |
| 1985 | 27 | 0 |
| 1986 | 23 | 0 |
| 1987 | 25 | 0 |
| 1988 | 14 | 0 |
| 1989 | 18 | 0 |
| 1990 | 20 | 0 |
| 1991 | 19 | 0 |
| 1992 | 30 | 0 |
| 1993 | 24 | 0 |
| 1994 | 28 | 0 |
| 1995 | 33 | 0 |
| 1996 | 27 | 0 |
| 1997 | 31 | 0 |
| 1998 | 50 | 0 |
| 1999 | 41 | 0 |
| 2000 | 60 | 0 |
| 2001 | 47 | 15 |
| 2002 | 35 | 52 |
| 2003 | 41 | 99 |
| 2004 | 56 | 99 |
| 2005 | 44 | 134 |
| 2006 | 62 | 93 |
| 2007 | 56 | 142 |
| 2008 | 55 | 151 |
| 2009 | 46 | 111 |
| 2010 | 87 | 164 |
| 2011 | 92 | 139 |
| 2012 | 103 | 123 |
| 2013 | 111 | 167 |
| 2014 | 118 | 133 |
| 2015 | 99 | 135 |
| 2016 | 107 | 112 |
| 2017 | 112 | 125 |
| 2018 | 121 | 171 |
| 2019 | 156 | 130 |
| 2020 | 144 | 158 |
| 2021 | 123 | 145 |
| 2022 | 112 | 123 |
| 2023 | 88 | 89 |
| 2024 | 89 | 105 |
| 2025 | 92 | 59 |
| 2026 | 40 | 46 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- B42D 25/29Securities1,685
- B42D 25/23Identity cards811
- B42D 25/24Passports376
- B42D 25/21For multiple purposes303
- B42D 25/22For use in combination with accessories specially adapted for information-bearing cards106
- B42D 25/285Gift cards102
- B42D 25/28For use in medical treatment or therapy49
- B42D 25/27Lots39
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Recent patents
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- 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
- Encoded inkjet colorshift8 Oct 2026US 2026/0307423 A1Thales Dis France SAS
- Security features for identification documents and methods of making same8 Oct 2026US 2026/0307425 A1Idemia Identity & Security USA LLC
- Hybrid documents1 Oct 2026US 2026/0305474 A1X-Celeprint Limited
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By later US patents
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