B42D 25/29
Securities
Official title: Securities; Bank notes
B42D25/29 (Securities) appears on 1,685 US grants and 1,897 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B42D- Granted patents
- 1,685
- Published applications
- 1,897
- Assignees
- 600
- Inventors
- 2,540
- Latest grant
- 22 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 3 | 0 |
| 1977 | 5 | 0 |
| 1978 | 4 | 0 |
| 1979 | 5 | 0 |
| 1980 | 5 | 0 |
| 1981 | 2 | 0 |
| 1982 | 2 | 0 |
| 1983 | 2 | 0 |
| 1984 | 5 | 0 |
| 1985 | 5 | 0 |
| 1986 | 10 | 0 |
| 1987 | 14 | 0 |
| 1988 | 10 | 0 |
| 1989 | 6 | 0 |
| 1990 | 11 | 0 |
| 1991 | 8 | 0 |
| 1992 | 16 | 0 |
| 1993 | 12 | 0 |
| 1994 | 13 | 0 |
| 1995 | 20 | 0 |
| 1996 | 16 | 0 |
| 1997 | 18 | 0 |
| 1998 | 32 | 0 |
| 1999 | 24 | 0 |
| 2000 | 37 | 0 |
| 2001 | 30 | 11 |
| 2002 | 27 | 34 |
| 2003 | 27 | 65 |
| 2004 | 33 | 64 |
| 2005 | 29 | 86 |
| 2006 | 43 | 69 |
| 2007 | 40 | 99 |
| 2008 | 32 | 111 |
| 2009 | 29 | 69 |
| 2010 | 58 | 119 |
| 2011 | 63 | 88 |
| 2012 | 70 | 92 |
| 2013 | 81 | 101 |
| 2014 | 91 | 96 |
| 2015 | 59 | 92 |
| 2016 | 69 | 82 |
| 2017 | 83 | 73 |
| 2018 | 68 | 100 |
| 2019 | 101 | 86 |
| 2020 | 87 | 72 |
| 2021 | 67 | 77 |
| 2022 | 51 | 67 |
| 2023 | 41 | 46 |
| 2024 | 48 | 50 |
| 2025 | 51 | 30 |
| 2026 | 22 | 18 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Optical device and method of manufacture thereof22 Sep 2026US 12,741,478 B2De La Rue International Limited
- Optical component of a security article25 Aug 2026US 12,715,235 B2Viavi Solutions Inc.
- Printed security feature11 Aug 2026US 12,703,196 B2CCL Secure Pty Ltd
- Micro-optic device11 Aug 2026US 12,704,744 B2CCL Secure Pty Ltd
- Method of applying a pattern, and security device for an article4 Aug 2026US 12,697,834 B2E Ink Corporation
- 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
- Hybrid documents1 Oct 2026US 2026/0305474 A1X-Celeprint Limited
- Precision watermarking of covert and overt authentication features24 Sep 2026US 2026/0285077 A1Crane Co.
- Biodegradable value-document substrate17 Sep 2026US 2026/0273985 A1Giesecke+Devrient Currency Technology GmbH
- Optically variable security element, value document and production method27 Aug 2026US 2026/0249638 A1Giesecke+Devrient Currency Technology GmbH
Most cited
By later US patents
- Digital watermarks and methods for security documents503US 6,345,104 B12002
- Electrophoretic displays in portable devices and systems for addressing such displays393US 6,753,999 B2E Ink Corporation · 2004
- Financial data processing system334US 4,948,174 ARemittance Technology Corporation · 1990
- Financial data processing system329US 5,121,945 ARemittance Technology Corporation · 1992
- Self-authentication of value documents using encoded indices278US 6,611,598 B1Unisys Corporation · 2003