B42D 25/36
Comprising special materials
Official title: comprising special materials
B42D25/36 (Comprising special materials) appears on 1,904 US grants and 2,382 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B42D- Granted patents
- 1,904
- Published applications
- 2,382
- Assignees
- 719
- Inventors
- 3,218
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 4 | 0 |
| 1977 | 4 | 0 |
| 1978 | 6 | 0 |
| 1979 | 6 | 0 |
| 1980 | 3 | 0 |
| 1981 | 3 | 0 |
| 1982 | 3 | 0 |
| 1983 | 2 | 0 |
| 1984 | 8 | 0 |
| 1985 | 16 | 0 |
| 1986 | 12 | 0 |
| 1987 | 12 | 0 |
| 1988 | 3 | 0 |
| 1989 | 9 | 0 |
| 1990 | 6 | 0 |
| 1991 | 8 | 0 |
| 1992 | 8 | 0 |
| 1993 | 6 | 0 |
| 1994 | 9 | 0 |
| 1995 | 15 | 0 |
| 1996 | 12 | 0 |
| 1997 | 8 | 0 |
| 1998 | 7 | 0 |
| 1999 | 7 | 0 |
| 2000 | 16 | 0 |
| 2001 | 11 | 2 |
| 2002 | 13 | 19 |
| 2003 | 13 | 30 |
| 2004 | 20 | 35 |
| 2005 | 17 | 48 |
| 2006 | 22 | 41 |
| 2007 | 17 | 86 |
| 2008 | 24 | 80 |
| 2009 | 18 | 67 |
| 2010 | 49 | 82 |
| 2011 | 50 | 74 |
| 2012 | 65 | 84 |
| 2013 | 58 | 99 |
| 2014 | 75 | 90 |
| 2015 | 70 | 117 |
| 2016 | 74 | 103 |
| 2017 | 94 | 117 |
| 2018 | 82 | 159 |
| 2019 | 146 | 157 |
| 2020 | 147 | 167 |
| 2021 | 127 | 158 |
| 2022 | 116 | 172 |
| 2023 | 96 | 117 |
| 2024 | 107 | 127 |
| 2025 | 143 | 79 |
| 2026 | 57 | 72 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
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
- Optical device and method of manufacture thereof22 Sep 2026US 12,741,478 B2De La Rue International Limited
- Standardization of taggant signatures using transfer images8 Sep 2026US 12,728,662 B2Microtrace, LLC
- Optical component of a security article25 Aug 2026US 12,715,235 B2Viavi Solutions Inc.
- Compositions, comprising silver nanoplatelets8 Oct 2026US 2026/0307149 A1BASF SE
- 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
- Optical security components, manufacture of such components and secure objects provided with such components8 Oct 2026US 2026/0307422 A1Surys
- Security element for a value document, having an optically variable primary surface pattern and concealed secondary surface pattern, and method for production thereof8 Oct 2026US 2026/0307424 A1Giesecke+Devrient Currency Technology GmbH
Most cited
By later US patents
- Transparent reflection-type340US 4,856,857 ADai Nippon Insatsu Kabushiki Kaisha · 1989
- Method for making a wallet card with an integral magnifying lens271US 6,176,430 B1LensCard U.S., LLC · 2001
- Credit card with magnifying lens266US 5,412,199 A1995
- Transaction card262US 6,581,839 B1American Express Travel Related Services Company, Inc. · 2003
- Credit card with a fresnel magnifying lens formed in a section of the transparent core258US 5,434,405 A1995