B42D 25/40
Manufacture
B42D25/40 (Manufacture) appears on 2,106 US grants and 2,279 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B42D- Granted patents
- 2,106
- Published applications
- 2,279
- Assignees
- 812
- Inventors
- 3,343
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 5 | 0 |
| 1977 | 9 | 0 |
| 1978 | 15 | 0 |
| 1979 | 10 | 0 |
| 1980 | 11 | 0 |
| 1981 | 15 | 0 |
| 1982 | 14 | 0 |
| 1983 | 8 | 0 |
| 1984 | 18 | 0 |
| 1985 | 32 | 0 |
| 1986 | 23 | 0 |
| 1987 | 21 | 0 |
| 1988 | 14 | 0 |
| 1989 | 17 | 0 |
| 1990 | 17 | 0 |
| 1991 | 23 | 0 |
| 1992 | 22 | 0 |
| 1993 | 19 | 0 |
| 1994 | 19 | 0 |
| 1995 | 26 | 0 |
| 1996 | 17 | 0 |
| 1997 | 14 | 0 |
| 1998 | 31 | 0 |
| 1999 | 23 | 0 |
| 2000 | 33 | 0 |
| 2001 | 25 | 7 |
| 2002 | 13 | 13 |
| 2003 | 13 | 35 |
| 2004 | 27 | 46 |
| 2005 | 13 | 64 |
| 2006 | 24 | 55 |
| 2007 | 26 | 71 |
| 2008 | 29 | 86 |
| 2009 | 17 | 70 |
| 2010 | 56 | 86 |
| 2011 | 52 | 98 |
| 2012 | 54 | 75 |
| 2013 | 73 | 91 |
| 2014 | 61 | 108 |
| 2015 | 70 | 119 |
| 2016 | 76 | 106 |
| 2017 | 82 | 119 |
| 2018 | 106 | 165 |
| 2019 | 161 | 136 |
| 2020 | 134 | 136 |
| 2021 | 115 | 148 |
| 2022 | 96 | 134 |
| 2023 | 72 | 86 |
| 2024 | 104 | 107 |
| 2025 | 108 | 70 |
| 2026 | 43 | 48 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Metallic foil card and manufacturing thereof6 Oct 2026US 12,752,568 B2Thales Dis France SAS
- Device for processing documents29 Sep 2026US 12,746,775 B2MB AUTOMATION GmbH & Co. KG
- 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
- Micro-optic device11 Aug 2026US 12,704,744 B2CCL Secure Pty Ltd
- 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
- 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
- Security features for identification documents and methods of making same8 Oct 2026US 2026/0307425 A1Idemia Identity & Security USA LLC
- Wooden transaction cards and methods of making the cards24 Sep 2026US 2026/0289220 A1
- Wooden transaction cards and methods of making the cards24 Sep 2026US 2026/0289221 A1
Most cited
By later US patents
- Security system for photographic identification393US 5,841,886 ADigimarc Corporation · 1998
- Transparent reflection-type340US 4,856,857 ADai Nippon Insatsu Kabushiki Kaisha · 1989
- Credit card with magnifying lens334US 5,608,203 A1997
- Method for making a financial transaction card with embedded electronic circuitry288US 6,902,116 B2Innovative Card Technologies, Inc. · 2005
- Wallet card with built-in light281US 6,817,532 B2LensCard U.S., LLC · 2004