B42D 25/45
Associating two or more layers
B42D25/45 (Associating two or more layers) appears on 1,204 US grants and 1,201 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B42D- Granted patents
- 1,204
- Published applications
- 1,201
- Assignees
- 501
- Inventors
- 2,016
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 4 | 0 |
| 1977 | 8 | 0 |
| 1978 | 12 | 0 |
| 1979 | 8 | 0 |
| 1980 | 8 | 0 |
| 1981 | 10 | 0 |
| 1982 | 12 | 0 |
| 1983 | 7 | 0 |
| 1984 | 15 | 0 |
| 1985 | 27 | 0 |
| 1986 | 13 | 0 |
| 1987 | 16 | 0 |
| 1988 | 7 | 0 |
| 1989 | 14 | 0 |
| 1990 | 15 | 0 |
| 1991 | 19 | 0 |
| 1992 | 20 | 0 |
| 1993 | 15 | 0 |
| 1994 | 12 | 0 |
| 1995 | 19 | 0 |
| 1996 | 10 | 0 |
| 1997 | 9 | 0 |
| 1998 | 22 | 0 |
| 1999 | 16 | 0 |
| 2000 | 25 | 0 |
| 2001 | 16 | 4 |
| 2002 | 4 | 9 |
| 2003 | 7 | 17 |
| 2004 | 19 | 32 |
| 2005 | 8 | 37 |
| 2006 | 16 | 33 |
| 2007 | 17 | 36 |
| 2008 | 14 | 42 |
| 2009 | 13 | 37 |
| 2010 | 29 | 55 |
| 2011 | 29 | 63 |
| 2012 | 34 | 42 |
| 2013 | 35 | 59 |
| 2014 | 32 | 57 |
| 2015 | 40 | 54 |
| 2016 | 45 | 50 |
| 2017 | 33 | 46 |
| 2018 | 51 | 86 |
| 2019 | 80 | 68 |
| 2020 | 71 | 72 |
| 2021 | 55 | 68 |
| 2022 | 44 | 68 |
| 2023 | 36 | 55 |
| 2024 | 54 | 54 |
| 2025 | 56 | 34 |
| 2026 | 23 | 23 |
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
- Standardization of taggant signatures using transfer images8 Sep 2026US 12,728,662 B2Microtrace, LLC
- Method of applying a pattern, and security device for an article4 Aug 2026US 12,697,834 B2E Ink Corporation
- Optical anti-counterfeiting element and manufacturing method therefor, and anti-counterfeiting product14 Jul 2026US 12,679,132 B2China Banknote Printing and Minting Corp.
- Optical structure having a relief effect30 Jun 2026US 12,668,076 B2Oberthur Fiduciaire SAS
- 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
- Method for producing a security feature for a card-shaped data carrier and card-shaped data carrier10 Sep 2026US 2026/0264444 A1Giesecke+Devrient Epayments GmbH
Most cited
By later US patents
- Transparent reflection-type340US 4,856,857 ADai Nippon Insatsu Kabushiki Kaisha · 1989
- 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
- Method for making a wallet card with an integral magnifying lens271US 6,176,430 B1LensCard U.S., LLC · 2001
- Credit card and method of making the same254US 4,897,533 ANational Business Systems, Inc. · 1990