B42F 7/00
Filing appliances without fastening means
Official title: Filing appliances without fastening means (B42F17/00 takes precedence; suspension files B42F15/00; wallets, notecases, briefcases A45C, e.g. A45C1/00; furniture features A47B, A47F; envelopes B65D, e.g. B65D27/00)
B42F7/00 (Filing appliances without fastening means) appears on 760 US grants and 650 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B42F- Granted patents
- 760
- Published applications
- 650
- Assignees
- 293
- Inventors
- 1,177
- Latest grant
- 1 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1976 | 6 | 0 |
| 1977 | 8 | 0 |
| 1978 | 7 | 0 |
| 1979 | 3 | 0 |
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| 1981 | 8 | 0 |
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| 2001 | 25 | 14 |
| 2002 | 24 | 25 |
| 2003 | 18 | 28 |
| 2004 | 15 | 31 |
| 2005 | 19 | 45 |
| 2006 | 12 | 26 |
| 2007 | 15 | 43 |
| 2008 | 6 | 38 |
| 2009 | 5 | 30 |
| 2010 | 12 | 18 |
| 2011 | 12 | 35 |
| 2012 | 15 | 38 |
| 2013 | 18 | 29 |
| 2014 | 16 | 54 |
| 2015 | 26 | 38 |
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| 2017 | 20 | 21 |
| 2018 | 27 | 30 |
| 2019 | 19 | 22 |
| 2020 | 20 | 21 |
| 2021 | 16 | 16 |
| 2022 | 11 | 9 |
| 2023 | 9 | 7 |
| 2024 | 6 | 4 |
| 2025 | 5 | 3 |
| 2026 | 2 | 7 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Holder housing tool and file1 Sep 2026US 12,722,415 B2King Jim Co., Ltd.
- Stackable tray and stackable folder for filing6 Jan 2026US 12,515,475 B2
- Tray module23 Dec 2025US 12,502,017 B1Primax Electronics Ltd.
- System for organizing physical files in a folder matrix with two dimensional and linear storage/retrieval capability14 Oct 2025US 12,441,132 B1
- Magnetic connector26 Aug 2025US 12,397,578 B2Wingbinder Limited
- File8 Oct 2026US 2026/0307426 A1King Jim Co., Ltd.
- Expansion file folder having at least one of a removably secured cover or a removably secured identification insert18 Jun 2026US 2026/0166910 A1
- Protective case7 May 2026US 2026/0124847 A1Board Boys, LLC
- Folder30 Apr 2026US 2026/0116117 A1Shenzhen Chuhaibiaogan Technology Co., Ltd
- Collectible container with preformed customizable window region comprising predefined removable sub-regions of material23 Apr 2026US 2026/0109512 A1
Most cited
By later US patents
- Folder insert181US 5,598,969 A1997
- Document carrier164US 4,927,071 A1990
- Sleeve with corner tabs159US 6,913,188 B2Avery Dennison Corporation · 2005
- Dual sided photographic album leaf and method of making158US 6,004,061 AEastman Kodak Company · 1999
- Product management display system with trackless pusher mechanism122US 8,739,984 B2RTC Industries, Inc. · 2014