B43M 7/02
Devices for both opening envelopes and removing contents
B43M7/02 (Devices for both opening envelopes and removing contents) appears on 92 US grants and 19 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B43M- Granted patents
- 92
- Published applications
- 19
- Assignees
- 23
- Inventors
- 99
- Latest grant
- 3 Mar 2026
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| 2024 | 2 | 1 |
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Method and apparatus for processing envelopes containing contents3 Mar 2026US 12,565,392 B2Opex Corporation
- Method and apparatus for processing envelopes containing contents3 Sep 2024US 12,077,405 B2Opex Corporation
- Case unpacking system and method26 Mar 2024US 11,939,100 B2DLN Integrated Systems, Inc.
- Case unpacking system and method24 Jan 2023US 11,560,249 B2DLN Integrated Systems, Inc.
- Method and apparatus for processing envelopes containing contents1 Dec 2020US 10,850,936 B2Opex Corporation
- Method and apparatus for processing envelopes containing contents28 Nov 2024US 2024/0391719 A1Opex Corporation
- Case unpacking system and method30 Mar 2023US 2023/0101113 A1DLN Integrated Systems, Inc.
- Method and apparatus for processing envelopes containing contents16 Sep 2021US 2021/0284473 A1Opex Corporation
- Case unpacking system and method6 May 2021US 2021/0130025 A1DLN Integrated Systems, Inc.
- Dispenser for opening a tape-like packaging3 Sep 2015US 2015/0246573 A1Merck Patent GmbH
Most cited
By later US patents
- Apparatus for the automated processing of bulk mail and the like88US 4,863,037 AOpex Corporation · 1989
- Method and apparatus for determining the orientation of a document65US 5,240,116 AOpex Corporation · 1993
- Method and apparatus for determining the orientation of a document50US 5,397,003 AOpex Corporation · 1995
- Apparatus and method for checking the contents of envelopes and sorting documents by thickness45US 4,576,287 AOmation Corporation · 1986
- Apparatus for the automated processing of bulk mail and the like45US 5,115,918 AOpex Corporation · 1992