B44B 7/00
Machines, apparatus or hand tools for branding
Official title: Machines, apparatus or hand tools for branding, {e.g. using radiant energy such as laser beams}(burning or charring wood stock B27M1/06)
B44B7/00 (Machines, apparatus or hand tools for branding) appears on 143 US grants and 67 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B44B- Granted patents
- 143
- Published applications
- 67
- Assignees
- 94
- Inventors
- 257
- Latest grant
- 15 Sep 2026
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| 1978 | 7 | 0 |
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| 2004 | 11 | 5 |
| 2005 | 1 | 5 |
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| 2023 | 3 | 4 |
| 2024 | 1 | 3 |
| 2025 | 3 | 3 |
| 2026 | 1 | 0 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Attachment apparatus for laser engraving15 Sep 2026US 12,734,587 B2LensDigital, LLC
- Marking systems and methods for fiber-based products7 Oct 2025US 12,434,504 B2Footprint International, LLC
- Devices, systems, and methods for scorching boards and panels24 Jun 2025US 12,337,500 B2Columbia Insurance Company
- Attachment apparatus for laser engraving14 Jan 2025US 12,194,544 B2LensDigital, LLC
- Heat press, components, apparatuses, systems, and methods2 Apr 2024US 11,945,245 B2Cricut, Inc.
- Devices, Systems, And Methods For Scorching Boards And Panels9 Oct 2025US 2025/0312939 A1Columbia Insurance Company
- High volume branding system19 Jun 2025US 2025/0196529 A1
- Attachment apparatus for laser engraving15 May 2025US 2025/0153250 A1LensDigital, LLC
- Attachment apparatus for laser engraving18 Jul 2024US 2024/0238877 A1LensDigital, LLC
- Heat Press, Components, Apparatuses, Systems, and Methods18 Jul 2024US 2024/0239125 A1Cricut, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Laser marking system147US 5,932,119 ALazare Kaplan International, Inc. · 1999
- Laser marking of ceramic materials, glazes, glass ceramics and glasses120US 4,769,310 ACiba-Geigy Corporation · 1988
- Semiconductor wafer marking for identification during processing119US 5,175,774 AMicron Technology, Inc. · 1992
- Sub-surface marking119US 5,206,496 AUnited Distillers PLC · 1993
- Method of decorating a transparent plastics material article by means of a laser beam109US 4,092,518 ALaser Technique S.A. · 1978