B44C 1/14
Metallic leaves or foils
Official title: Metallic leaves or foils, e.g. gold leaf
B44C1/14 (Metallic leaves or foils) appears on 170 US grants and 124 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B44C- Granted patents
- 170
- Published applications
- 124
- Assignees
- 119
- Inventors
- 346
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 2 | 0 |
| 1977 | 2 | 0 |
| 1978 | 3 | 0 |
| 1979 | 1 | 0 |
| 1980 | 4 | 0 |
| 1981 | 3 | 0 |
| 1982 | 3 | 0 |
| 1983 | 5 | 0 |
| 1984 | 5 | 0 |
| 1985 | 8 | 0 |
| 1986 | 3 | 0 |
| 1987 | 3 | 0 |
| 1988 | 4 | 0 |
| 1989 | 5 | 0 |
| 1990 | 2 | 0 |
| 1991 | 2 | 0 |
| 1992 | 3 | 0 |
| 1993 | 4 | 0 |
| 1994 | 3 | 0 |
| 1995 | 2 | 0 |
| 1996 | 7 | 0 |
| 1997 | 3 | 0 |
| 1998 | 5 | 0 |
| 1999 | 5 | 0 |
| 2000 | 4 | 0 |
| 2001 | 1 | 2 |
| 2002 | 7 | 5 |
| 2003 | 7 | 11 |
| 2004 | 3 | 10 |
| 2005 | 4 | 9 |
| 2006 | 3 | 6 |
| 2007 | 1 | 5 |
| 2008 | 2 | 3 |
| 2009 | 3 | 1 |
| 2010 | 3 | 7 |
| 2011 | 1 | 3 |
| 2012 | 1 | 1 |
| 2013 | 1 | 4 |
| 2014 | 2 | 4 |
| 2015 | 3 | 1 |
| 2016 | 3 | 5 |
| 2017 | 3 | 6 |
| 2018 | 2 | 7 |
| 2019 | 5 | 5 |
| 2020 | 4 | 5 |
| 2021 | 3 | 5 |
| 2022 | 4 | 4 |
| 2023 | 4 | 6 |
| 2024 | 2 | 4 |
| 2025 | 6 | 3 |
| 2026 | 1 | 2 |
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
- Hot foil stamping press6 May 2025US 12,291,012 B2Bobst Mex SA
- Metal tone decorative sheet and metal tone decorative molded body provided with metal tone decorative sheet11 Mar 2025US 12,246,556 B2Dai Nippon Printing Co.Ltd.
- Glitter alternative18 Feb 2025US 12,227,025 B2Hallmark Cards, Incorporated
- Patinated or patina-ready metal transaction cards and manufacturing processes28 Jan 2025US 12,208,599 B2CompoSecure, LLC
- Glass foiler mounting station1 Oct 2026US 2026/0296089 A1
- Sheet embellishing method, system, and non-transitory storage medium8 Jan 2026US 2026/0008077 A1Duplo Corporation
- Image forming apparatus for forming toner image for adhering foil onto sheet9 Oct 2025US 2025/0314998 A1Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Cardboard processing machine and method for attaching a foil tape to a cardboard26 Jun 2025US 2025/0206486 A1Bobst Mex SA
- Decorative Vapor Deposition Sheet6 Feb 2025US 2025/0042132 A13M Innovative Properties Company
Most cited
By later US patents
- Elastomeric reflective metal surfaces135US 4,101,698 AAvery International Corporation · 1978
- Formation of packaging material94US 4,398,994 A1983
- Decorative metal film heat transfer decalcomania91US 4,012,552 ADennison Manufacturing Company · 1977
- Laminated decorative film and methods of making same85US 4,769,265 A1988
- Laser transfer deposition85US 4,987,006 AAMP Incorporated · 1991