B65C 3/02
Affixing labels to elongated objects
Official title: Affixing labels to elongated objects, e.g. wires, cables, bars, tubes
B65C3/02 (Affixing labels to elongated objects) appears on 131 US grants and 101 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B65C- Granted patents
- 131
- Published applications
- 101
- Assignees
- 71
- Inventors
- 207
- Latest grant
- 7 Jul 2026
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| 2023 | 12 | 11 |
| 2024 | 7 | 3 |
| 2025 | 6 | 4 |
| 2026 | 6 | 6 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- System and method for applying a label for the automated production of e-vapor devices7 Jul 2026US 12,673,797 B2Altria Client Services LLC
- Label wrapping device including insertion part and wrapping part to wrap label around adherend inserted in insertion part31 Mar 2026US 12,589,904 B2Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
- Label affixing device including peeling part peeling label off release material, support part supporting label, and affixing part affixing label to adherend17 Mar 2026US 12,577,015 B2Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
- Technique for marking a prolate object24 Feb 2026US 12,558,885 B2Phoenix Contact GmbH & Co.KG
- Tape cassette including tape and cover film, and method of creating labels with the tape cassette27 Jan 2026US 12,534,645 B2Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
- Label affixing device17 Sep 2026US 2026/0274492 A1Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
- Label affixing appratus, program, and control method3 Sep 2026US 2026/0257493 A1Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
- Label wrapping device adjusting label-stopping-position for wrapping label around target object3 Sep 2026US 2026/0257826 A1Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
- Label affixing device3 Sep 2026US 2026/0257827 A1Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
- Label wrapping machine3 Sep 2026US 2026/0257829 A1Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
Most cited
By later US patents
- Labeled pipe fitting and method71US 5,390,964 A1995
- Marker sleeve processing machine37US 4,655,129 AW. H. Brady Co. · 1987
- Label wrapper block assembly30US 7,178,572 B2Brady Worldwide, Inc. · 2007
- Method of making a welded sleeve identification29US 4,770,729 AThe Boeing Company · 1988
- Method and apparatus for applying labels to cable or conduit23US 7,954,530 B1Encore Wire Corporation · 2011