B65H 2301/421
Forming a pile
B65H2301/421 (Forming a pile) appears on 2,315 US grants and 1,921 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B65H- Granted patents
- 2,315
- Published applications
- 1,921
- Assignees
- 565
- Inventors
- 3,415
- Latest grant
- 29 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1976 | 20 | 0 |
| 1977 | 22 | 0 |
| 1978 | 14 | 0 |
| 1979 | 12 | 0 |
| 1980 | 21 | 0 |
| 1981 | 21 | 0 |
| 1982 | 15 | 0 |
| 1983 | 11 | 0 |
| 1984 | 31 | 0 |
| 1985 | 18 | 0 |
| 1986 | 30 | 0 |
| 1987 | 25 | 0 |
| 1988 | 23 | 0 |
| 1989 | 26 | 0 |
| 1990 | 27 | 0 |
| 1991 | 22 | 0 |
| 1992 | 32 | 0 |
| 1993 | 27 | 0 |
| 1994 | 39 | 0 |
| 1995 | 35 | 0 |
| 1996 | 24 | 0 |
| 1997 | 33 | 0 |
| 1998 | 24 | 0 |
| 1999 | 31 | 0 |
| 2000 | 45 | 0 |
| 2001 | 43 | 7 |
| 2002 | 25 | 50 |
| 2003 | 30 | 54 |
| 2004 | 42 | 51 |
| 2005 | 29 | 36 |
| 2006 | 26 | 41 |
| 2007 | 21 | 40 |
| 2008 | 29 | 77 |
| 2009 | 52 | 78 |
| 2010 | 58 | 62 |
| 2011 | 66 | 81 |
| 2012 | 68 | 74 |
| 2013 | 81 | 88 |
| 2014 | 87 | 96 |
| 2015 | 93 | 131 |
| 2016 | 103 | 115 |
| 2017 | 121 | 112 |
| 2018 | 122 | 127 |
| 2019 | 114 | 120 |
| 2020 | 82 | 88 |
| 2021 | 93 | 94 |
| 2022 | 93 | 82 |
| 2023 | 72 | 72 |
| 2024 | 57 | 47 |
| 2025 | 55 | 55 |
| 2026 | 25 | 43 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- B65H 2301/4212Of articles substantially horizontalIndexing code1,140
- B65H 2301/4213Of a limited number of articlesIndexing code855
- B65H 2301/4214Of articles on edgeIndexing code538
- B65H 2301/4219Forming a pile in which articles are offset from each otherIndexing code178
- B65H 2301/4211Of articles alternatively overturned, or swivelled from a certain angleIndexing code93
- B65H 2301/4216Of web folded in zig-zag formIndexing code70
- B65H 2301/4217Forming multiple pilesIndexing code66
- B65H 2301/4215Of articles riding on an elongated memberIndexing code7
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By later US patents
- Multiple pocket currency bill processing device and method185US 6,860,375 B2Cummins-Allison Corp. · 2005
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