B65H 2301/4454
Merging two or more streams
B65H2301/4454 (Merging two or more streams) appears on 101 US grants and 88 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B65H- Granted patents
- 101
- Published applications
- 88
- Assignees
- 56
- Inventors
- 185
- Latest grant
- 31 Oct 2023
Filings by year
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| 1983 | 1 | 0 |
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| 1985 | 0 | 0 |
| 1986 | 0 | 0 |
| 1987 | 2 | 0 |
| 1988 | 1 | 0 |
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| 1999 | 4 | 0 |
| 2000 | 5 | 0 |
| 2001 | 2 | 0 |
| 2002 | 8 | 6 |
| 2003 | 5 | 9 |
| 2004 | 5 | 4 |
| 2005 | 2 | 7 |
| 2006 | 6 | 4 |
| 2007 | 2 | 3 |
| 2008 | 4 | 11 |
| 2009 | 5 | 10 |
| 2010 | 4 | 7 |
| 2011 | 6 | 2 |
| 2012 | 6 | 6 |
| 2013 | 9 | 3 |
| 2014 | 4 | 1 |
| 2015 | 4 | 5 |
| 2016 | 2 | 2 |
| 2017 | 4 | 0 |
| 2018 | 1 | 1 |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 |
| 2020 | 0 | 4 |
| 2021 | 2 | 2 |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 |
| 2023 | 2 | 0 |
| 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 0 | 1 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001.
Recent patents
- Image forming system, image forming apparatus, and sheet processing device31 Oct 2023US 11,801,705 B2Ricoh Company, Ltd.
- Stacking apparatus and stacking method25 Jul 2023US 11,708,232 B2Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
- Method of grouping sheet units belonging to sheet groups, a grouping unit and a sheet handling system14 Jun 2022US 11,358,826 B2Bowe Systec AG
- Sheet processing apparatus and image forming system19 Oct 2021US 11,150,587 B2Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Apparatus and method for the optional cross-folding of sequentially printed sheets or signatures15 Jun 2021US 11,034,542 B2Muller Martini Holding AG
- Method and apparatus for folding absorbent sanitary articles24 Apr 2025US 2025/0127662 A1Fameccanica, Data S.P A.
- Image forming system, image forming apparatus, and sheet processing device16 Dec 2021US 2021/0387467 A1Ricoh Company, Ltd.
- Stacking apparatus and stacking method12 Aug 2021US 2021/0245982 A1Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
- Method of Grouping Sheet Units Belonging to Sheet Groups, a Grouping Unit and a Sheet Handling System10 Sep 2020US 2020/0283255 A1Bowe Systec AG
- Sheet processing apparatus and image forming system11 Jun 2020US 2020/0183316 A1Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
Most cited
By later US patents
- Dynamic sequencer for sheets of printed paper139US 6,341,773 B12002
- Transfer buffer and inserter and method41US 5,860,504 ALockheed Martin Corporation · 1999
- Combined mailing streams34US 7,096,088 B2Quad/Graphics, Inc. · 2006
- Dynamic gap establishing synchronous product insertion system29US 6,435,331 B1Lockheed Martin Corporation · 2002
- Mechanism for slitting and merging sheets23US 4,674,375 AG. B. R., Ltd. · 1987