B65H 29/70
Article bending or stiffening arrangements
B65H29/70 (Article bending or stiffening arrangements) appears on 397 US grants and 317 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B65H- Granted patents
- 397
- Published applications
- 317
- Assignees
- 135
- Inventors
- 758
- Latest grant
- 25 Aug 2026
Filings by year
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| 1976 | 4 | 0 |
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| 1978 | 3 | 0 |
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| 2000 | 9 | 0 |
| 2001 | 5 | 2 |
| 2002 | 4 | 7 |
| 2003 | 6 | 3 |
| 2004 | 5 | 2 |
| 2005 | 0 | 4 |
| 2006 | 2 | 14 |
| 2007 | 5 | 9 |
| 2008 | 6 | 7 |
| 2009 | 4 | 6 |
| 2010 | 11 | 13 |
| 2011 | 9 | 8 |
| 2012 | 11 | 14 |
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| 2015 | 22 | 32 |
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| 2017 | 27 | 23 |
| 2018 | 19 | 26 |
| 2019 | 22 | 19 |
| 2020 | 15 | 12 |
| 2021 | 16 | 14 |
| 2022 | 8 | 8 |
| 2023 | 10 | 6 |
| 2024 | 8 | 17 |
| 2025 | 8 | 9 |
| 2026 | 7 | 5 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
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- Sheet discharge and accommodation device and image forming apparatus19 Mar 2026US 2026/0079437 A1FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
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By later US patents
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