B65H 39/00
Associating, collating, or gathering articles or webs
Official title: Associating, collating, or gathering articles or webs (combinations of piling and depiling operations, of interest apart from the single operation of piling or depiling B65H83/00; machines for both collating or gathering and permanently attaching together sheets or signatures B42C1/00)
B65H39/00 (Associating, collating, or gathering articles or webs) appears on 2,168 US grants and 1,277 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B65H- Granted patents
- 2,168
- Published applications
- 1,277
- Assignees
- 593
- Inventors
- 3,133
- Latest grant
- 22 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 28 | 0 |
| 1977 | 19 | 0 |
| 1978 | 16 | 0 |
| 1979 | 28 | 0 |
| 1980 | 24 | 0 |
| 1981 | 31 | 0 |
| 1982 | 31 | 0 |
| 1983 | 27 | 0 |
| 1984 | 23 | 0 |
| 1985 | 37 | 0 |
| 1986 | 32 | 0 |
| 1987 | 31 | 0 |
| 1988 | 36 | 0 |
| 1989 | 46 | 0 |
| 1990 | 41 | 0 |
| 1991 | 44 | 0 |
| 1992 | 63 | 0 |
| 1993 | 40 | 0 |
| 1994 | 45 | 0 |
| 1995 | 46 | 0 |
| 1996 | 61 | 0 |
| 1997 | 49 | 0 |
| 1998 | 73 | 0 |
| 1999 | 61 | 0 |
| 2000 | 60 | 0 |
| 2001 | 66 | 11 |
| 2002 | 46 | 45 |
| 2003 | 60 | 78 |
| 2004 | 59 | 74 |
| 2005 | 28 | 65 |
| 2006 | 50 | 57 |
| 2007 | 36 | 62 |
| 2008 | 43 | 81 |
| 2009 | 54 | 56 |
| 2010 | 52 | 68 |
| 2011 | 55 | 64 |
| 2012 | 53 | 54 |
| 2013 | 73 | 79 |
| 2014 | 72 | 60 |
| 2015 | 66 | 67 |
| 2016 | 50 | 55 |
| 2017 | 47 | 38 |
| 2018 | 49 | 54 |
| 2019 | 40 | 39 |
| 2020 | 30 | 25 |
| 2021 | 36 | 26 |
| 2022 | 24 | 22 |
| 2023 | 22 | 23 |
| 2024 | 23 | 33 |
| 2025 | 24 | 27 |
| 2026 | 18 | 14 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Sheet processing apparatus and image forming system incorporating the sheet processing apparatus22 Sep 2026US 12,741,457 B2Ricoh Company, Ltd.
- Elastomeric laminate(s) for absorbent article donning1 Sep 2026US 12,721,760 B2The Procter & Gamble Company
- Collating system with friction resistant channels25 Aug 2026US 12,715,726 B1Superior Product Handling Solutions, Inc.
- Card attachment system and method11 Aug 2026US 12,703,575 B2Fiserv, Inc.
- Sheet feeding device, image forming apparatus, and locking device11 Aug 2026US 12,703,590 B2Seiko Epson Corporation
- Elastomeric laminate(s) for absorbent article donning8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306309 A1The Procter & Gamble Company
- Method of making largesurface-area microfluidic devices and microfluidic lung manufactured using said method8 Oct 2026US 2026/0307174 A1The Regents of the University of Michigan
- Collating system with friction resistant channels8 Oct 2026US 2026/0307930 A1Superior Product Handling Solutions, Inc.
- Methods and apparatuses for making elastomeric laminates24 Sep 2026US 2026/0283863 A1The Procter & Gamble Company
- Combination system and combination method13 Aug 2026US 2026/0233960 A1Konica Minolta, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Sheet finisher having an angularly movable stapler and image forming system including the same1,457US 7,207,556 B2Ricoh Company, Ltd. · 2007
- Disposable absorbent article having a registered graphic and process for making511US 5,766,389 AKimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc. · 1998
- Process for rotating and placing a strip of material on a substrate336US 5,224,405 AKimberly-Clark Corporation · 1993
- Modular multifunctional mailbox unit with interchangeable sub-modules217US 5,390,910 AXerox Corporation · 1995
- High speed duplicator with finishing function197US 4,385,827 AXerox Corporation · 1983