D05D 2305/02
Folding
D05D2305/02 (Folding) appears on 176 US grants and 33 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in D05D- Granted patents
- 176
- Published applications
- 33
- Assignees
- 95
- Inventors
- 255
- Latest grant
- 25 Nov 2025
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 11 | 0 |
| 1977 | 10 | 0 |
| 1978 | 6 | 0 |
| 1979 | 5 | 0 |
| 1980 | 10 | 0 |
| 1981 | 10 | 0 |
| 1982 | 7 | 0 |
| 1983 | 8 | 0 |
| 1984 | 7 | 0 |
| 1985 | 6 | 0 |
| 1986 | 8 | 0 |
| 1987 | 8 | 0 |
| 1988 | 2 | 0 |
| 1989 | 6 | 0 |
| 1990 | 10 | 0 |
| 1991 | 9 | 0 |
| 1992 | 2 | 0 |
| 1993 | 1 | 0 |
| 1994 | 1 | 0 |
| 1995 | 3 | 0 |
| 1996 | 1 | 0 |
| 1997 | 4 | 0 |
| 1998 | 3 | 0 |
| 1999 | 4 | 0 |
| 2000 | 1 | 0 |
| 2001 | 3 | 1 |
| 2002 | 4 | 5 |
| 2003 | 2 | 0 |
| 2004 | 1 | 2 |
| 2005 | 2 | 1 |
| 2006 | 1 | 0 |
| 2007 | 0 | 3 |
| 2008 | 1 | 0 |
| 2009 | 3 | 4 |
| 2010 | 2 | 0 |
| 2011 | 2 | 0 |
| 2012 | 0 | 0 |
| 2013 | 0 | 0 |
| 2014 | 0 | 1 |
| 2015 | 1 | 1 |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 |
| 2017 | 0 | 1 |
| 2018 | 0 | 1 |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 |
| 2020 | 0 | 2 |
| 2021 | 3 | 1 |
| 2022 | 1 | 1 |
| 2023 | 1 | 2 |
| 2024 | 0 | 4 |
| 2025 | 4 | 3 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Sewing system25 Nov 2025US 12,480,240 B2Juki Corporation
- Creasing apparatus27 May 2025US 12,312,723 B2Juki Corporation
- Apparatus for manufacturing a pleated curtain11 Mar 2025US 12,247,336 B2Eisenkolb Beheer B.V.
- Hem formation for automated garment manufacture28 Jan 2025US 12,209,340 B2CreateMe Technologies LLC
- Hem sewing system12 Sep 2023US 11,753,756 B2
- Stitched Preform23 Oct 2025US 2025/0327227 A1United States of America as represented by the Administrator of NASA
- An adaptive fabric folding end-effector system18 Sep 2025US 2025/0290247 A1Centre for Garment Production Limited
- Apparatus and methods for piecing a material to form a quilt15 May 2025US 2025/0154717 A1
- Apparatus for manufacturing a pleated curtain11 Jul 2024US 2024/0229315 A9Eisenkolb Beheer B.V.
- Sewing system30 May 2024US 2024/0175179 A1Juki Corporation
Most cited
By later US patents
- Method and apparatus for producing a hemmed, folded, and seamed finished workpiece34US 5,915,319 AAtlanta Attachment Company · 1999
- Automatic sewing apparatus28US 4,181,085 AStahl-Urban Company · 1980
- Method for manufacturing pillowcases28US 4,214,541 AFieldcrest Mills, Inc. · 1980
- Method and apparatus for fabricating pillowcases with attached hems28US 4,624,198 ACannon Mills Company · 1986
- Method and apparatus for producing a hemmed folded and seamed finished workpiece24US 5,865,135 AAtlanta Attachment Company · 1999