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  3. /Y10 · Technical subjects covered by former uspc
  4. /Y10S · Technical subjects covered by former uspc cross-reference art collections [xracs] and digests
  5. /Y10S 493/00 · Manufacturing container or tube from paper
  6. /Y10S 493/916 · Pliable container
  7. /Y10S 493/917 · Envelope
  8. /Y10S 493/918
Y10S 493/918

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Y10S493/918 (Expandable) appears on 24 US grants and 3 published applications in this corpus.

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Where it sits

  1. YGeneral tagging of new technological developments
  2. Y10Technical subjects covered by former uspc
  3. Y10STechnical subjects covered by former uspc cross-reference art collections [xracs] and digests
  4. Y10S 493/00Manufacturing container or tube from paper
  5. Y10S 493/916Pliable container
  6. Y10S 493/917Envelope
  7. Y10S 493/918Expandable
Granted patents
24
Published applications
3
Assignees
12
Inventors
29
Latest grant
5 Aug 2008

Filings by year

Granted patentsPublished applications
Y10S 493/918: granted patents and published applications per publication year
YearGranted patentsPublished applications
197910
198000
198110
198200
198300
198410
198530
198600
198700
198810
198900
199010
199100
199210
199310
199430
199510
199620
199710
199820
199910
200000
200100
200200
200300
200410
200502
200600
200711
200820

1979198919992008

By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001.

Recent patents

  • Expandable folder5 Aug 2008US 7,407,469 B2
  • Bag making machine19 Feb 2008US 7,331,917 B2Totani Corporation
  • Expandable folder6 Mar 2007US 7,185,800 B2
  • Expanding envelope with built-in divider28 Sep 2004US 6,796,428 B1
  • Flat trapezoidal container of brightly printed thermally sealable film12 Jan 1999US 5,857,952 AProfessional Package Company
  • Expandable folder20 Sep 2007US 2007/0215679 A1
  • Bag making machine8 Dec 2005US 2005/0272583 A1Totani Corporation
  • Expandable folder12 May 2005US 2005/0098615 A1

Most cited

By later US patents
  • Flat trapezoidal container of brightly printed thermally sealable film296US 5,647,168 AProfessional Package Company · 1997
  • Openable flexible packet61US 4,498,591 ADrug Concentrates, Inc. · 1985
  • Protective shipping or mailing envelopes and method of making37US 5,544,473 APrompac Industries, Inc. · 1996
  • Reinforced expandable folders28US 5,720,427 ASmead Manufacturing Company · 1998
  • Bag making machine26US 7,331,917 B2Totani Corporation · 2008

Top assignees

Documents
  • PPProfessional Package Company2
  • SMSmead Manufacturing Company2
  • TTotani Corporation2
  • AMAcebee Manufacturing Co.1
  • AFAmerican Fiber Velope Manufacturing Company1
  • DCDrug Concentrates, Inc.1
  • FSFerguson Scot Limited1
  • KMKempsmith Machine Company1
  • PIPrompac Industries, Inc.1
  • WWestvaco Corporation1

Often classified with

  • B65DContainers for storage or transport of articles or materials12
  • B42FSheets temporarily attached together11
  • B31BMaking containers of paper, cardboard or material worked in a manner analogous10
  • B42CBookbinding6
  • B31FMechanical working or deformation of paper, cardboard or material worked in a3
  • Y10TTechnical subjects covered by former us classification3
  • A45CPurses2
  • A47GHousehold or table equipment2
  • B44FSpecial designs or pictures2
  • B29CShaping or joining of plastics1

Documents that also carry the other class.

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