FERAG AG
624Patents
181Active
624Granted
51Portfolio score
Filing activity: Oct 8, 1974 → May 31, 2023 · 73 expiring within 5 years
Most-cited patents
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US4508523A | Drive means for the shaft of a mobile apparatus | Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating | 110 | Expired |
| US4034845A | Apparatus for stacking printed products continuously arriving from conveyor means, especially products arriving in an imbricated formation | Performing Operations; Transporting | 101 | Expired |
| US4201286A | Apparatus for the individual conveying of printed products arriving in an imbricated product stream | Performing Operations; Transporting | 79 | Expired |
| US3951399A | Article-handling apparatus | Performing Operations; Transporting | 70 | Expired |
| US4320894A | Apparatus for outfeeding flat products, especially printed products, arriving in an imbricated array | Performing Operations; Transporting | 64 | Expired |
| US5772005A | Apparatus for conveying articles | Performing Operations; Transporting | 53 | Expired |
| US5613669A | Control process for use in the production of printed products and means for performing the process | Physics | 52 | Expired |
| US4489930A | Apparatus for collecting folded printed sheets | Performing Operations; Transporting | 43 | Expired |
| US4438618A | Apparatus for stacking printed products, such as newspapers, periodicals and the like, arriving in an imbricated product stream | Performing Operations; Transporting | 42 | Expired |
| US4058202A | Apparatus for processing products especially printed products | Performing Operations; Transporting | 42 | Expired |
| US4381056A | Conveyor apparatus, especially for printed products | Performing Operations; Transporting | 40 | Expired |
| US5664928A | Commissioning process and apparatus | Performing Operations; Transporting | 40 | Expired |
| US4738078A | Method of, and apparatus for, wrapping objects, especially quadrangular block-like objects with a web-like wrapping material | Performing Operations; Transporting | 39 | Expired |
| US4214743A | Apparatus for dividing a continuous stream of flat products, especially printed products, into individual sections | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 39 | Expired |
| US5395151A | Gripper for a conveying device for conveying single-sheet or multi-sheet printed products | Performing Operations; Transporting | 38 | Expired |
| US4997205A | Multi-sheet folded printed product and method of producing the same | Performing Operations; Transporting | 38 | Expired |
| US5022644A | Method and apparatus for forming an imbricated formation of printed products arriving in an imbricated stream | Performing Operations; Transporting | 38 | Expired |
| US5660382A | Flexible conveying system | Performing Operations; Transporting | 36 | Expired |
| US3955667A | Endless conveyor with gripping elements | Performing Operations; Transporting | 35 | Expired |
| US6029968A | Method for producing multi-leaf printed products consisting of sheets folded inside each other | Performing Operations; Transporting | 34 | Expired |
| US5324014A | Process and apparatus for processing printing products | Performing Operations; Transporting | 32 | Expired |
| US5137409A | Joining together of printed partial products | Performing Operations; Transporting | 32 | Expired |
| US4743005A | Apparatus for stuffing inserts into multi-sheet printed products | Performing Operations; Transporting | 32 | Expired |
| US5722655A | Apparatus for evenly spacing successive printed products | Performing Operations; Transporting | 30 | Expired |
| US4684116A | Method and apparatus for collating folded printed signatures using conveyors rotating about a central axis | Performing Operations; Transporting | 30 | Expired |
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Counts and citation impact are objective bibliographic measures.