Company Analysis

Ennis, Inc. (EBF)

NYSE: EBF · Manifold Business Forms · Midlothian, TX · filing with the SEC since 1994
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Patents

US patents through Dec 31, 2025 · PatentsView, from the USPTO’s Open Data Portal · read Oct 27, 2026

7 patents granted to the 8 names below, as the owner printed on each patent when it was granted. A later sale, a lapse or an expiry is not read, so this is what was granted to Ennis, Inc.’s names, not what it holds today.

Patents granted
7
7 utility, 1976 to Dec 31, 2025
Granted in 2025
none
Against 2 in 2024 and none in 2023
Applications published
6
since 2001, to Dec 31, 2025
Names they are printed under
8
a subsidiary, its own name
By yearGrantedApplications published
'83'86'94'10'11'14'16'18'20'24
Each pair is one calendar year. Applications are published about eighteen months after filing, so the newest years read low.
What they are aboutgrants since 2021
IT methods for management1
Furniture, games1
The main technology area of each patent, in the World Intellectual Property Organization’s 35 fields.
Under which name8 counted
American Paper Converting Inc. a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
3 granted
0 published
Ennis, Inc. its own name
US, as the owner printed on each patent
0 granted
3 published
Independent Printing Company, Inc. a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
1 granted
1 published
Admore, Inc. a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
1 granted
0 published
CRABAR/GBF, INC. a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
1 granted
0 published
CRABAR/GBF, INC. a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in US
0 granted
1 published
Calibrated Forms Co. Inc. a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in US
0 granted
1 published
Specialized Printed Forms, Inc. a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
1 granted
0 published
Newest grantseach row opens the USPTO’s own copy
GrantedPatentTitleFieldOwner as printed
Jul 2, 202412,026,423Consumables dispenser with displayFurniture, gamesAmerican Paper Converting Inc.
May 14, 202411,983,678Systems and methods for restroom consumables monitoring and maintenance schedulingIT methods for managementAmerican Paper Converting Inc.
Sep 8, 202010,765,273Spindle for paper rollsHandlingAmerican Paper Converting Inc.
Aug 14, 201810,046,588Security self-mailerOther consumer goodsCRABAR/GBF, INC.
Jun 28, 19945,324,559Booklet label and method for making the sameAudio-visual technologyIndependent Printing Company, Inc.
May 6, 19864,586,611Business mailerHandlingSpecialized Printed Forms, Inc.
Feb 8, 19834,372,086DisplayAudio-visual technologyAdmore, Inc.
Newest applications publishedan application is a clue, never a plan
PublishedApplicationTitleFieldOwner as printed
Aug 18, 20162016/0236503SECURITY SELF-MAILEROther consumer goodsCRABAR/GBF, INC. · patent 10,046,588 granted from it
Jul 14, 20162016/0200064ENVELOPE HAVING INTEGRATED AND REMOVABLE LABEL AND PROCESS FOR MANUFACTURING SAMETextile and paper machinesCalibrated Forms Co. Inc.
Jul 3, 20142014/0183251ENVELOPE HAVING INTEGRATED AND REMOVABLE LABEL AND PROCESS FOR MANUFACTURING SAMETextile and paper machinesEnnis, Inc.
Oct 27, 20112011/0259944ENVELOPE HAVING INTEGRATED AND REMOVABLE LABEL AND PROCESS FOR MANUFACTURING SAMETextile and paper machinesEnnis, Inc.
Jun 10, 20102010/0143017SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GENERATING BUSINESS DOCUMENTSTextile and paper machinesEnnis, Inc.
Apr 1, 20102010/0078342Document Retention Device with Integral Pillow BoxHandlingIndependent Printing Company, Inc.

A patent is counted where the owner printed on it when it was granted carries the company’s own name, a former name, the name of a subsidiary its annual report lists, or its own name with a patent-holding phrase (Technology Licensing, Intellectual Property and the like), once the legal form, case and punctuation are set aside, and prints a country that name counts in. PatentsView’s data are published under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 licence. Source: PatentsView's granted patents and pre-grant publications, disambiguated, from the USPTO's Open Data Portal, through Dec 31, 2025, read Oct 27, 2026.

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