B41B
Machines or accessories for making, setting, or distributing type
Official title: MACHINES OR ACCESSORIES FOR MAKING, SETTING, OR DISTRIBUTING TYPE; TYPE; PHOTOGRAPHIC OR PHOTOELECTRIC COMPOSING DEVICES (photographic devices in general G03)
B41B (Machines or accessories for making, setting, or distributing type) appears on 396 US grants and 24 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B41B- Granted patents
- 396
- Published applications
- 24
- Assignees
- 156
- Inventors
- 536
- Latest grant
- 18 Jul 2023
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 25 | 0 |
| 1977 | 32 | 0 |
| 1978 | 35 | 0 |
| 1979 | 18 | 0 |
| 1980 | 30 | 0 |
| 1981 | 27 | 0 |
| 1982 | 21 | 0 |
| 1983 | 11 | 0 |
| 1984 | 6 | 0 |
| 1985 | 6 | 0 |
| 1986 | 18 | 0 |
| 1987 | 25 | 0 |
| 1988 | 9 | 0 |
| 1989 | 6 | 0 |
| 1990 | 4 | 0 |
| 1991 | 8 | 0 |
| 1992 | 5 | 0 |
| 1993 | 5 | 0 |
| 1994 | 1 | 0 |
| 1995 | 7 | 0 |
| 1996 | 14 | 0 |
| 1997 | 7 | 0 |
| 1998 | 10 | 0 |
| 1999 | 13 | 0 |
| 2000 | 15 | 0 |
| 2001 | 11 | 4 |
| 2002 | 9 | 4 |
| 2003 | 2 | 1 |
| 2004 | 3 | 3 |
| 2005 | 2 | 3 |
| 2006 | 2 | 0 |
| 2007 | 1 | 0 |
| 2008 | 0 | 0 |
| 2009 | 0 | 0 |
| 2010 | 0 | 1 |
| 2011 | 0 | 0 |
| 2012 | 0 | 2 |
| 2013 | 1 | 2 |
| 2014 | 0 | 0 |
| 2015 | 3 | 1 |
| 2016 | 0 | 1 |
| 2017 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 |
| 2019 | 0 | 1 |
| 2020 | 1 | 1 |
| 2021 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001.
Main groups
Granted patents with any code in the group
- B41B 19/00Photoelectronic composing machines148
- B41B 21/00Common details of photographic composing machines of the kinds covered in groups105
- B41B 27/00Control, indicating, or safety devices or systems for composing machines of various91
- B41B 17/00Photographic composing machines having fixed or movable character carriers and without means65
- B41B 13/00Equipment specially adapted for photographing mounted characters or the like17
- B41B 15/00Photographic composing machines with movable character carriers for composing lines of characters15
- B41B 1/00Elements or appliances for hand composition14
- B41B 23/00Auxiliary devices for modifying, mixing or correcting text or layout in connection7
All 14 main groupsShow fewer
- B41B 25/00Apparatus specially adapted for preparation of record carriers for controlling composing machines7
- B41B 11/00Details of, or accessories for, machines for mechanical composition using matrices for3
- B41B 3/00Apparatus for mechanical composition using prefabricated type, i.e. without casting equipment1
- B41B 5/00Devices for making type or lines0
- B41B 7/00Kinds or types of apparatus for mechanical composition in which the type0
- B41B 9/00Details of, or accessories for, machines for mechanical composition using fixed combinations0
Recent patents
- Container for holding liquid18 Jul 2023US 11,702,243 B2AGC Inc.
- Font29 Nov 2022US D971,313 S1Design
- Use of small unit language model for training large unit language models10 Nov 2020US 10,832,657 B2International Business Machines Corporation
- Typesetting grid system11 Sep 2018US 10,071,547 B2
- Sealed document preparation system26 May 2015US 9,039,111 B2Riso Kagaku Corporation
- Container for holding liquid28 May 2020US 2020/0165028 A1AGC Inv.
- Use of small unit language model for training large unit language models5 Sep 2019US 2019/0272318 A1International Business Machines Corporation
- Typesetting grid system4 Aug 2016US 2016/0221322 A1Fitz and Startz, LLC
- High wear durabilitly aluminum gravure cylinder with environmentally safe, thermally sprayed pre-coat layer16 Jul 2015US 2015/0197080 A1Artio SARL
- Sealed document preparation system5 Dec 2013US 2013/0321549 A1Riso Kagaku Corporation
Most cited
By later US patents
- Personal identification system and method134US 4,991,205 A1991
- Optimizing workflow in a prepress printing system125US 5,964,156 AAgfa NV · 1999
- Phototypesetter100US 4,172,641 A1979
- Character font pattern editing system for modification of font patterns91US 4,745,561 AHitachi, Ltd. · 1988
- Control over print head driving parameters70US 6,128,098 ACanon Kabushiki Kaisha · 2000