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  3. /B41 · Printing
  4. /B41B · Machines or accessories for making, setting, or distributing type
  5. /B41B 17/00 · Photographic composing machines having fixed or movable character carriers and without means
  6. /B41B 17/18
B41B 17/18

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B41B17/18 (Details) appears on 32 US grants and 0 published applications in this corpus.

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Where it sits

  1. BPerforming operations
  2. B41Printing
  3. B41BMachines or accessories for making, setting, or distributing type
  4. B41B 17/00Photographic composing machines having fixed or movable character carriers and without means
  5. B41B 17/18Details
  6. 1subgroup, listed below
Granted patents
32
Published applications
0
Assignees
18
Inventors
38
Latest grant
17 Nov 1987

Filings by year

Granted patentsPublished applications
B41B 17/18: granted patents and published applications per publication year
YearGranted patentsPublished applications
197630
197770
197880
197930
198020
198100
198240
198310
198420
198500
198600
198720

197619771978197919801981198219831984198519861987

By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001.

Subgroups

Granted patents
  • B41B 17/20Character carriers30

Recent patents

  • Character imaging system17 Nov 1987US 4,707,711 ALumonics Inc.
  • Alignment method and cartridge apparatus for apparatus for generating color text and graphics on photographic media27 Oct 1987US 4,702,578 APresentation Technologies, Inc.
  • Photocomposing machine and method13 Nov 1984US 4,482,225 AAutologic, S.A.
  • Photocomposing machine and method14 Feb 1984US 4,431,295 AAutologic, S.A.
  • Phototypesetter font disk23 Aug 1983US 4,400,069 ACompugraphic Corporation

No published applications in this class yet.

Most cited

By later US patents
  • Photocomposing machine and font strip therefor for kerned characters7US 4,027,313 AEltra Corporation · 1977
  • Photocomposing machine and method7US 4,482,225 AAutologic, S.A. · 1984
  • Font fastening means6US 4,089,009 ACastcraft Industries, Inc. · 1978
  • Photographic type composing machine5US 4,196,986 A1980
  • Photocomposing machine5US 4,335,940 AAutologic, S.A. · 1982

Top assignees

Documents
  • ASAutologic, S.A.6
  • AMAddressograph Multigraph Corporation4
  • IItek Corporation3
  • AAlphatype Corporation2
  • CICastcraft Industries, Inc.2
  • EEltra Corporation2
  • APAmerican Photo-Graphics Corporation1
  • CAColumbian Art Works, Inc.1
  • CCompugraphic Corporation1
  • GSGraphic Systems, Inc.1

Often classified with

  • G03BApparatus or arrangements for taking photographs or for projecting or viewing them2
  • G06KGraphical data reading2
  • B23KSoldering or unsoldering1
  • B41MPrinting, duplicating, marking, or copying processes1
  • B44BMachines, apparatus or tools for artistic work1
  • B65DContainers for storage or transport of articles or materials1
  • G01DMeasuring not specially adapted for a specific variable1
  • G02BOptical elements, systems or apparatus1
  • G03CPhotosensitive materials for photographic purposes1
  • G03FPhotomechanical production of textured or patterned surfaces1

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