B41C 1/00
Forme preparation
B41C1/00 (Forme preparation) appears on 3,353 US grants and 3,108 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B41C- Granted patents
- 3,353
- Published applications
- 3,108
- Assignees
- 738
- Inventors
- 3,902
- Latest grant
- 25 Aug 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 16 | 0 |
| 1977 | 21 | 0 |
| 1978 | 24 | 0 |
| 1979 | 9 | 0 |
| 1980 | 10 | 0 |
| 1981 | 11 | 0 |
| 1982 | 9 | 0 |
| 1983 | 17 | 0 |
| 1984 | 10 | 0 |
| 1985 | 21 | 0 |
| 1986 | 7 | 0 |
| 1987 | 11 | 0 |
| 1988 | 14 | 0 |
| 1989 | 22 | 0 |
| 1990 | 26 | 0 |
| 1991 | 21 | 0 |
| 1992 | 29 | 0 |
| 1993 | 38 | 0 |
| 1994 | 38 | 0 |
| 1995 | 61 | 0 |
| 1996 | 49 | 0 |
| 1997 | 91 | 0 |
| 1998 | 122 | 0 |
| 1999 | 131 | 0 |
| 2000 | 176 | 0 |
| 2001 | 138 | 66 |
| 2002 | 194 | 237 |
| 2003 | 201 | 253 |
| 2004 | 198 | 259 |
| 2005 | 170 | 229 |
| 2006 | 154 | 197 |
| 2007 | 138 | 174 |
| 2008 | 85 | 186 |
| 2009 | 52 | 175 |
| 2010 | 102 | 131 |
| 2011 | 79 | 136 |
| 2012 | 115 | 123 |
| 2013 | 86 | 140 |
| 2014 | 108 | 108 |
| 2015 | 91 | 85 |
| 2016 | 67 | 73 |
| 2017 | 55 | 77 |
| 2018 | 40 | 70 |
| 2019 | 54 | 58 |
| 2020 | 51 | 56 |
| 2021 | 32 | 56 |
| 2022 | 32 | 70 |
| 2023 | 45 | 49 |
| 2024 | 37 | 44 |
| 2025 | 30 | 26 |
| 2026 | 15 | 30 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- B41C 1/10Forme preparation: for lithographic printing2,182
- B41C 1/02Engraving570
- B41C 1/14Forme preparation: for stencil-printing or silk-screen printing389
- B41C 1/18Curved printing formes or printing cylinders156
- B41C 1/055Thermographic processes for producing printing formes59
- B41C 1/003The relief or intaglio pattern being obtained by imagewise deposition of a51
- B41C 1/06Transferring21
- B41C 1/12Multicolour formes20
Recent patents
- On-press development type lithographic printing plate precursor, method of preparing lithographic printing plate, and lithographic printing method25 Aug 2026US 12,717,237 B2FUJIFILM Corporation
- Apparatus and method for treating and transporting a relief printing plate precursor11 Aug 2026US 12,704,786 B2Xeikon Prepress N.V.
- Surface modification of solder paste stencils4 Aug 2026US 12,697,808 B2Newtech LLC
- Apparatus and method for producing flexographic printing forms30 Jun 2026US 12,668,021 B2Neuefeind GmbH
- Security element, corresponding engraved intaglio printing plate, and methods and devices for producing, decoding and authenticating security marking of said security element30 Jun 2026US 12,670,348 B2Sicpa Holding SA
- Assistance device, information processing method, and program24 Sep 2026US 2026/0288103 A1Asahi Kasei Kabushiki Kaisha
- System and method for applying non-printing indicia on digital flexographic printing plates through a non-imaged mask17 Sep 2026US 2026/0273916 A1Esko-Graphics Imaging GmbH
- Tensioned printing screen frame, assembly and method17 Sep 2026US 2026/0282238 A1Tannlin Technology Limited
- On-press development type lithographic printing plate precursor, method of preparing lithographic printing plate, and lithographic printing method10 Sep 2026US 2026/0264389 A1FUJIFILM Corporation
- Process and system for minimizing plate deformation in the solvent-minimized manufacture of a printing plate13 Aug 2026US 2026/0233508 A1Esko-Graphics Imaging GmbH
Most cited
By later US patents
- Method of controlled laser imaging of zirconia alloy ceramic lithographic member to provide localized melting in exposed areas1,100US 5,839,369 AEastman Kodak Company · 1998
- Flexographic printing element having an IR ablatable layer and process for making a flexographic printing plate200US 5,262,275 AE. I. Du Pont de Nemours and Company · 1993
- Lithographic printing plates for use with laser-discharge imaging apparatus175US 5,339,737 APresstek, Inc. · 1994
- Device for generating a plasma discharge for patterning the surface of a substrate152US 8,702,902 B2Vision Dynamics Holding B.V. · 2014
- Printing method146US 4,718,340 AMilliken Research Corporation · 1988