B41C 1/04
Using heads controlled by an electric information signal
Official title: using heads controlled by an electric information signal
B41C1/04 (Using heads controlled by an electric information signal) appears on 491 US grants and 514 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B41C- Granted patents
- 491
- Published applications
- 514
- Assignees
- 192
- Inventors
- 749
- Latest grant
- 30 Jun 2026
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| 1976 | 5 | 0 |
| 1977 | 5 | 0 |
| 1978 | 3 | 0 |
| 1979 | 0 | 0 |
| 1980 | 2 | 0 |
| 1981 | 1 | 0 |
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| 1997 | 18 | 0 |
| 1998 | 30 | 0 |
| 1999 | 8 | 0 |
| 2000 | 9 | 0 |
| 2001 | 7 | 4 |
| 2002 | 11 | 24 |
| 2003 | 18 | 15 |
| 2004 | 20 | 31 |
| 2005 | 19 | 21 |
| 2006 | 16 | 32 |
| 2007 | 13 | 17 |
| 2008 | 8 | 25 |
| 2009 | 8 | 28 |
| 2010 | 20 | 28 |
| 2011 | 9 | 41 |
| 2012 | 20 | 43 |
| 2013 | 35 | 52 |
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| 2015 | 23 | 26 |
| 2016 | 17 | 18 |
| 2017 | 6 | 11 |
| 2018 | 6 | 15 |
| 2019 | 17 | 4 |
| 2020 | 5 | 8 |
| 2021 | 7 | 11 |
| 2022 | 6 | 12 |
| 2023 | 6 | 5 |
| 2024 | 8 | 2 |
| 2025 | 5 | 7 |
| 2026 | 1 | 5 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- 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
- Structure that forms a visual representation and method for making the same21 Oct 2025US 12,447,734 B2SensiTile Systems LLC
- Laser-engravable flexographic printing original plate7 Oct 2025US 12,436,460 B2TOYOBO MC Corporation
- Herringbone microstructure surface pattern for flexographic printing plates6 May 2025US 12,292,688 B2Esko Software BV
- Plate making system and plate making method18 Mar 2025US 12,251,951 B2Asahi 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
- Gravure printing cylinder for printing of large-sized tags30 Jul 2026US 2026/0217045 A1
- Flexographic printing plate precursor and manufacturing method of flexographic printing plate18 Jun 2026US 2026/0169381 A1FUJIFILM Corporation
- Method for engraving code patterns in a solid piece's tool surface11 Jun 2026US 2026/0158587 A1Boegli-Gravures S.A.
- Printing intaglio plate and production method thereof, and printing method2 Apr 2026US 2026/0091612 A1Asahi Kasei Kabushiki Kaisha
Most cited
By later US patents
- 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
- Faster laser marker employing acousto-optic deflection115US 5,837,962 A1998
- Laser ablatable photosensitive elements utilized to make flexographic printing plates94US 5,719,009 AE. I. Du Pont de Nemours and Company · 1998
- Laser engravable single-layer flexographic printing element80US 5,798,202 AE. I. DuPont de Nemours and Company · 1998
- Method and apparatus for forming gravure cells in a gravure cylinder67US 4,504,354 AGravure Research Institute, Inc. · 1985