B41C 1/14
Forme preparation: for stencil-printing or silk-screen printing
Official title: for stencil-printing or silk-screen printing
B41C1/14 (Forme preparation: for stencil-printing or silk-screen printing) appears on 389 US grants and 194 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B41C- Granted patents
- 389
- Published applications
- 194
- Assignees
- 189
- Inventors
- 603
- Latest grant
- 4 Aug 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 1 | 0 |
| 1977 | 7 | 0 |
| 1978 | 8 | 0 |
| 1979 | 4 | 0 |
| 1980 | 4 | 0 |
| 1981 | 6 | 0 |
| 1982 | 4 | 0 |
| 1983 | 7 | 0 |
| 1984 | 2 | 0 |
| 1985 | 6 | 0 |
| 1986 | 3 | 0 |
| 1987 | 4 | 0 |
| 1988 | 3 | 0 |
| 1989 | 5 | 0 |
| 1990 | 7 | 0 |
| 1991 | 7 | 0 |
| 1992 | 7 | 0 |
| 1993 | 11 | 0 |
| 1994 | 8 | 0 |
| 1995 | 15 | 0 |
| 1996 | 13 | 0 |
| 1997 | 25 | 0 |
| 1998 | 33 | 0 |
| 1999 | 26 | 0 |
| 2000 | 18 | 0 |
| 2001 | 11 | 5 |
| 2002 | 14 | 21 |
| 2003 | 23 | 18 |
| 2004 | 13 | 12 |
| 2005 | 4 | 5 |
| 2006 | 3 | 11 |
| 2007 | 5 | 7 |
| 2008 | 2 | 11 |
| 2009 | 2 | 10 |
| 2010 | 1 | 2 |
| 2011 | 5 | 8 |
| 2012 | 2 | 3 |
| 2013 | 3 | 4 |
| 2014 | 6 | 10 |
| 2015 | 3 | 7 |
| 2016 | 6 | 9 |
| 2017 | 9 | 12 |
| 2018 | 4 | 3 |
| 2019 | 4 | 6 |
| 2020 | 5 | 7 |
| 2021 | 9 | 3 |
| 2022 | 3 | 5 |
| 2023 | 2 | 5 |
| 2024 | 7 | 5 |
| 2025 | 4 | 0 |
| 2026 | 5 | 5 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- B41C 1/144By perforation using a thermal head82
- B41C 1/147By imagewise deposition of a liquid56
- B41C 1/145By perforation using an energetic radiation beam55
- B41C 1/148By a traditional thermographic exposure using the heat- or light- absorbing properties23
- B41C 1/141By cutting or perforation with mechanical means21
- B41C 1/142Using a galvanic or electroless metal deposition processing step15
Recent patents
- Surface modification of solder paste stencils4 Aug 2026US 12,697,808 B2Newtech LLC
- Tensioned printing screen frame, assembly and method23 Jun 2026US 12,666,541 B2Tannlin Technology Limited
- Methods and kits for screen-printing26 May 2026US 12,636,875 B1
- Reusable composite stencil for spray processes14 Apr 2026US 12,600,159 B2Intel Corporation
- Selective stencil mask and a stencil printing method17 Feb 2026US 12,552,192 B2
- Tensioned printing screen frame, assembly and method17 Sep 2026US 2026/0282238 A1Tannlin Technology Limited
- Selective stencil mask and a stencil printing method30 Jul 2026US 2026/0217046 A1STATS ChipPAC Pte. Ltd.
- Printing mesh and method for making screen printing plate23 Jul 2026US 2026/0208520 A1Makeblock Co., Ltd.
- Graphene printing screens18 Jun 2026US 2026/0168086 A1Asmpt Smt Singapore Pte. Ltd.
- Transparent Conductive Circuit26 Feb 2026US 2026/0059660 A1Chasm Advanced Materials, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Interactive design terminal for custom imprinted articles134US 4,873,643 A1989
- Tape cassette housing thermally perforatable stencil paper121US 5,771,803 ABrother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha · 1998
- Metal mask plate for screen printing109US 5,373,786 ADainippon Screen Mfg.Co., Ltd. · 1994
- Method for producing metal mask for screen printing90US 8,049,136 B2Fuji Manufacturing Co., Ltd. · 2011
- Method and apparatus for the production of photopolymeric relief printing plates64US 5,511,477 AIdanit Technologies Ltd. · 1996