B41C 2201/02
Cover layers
Official title: Cover layers; Protective layers
B41C2201/02 (Cover layers) appears on 447 US grants and 642 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B41C- Granted patents
- 447
- Published applications
- 642
- Assignees
- 54
- Inventors
- 448
- Latest grant
- 25 Aug 2026
Filings by year
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| 1985 | 1 | 0 |
| 1986 | 0 | 0 |
| 1987 | 0 | 0 |
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| 1989 | 0 | 0 |
| 1990 | 0 | 0 |
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| 2000 | 4 | 0 |
| 2001 | 7 | 14 |
| 2002 | 15 | 35 |
| 2003 | 27 | 47 |
| 2004 | 30 | 49 |
| 2005 | 35 | 64 |
| 2006 | 26 | 52 |
| 2007 | 40 | 41 |
| 2008 | 32 | 50 |
| 2009 | 12 | 68 |
| 2010 | 28 | 42 |
| 2011 | 29 | 33 |
| 2012 | 42 | 30 |
| 2013 | 22 | 17 |
| 2014 | 22 | 8 |
| 2015 | 10 | 3 |
| 2016 | 4 | 5 |
| 2017 | 5 | 5 |
| 2018 | 1 | 6 |
| 2019 | 3 | 6 |
| 2020 | 4 | 10 |
| 2021 | 2 | 19 |
| 2022 | 6 | 12 |
| 2023 | 9 | 10 |
| 2024 | 5 | 6 |
| 2025 | 5 | 6 |
| 2026 | 1 | 4 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
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- Lithographic printing plate precursor2 Dec 2025US 12,487,526 B2Eco3 BV
- Lithographic printing plate precursor and method of use30 Sep 2025US 12,429,770 B2
- Lithographic printing plate precursor, method for preparing lithographic printing plate, and lithographic printing method22 Jul 2025US 12,365,173 B2FUJIFILM Corporation
- Lithographic photopolymer printing plate precursor with improved daylight stability18 Feb 2025US 12,226,997 B2Eco3 BV
- On-press development type lithographic printing plate precursor, method of preparing lithographic printing plate, and lithographic printing method10 Sep 2026US 2026/0264389 A1FUJIFILM Corporation
- Directly imageable waterless planographic printing plate precursor and method for producing waterless planographic printing plate therefrom30 Jul 2026US 2026/0217044 A1Toray Industries, Inc.
- On-press development type lithographic printing plate precursor and method of preparing printing plate9 Jul 2026US 2026/0194812 A1FUJIFILM Corporation
- Positive tone lithographic printing plate precursor and method of preparing lithographic printing plate26 Mar 2026US 2026/0084408 A1FUJIFILM Corporation
- Lithographic printing plate precursor, method of preparing lithographic printing plate, and lithographic printing method18 Sep 2025US 2025/0291254 A1FUJIFILM Corporation
Most cited
By later US patents
- Lithographic printing plates for use with laser-discharge imaging apparatus175US 5,339,737 APresstek, Inc. · 1994
- Method for laser-discharge imaging a printing plate135US 5,351,617 APresstek, Inc. · 1994
- Laser-driven method and apparatus for lithographic imaging79US 5,385,092 APresstek, Inc. · 1995
- IR-sensitive composition and use thereof for the preparation of printing plate precursors73US 6,309,792 B1Kodak Polychrome Graphics LLC · 2001
- On-press developable thermosensitive lithographic plates utilizing an onium or borate salt initiator67US 6,576,401 B22003