B41F 13/08
Cylinders
B41F13/08 (Cylinders) appears on 1,337 US grants and 898 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B41F- Granted patents
- 1,337
- Published applications
- 898
- Assignees
- 490
- Inventors
- 1,978
- Latest grant
- 21 Jul 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 12 | 0 |
| 1977 | 16 | 0 |
| 1978 | 15 | 0 |
| 1979 | 10 | 0 |
| 1980 | 25 | 0 |
| 1981 | 9 | 0 |
| 1982 | 18 | 0 |
| 1983 | 13 | 0 |
| 1984 | 23 | 0 |
| 1985 | 27 | 0 |
| 1986 | 19 | 0 |
| 1987 | 24 | 0 |
| 1988 | 19 | 0 |
| 1989 | 27 | 0 |
| 1990 | 24 | 0 |
| 1991 | 34 | 0 |
| 1992 | 29 | 0 |
| 1993 | 35 | 0 |
| 1994 | 34 | 0 |
| 1995 | 31 | 0 |
| 1996 | 32 | 0 |
| 1997 | 33 | 0 |
| 1998 | 35 | 0 |
| 1999 | 30 | 0 |
| 2000 | 27 | 0 |
| 2001 | 36 | 24 |
| 2002 | 35 | 42 |
| 2003 | 53 | 33 |
| 2004 | 48 | 47 |
| 2005 | 35 | 58 |
| 2006 | 41 | 49 |
| 2007 | 23 | 60 |
| 2008 | 23 | 52 |
| 2009 | 25 | 48 |
| 2010 | 28 | 39 |
| 2011 | 25 | 39 |
| 2012 | 13 | 32 |
| 2013 | 33 | 22 |
| 2014 | 25 | 32 |
| 2015 | 41 | 51 |
| 2016 | 37 | 42 |
| 2017 | 23 | 14 |
| 2018 | 21 | 36 |
| 2019 | 16 | 24 |
| 2020 | 28 | 21 |
| 2021 | 19 | 30 |
| 2022 | 24 | 36 |
| 2023 | 32 | 22 |
| 2024 | 22 | 20 |
| 2025 | 23 | 16 |
| 2026 | 7 | 9 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- B41F 13/10Forme cylinders487
- B41F 13/24Cylinder-tripping devices396
- B41F 13/20Supports for bearings or supports for forme, offset, or impression cylinders169
- B41F 13/22Means for cooling or heating forme or impression cylinders96
- B41F 13/193Transfer cylinders85
- B41F 13/18Impression cylinders78
- B41F 13/085With means for preventing or damping vibrations or shocks58
- B41F 13/42Guards or covers31
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Most cited
By later US patents
- Device for eliminating effect of bearing play in printing press cylinders445US 4,149,461 ARoland Offsetmaschinenfabrik Faber & Schleicher AG · 1979
- Method and apparatus for printing with a lithographic sleeve81US 4,913,048 ATittgemeyer Engineering · 1990
- Printing and die-cutting apparatus77US 4,236,955 A1980
- Printing-machine cylinder, especially an impression cylinder, for a sheet-fed rotary printing machine, and method of production67US 6,581,517 B1Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG · 2003
- Printing press with removable printing roll sleeve61US 4,119,032 AStrachan & Henshaw Limited · 1978