B41F 16/00
Transfer printing apparatus
B41F16/00 (Transfer printing apparatus) appears on 600 US grants and 672 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B41F- Granted patents
- 600
- Published applications
- 672
- Assignees
- 342
- Inventors
- 1,121
- Latest grant
- 8 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1976 | 5 | 0 |
| 1977 | 9 | 0 |
| 1978 | 5 | 0 |
| 1979 | 5 | 0 |
| 1980 | 4 | 0 |
| 1981 | 5 | 0 |
| 1982 | 4 | 0 |
| 1983 | 4 | 0 |
| 1984 | 1 | 0 |
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| 1992 | 6 | 0 |
| 1993 | 4 | 0 |
| 1994 | 1 | 0 |
| 1995 | 6 | 0 |
| 1996 | 11 | 0 |
| 1997 | 5 | 0 |
| 1998 | 11 | 0 |
| 1999 | 7 | 0 |
| 2000 | 7 | 0 |
| 2001 | 8 | 2 |
| 2002 | 6 | 10 |
| 2003 | 4 | 0 |
| 2004 | 4 | 5 |
| 2005 | 3 | 9 |
| 2006 | 5 | 10 |
| 2007 | 3 | 11 |
| 2008 | 1 | 19 |
| 2009 | 5 | 12 |
| 2010 | 9 | 9 |
| 2011 | 2 | 11 |
| 2012 | 8 | 11 |
| 2013 | 7 | 31 |
| 2014 | 20 | 25 |
| 2015 | 20 | 32 |
| 2016 | 30 | 33 |
| 2017 | 25 | 31 |
| 2018 | 12 | 46 |
| 2019 | 24 | 37 |
| 2020 | 49 | 52 |
| 2021 | 30 | 59 |
| 2022 | 47 | 58 |
| 2023 | 39 | 54 |
| 2024 | 57 | 50 |
| 2025 | 48 | 28 |
| 2026 | 17 | 27 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Marking device for printing logo patterns on a surface of a plastic tubing and method for marking the plastic tubing8 Sep 2026US 12,728,658 B1
- Coupon wafer and method of preparation thereof14 Jul 2026US 12,681,236 B2Rockley Photonics Limited
- Sublimation of printed textile media16 Jun 2026US 12,654,479 B2Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L. P.
- Image forming method, image forming apparatus, and image forming system2 Jun 2026US 12,644,226 B2Konica Minolta, Inc.
- Liftable and rotatable multifunctional thermal transfer printer26 May 2026US 12,636,878 B1Shengzhou Dingda Machinery Co., Ltd.
- Method and system of sublimatic printing a hollow body1 Oct 2026US 2026/0296082 A1Atiu S.R.L.
- Application system, method for producing a transfer roller and application process3 Sep 2026US 2026/0257469 A1Leonhard Kurz Stiftung & Co. KG
- System and method for forming a fabric sheet-like panel having a wetness indicator27 Aug 2026US 2026/0249603 A1
- Transfer machine and transfer method27 Aug 2026US 2026/0249607 A1Seiko Epson Corporation
- Inkjet dtf printer system and image forming method20 Aug 2026US 2026/0241718 A1Ricoh Company, Ltd.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Non-contact transfer printing158US 9,555,644 B2The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois · 2017
- Simultaneous moulding and transfer printing153US 5,152,861 A1992
- Apparatus and methods for micro-transfer-printing144US 9,358,775 B2X-Celeprint Limited · 2016
- Printed and embossed floor covering and method and apparatus for its manufacture143US 4,312,686 AAmerican Biltrite, Inc. · 1982
- Transfer dyeing of plastic surfaces which may be combined with lamination or molding procedures102US 4,059,471 A1977