B41F 16/0006
Transfer printing apparatus: for printing from an inked or preprinted foil or
Official title: {for printing from an inked or preprinted foil or band}
B41F16/0006 (Transfer printing apparatus: for printing from an inked or preprinted foil or) appears on 312 US grants and 436 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B41F- Granted patents
- 312
- Published applications
- 436
- Assignees
- 192
- Inventors
- 656
- Latest grant
- 8 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 1 | 0 |
| 1997 | 0 | 0 |
| 1998 | 2 | 0 |
| 1999 | 2 | 0 |
| 2000 | 0 | 0 |
| 2001 | 1 | 1 |
| 2002 | 0 | 1 |
| 2003 | 3 | 0 |
| 2004 | 2 | 0 |
| 2005 | 0 | 2 |
| 2006 | 0 | 1 |
| 2007 | 1 | 3 |
| 2008 | 0 | 1 |
| 2009 | 0 | 2 |
| 2010 | 1 | 0 |
| 2011 | 0 | 3 |
| 2012 | 0 | 5 |
| 2013 | 2 | 20 |
| 2014 | 13 | 18 |
| 2015 | 16 | 24 |
| 2016 | 21 | 23 |
| 2017 | 11 | 18 |
| 2018 | 8 | 34 |
| 2019 | 14 | 25 |
| 2020 | 34 | 41 |
| 2021 | 21 | 39 |
| 2022 | 31 | 45 |
| 2023 | 27 | 39 |
| 2024 | 49 | 43 |
| 2025 | 39 | 25 |
| 2026 | 13 | 23 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- B41F 16/004Presses of the reciprocating type149
- B41F 16/0073With means for printing on specific materials or products109
- B41F 16/002Presses of the rotary type89
- B41F 16/006Arrangements for moving, supporting or positioning the printing foil or band81
- B41F 16/0093Attachments or auxiliary devices23
- B41F 16/0013Combined with other printing presses15
- B41F 16/0066Printing dies or forms14
Recent patents
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- Sublimation of printed textile media16 Jun 2026US 12,654,479 B2Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L. P.
- Liftable and rotatable multifunctional thermal transfer printer26 May 2026US 12,636,878 B1Shengzhou Dingda Machinery Co., Ltd.
- Coupon wafer and method of preparation thereof26 May 2026US 12,638,637 B2Rockley Photonics Limited
- 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
- 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.
- Printing system, printing method, and mixed powder13 Aug 2026US 2026/0233513 A1Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
Most cited
By later US patents
- Apparatus and methods for micro-transfer-printing144US 9,358,775 B2X-Celeprint Limited · 2016
- Printing transferable components using microstructured elastomeric surfaces with pressure modulated reversible adhesion99US 9,412,727 B2Semprius, Inc. · 2016
- Ink film constructions34US 9,353,273 B2Landa Corporation Ltd. · 2016
- Method and apparatus for printing a sublimation transfer onto mugs with handles26US 5,944,931 AAtlas Crystal Works, Inc. · 1999
- Method for printing an image at multiple locations on a golf ball25US 9,283,443 B1Callaway Golf Company · 2016