B41F 17/002
Supports of workpieces in machines for printing on hollow articles
Official title: {Supports of workpieces in machines for printing on hollow articles}
B41F17/002 (Supports of workpieces in machines for printing on hollow articles) appears on 93 US grants and 102 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B41F- Granted patents
- 93
- Published applications
- 102
- Assignees
- 64
- Inventors
- 192
- Latest grant
- 7 Jul 2026
Filings by year
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| 2010 | 2 | 1 |
| 2011 | 1 | 3 |
| 2012 | 1 | 2 |
| 2013 | 2 | 5 |
| 2014 | 5 | 4 |
| 2015 | 3 | 7 |
| 2016 | 7 | 4 |
| 2017 | 4 | 10 |
| 2018 | 4 | 6 |
| 2019 | 8 | 16 |
| 2020 | 11 | 12 |
| 2021 | 11 | 5 |
| 2022 | 10 | 5 |
| 2023 | 3 | 2 |
| 2024 | 5 | 6 |
| 2025 | 3 | 3 |
| 2026 | 4 | 4 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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Most cited
By later US patents
- Transfer assembly for tube printing apparatus28US 4,671,093 AVan Dam Machine Corporation · 1987
- Printing device for printing on containers24US 9,272,534 B2Krones AG · 2016
- Apparatus for decorating beverage cans using a flexographic process21US 5,193,456 ACrown Cork & Seal Company, Inc. · 1993
- Variable printing process using soft secondary plates and specialty inks14US 9,555,616 B2Ball Corporation · 2017
- Cam assembly for skip-print mandrel wheel assembly13US 4,498,387 AAdolph Coors Company · 1985