B41F 23/044
Drying sheets
Official title: {Drying sheets, e.g. between two printing stations (B41F23/0486 takes precedence)}
B41F23/044 (Drying sheets) appears on 250 US grants and 258 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B41F- Granted patents
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- Published applications
- 258
- Assignees
- 116
- Inventors
- 462
- Latest grant
- 7 Jul 2026
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| 2026 | 6 | 5 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Apparatus and method for the production of three-dimensional screen-printed workpieces7 Jul 2026US 12,673,486 B2Exentis Knowledge GmbH
- Steam treatment device comprising a conveyor for print media16 Jun 2026US 12,654,469 B2Canon Production Printing Holding B. V.
- Printing system of security materials and anti-forgery documents with raised printing and process thereof2 Jun 2026US 12,643,320 B2Sam Security Printing Matbaa Anonim Sirketi
- Printing unit comprising an alignment device, non-impact printing position, and curing device19 May 2026US 12,629,933 B2Koenig & Bauer Aktiengesellschaft
- Industrial printing apparatus7 Apr 2026US 12,594,755 B1
- Sheet embellishing system and non-transitory storage medium storing machine-readable program30 Apr 2026US 2026/0115758 A1Duplo Corporation
- Curing apparatus and method of curing using the same23 Apr 2026US 2026/0108910 A1Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
- Sheet embellishing system and method26 Feb 2026US 2026/0054953 A1Duplo Corporation
- Four-position solar silicon wafer printer12 Feb 2026US 2026/0047228 A1Guangdong Kelongwei Automation Equipment Co., Ltd.
- Sheet embellishing method, system, and non-transitory storage medium8 Jan 2026US 2026/0008077 A1Duplo Corporation
Most cited
By later US patents
- High efficiency solid-state light source and methods of use and manufacture122US 8,192,053 B2Phoseon Technology, Inc. · 2012
- Tower type multi-color printing press99US 6,178,883 B2Kabushiki Kaisha Tokyo Kikai · 2001
- Flexographic coating and/or printing method and apparatus including interstation driers82US 4,939,992 ABirow, Inc. · 1990
- Method and apparatus for controlling drying and detaching of printed material73US 4,469,026 AIBM Corporation · 1984
- High velocity, hot air dryer and extractor69US 6,293,196 B12001