B41F 23/08
Print finishing devices
Official title: Print finishing devices, e.g. for glossing prints {(B41F23/005 takes precedence)}
B41F23/08 (Print finishing devices) appears on 197 US grants and 178 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B41F- Granted patents
- 197
- Published applications
- 178
- Assignees
- 104
- Inventors
- 396
- Latest grant
- 16 Jun 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1976 | 1 | 0 |
| 1977 | 0 | 0 |
| 1978 | 0 | 0 |
| 1979 | 0 | 0 |
| 1980 | 0 | 0 |
| 1981 | 1 | 0 |
| 1982 | 0 | 0 |
| 1983 | 3 | 0 |
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| 1985 | 2 | 0 |
| 1986 | 8 | 0 |
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| 1989 | 5 | 0 |
| 1990 | 4 | 0 |
| 1991 | 1 | 0 |
| 1992 | 2 | 0 |
| 1993 | 7 | 0 |
| 1994 | 4 | 0 |
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| 1996 | 4 | 0 |
| 1997 | 3 | 0 |
| 1998 | 0 | 0 |
| 1999 | 4 | 0 |
| 2000 | 2 | 0 |
| 2001 | 6 | 1 |
| 2002 | 7 | 10 |
| 2003 | 7 | 7 |
| 2004 | 9 | 3 |
| 2005 | 5 | 3 |
| 2006 | 4 | 10 |
| 2007 | 1 | 6 |
| 2008 | 0 | 9 |
| 2009 | 3 | 12 |
| 2010 | 3 | 4 |
| 2011 | 3 | 5 |
| 2012 | 7 | 7 |
| 2013 | 5 | 5 |
| 2014 | 5 | 5 |
| 2015 | 6 | 7 |
| 2016 | 4 | 12 |
| 2017 | 6 | 5 |
| 2018 | 8 | 4 |
| 2019 | 6 | 8 |
| 2020 | 2 | 13 |
| 2021 | 6 | 9 |
| 2022 | 9 | 8 |
| 2023 | 5 | 5 |
| 2024 | 10 | 9 |
| 2025 | 5 | 8 |
| 2026 | 3 | 3 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Steam treatment device comprising a conveyor for print media16 Jun 2026US 12,654,469 B2Canon Production Printing Holding B. V.
- Digital flatbed cutters21 Apr 2026US 12,605,946 B2Vivid Laminating Technologies Limited
- Industrial printing apparatus7 Apr 2026US 12,594,755 B1
- Printing with media roll changes and nonproduction frames30 Sep 2025US 12,427,764 B2Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L. P.
- Modulating surface topcoats to embed digital watermarking17 Jun 2025US 12,333,624 B1Digimarc Corporation
- Sheet embellishing system and non-transitory storage medium storing machine-readable program30 Apr 2026US 2026/0115758 A1Duplo Corporation
- Sheet embellishing system and method26 Feb 2026US 2026/0054953 A1Duplo Corporation
- Sheet embellishing method, system, and non-transitory storage medium8 Jan 2026US 2026/0008077 A1Duplo Corporation
- Method for operating a printing machine for flexographic printing27 Nov 2025US 2025/0360705 A1Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG
- Coating apparatus and coating system2 Oct 2025US 2025/0303436 A1Ucos Co., Ltd.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Flexographic coating and/or printing method and apparatus including interstation driers82US 4,939,992 ABirow, Inc. · 1990
- Coating printed sheets60US 4,685,414 A1987
- Coating and printing apparatus including an interstation dryer52US 4,841,903 ABirow, Inc. · 1989
- Paper coating machine40US 4,766,840 AWorld Color Press, Inc. · 1988
- Overvarnish unit38US 4,574,732 AFECO Engineered Systems, Inc. · 1986