B41F 27/00
Devices for attaching printing elements or formes to supports
Official title: Devices for attaching printing elements or formes to supports (attaching by chemical means B41N6/00)
B41F27/00 (Devices for attaching printing elements or formes to supports) appears on 1,209 US grants and 622 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B41F- Granted patents
- 1,209
- Published applications
- 622
- Assignees
- 414
- Inventors
- 1,567
- Latest grant
- 15 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1976 | 12 | 0 |
| 1977 | 16 | 0 |
| 1978 | 15 | 0 |
| 1979 | 6 | 0 |
| 1980 | 12 | 0 |
| 1981 | 8 | 0 |
| 1982 | 6 | 0 |
| 1983 | 21 | 0 |
| 1984 | 14 | 0 |
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| 1989 | 37 | 0 |
| 1990 | 29 | 0 |
| 1991 | 27 | 0 |
| 1992 | 35 | 0 |
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| 1997 | 39 | 0 |
| 1998 | 52 | 0 |
| 1999 | 26 | 0 |
| 2000 | 34 | 0 |
| 2001 | 27 | 21 |
| 2002 | 64 | 34 |
| 2003 | 44 | 34 |
| 2004 | 40 | 33 |
| 2005 | 34 | 59 |
| 2006 | 21 | 36 |
| 2007 | 26 | 44 |
| 2008 | 24 | 43 |
| 2009 | 21 | 40 |
| 2010 | 21 | 26 |
| 2011 | 21 | 25 |
| 2012 | 29 | 15 |
| 2013 | 17 | 18 |
| 2014 | 22 | 28 |
| 2015 | 21 | 14 |
| 2016 | 17 | 19 |
| 2017 | 17 | 19 |
| 2018 | 13 | 15 |
| 2019 | 10 | 13 |
| 2020 | 17 | 13 |
| 2021 | 14 | 11 |
| 2022 | 11 | 19 |
| 2023 | 8 | 9 |
| 2024 | 16 | 20 |
| 2025 | 9 | 7 |
| 2026 | 8 | 7 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- B41F 27/12Devices for attaching printing elements or formes to supports: for attaching flexible790
- B41F 27/005Attaching and registering printing formes to supports229
- B41F 27/10Devices for attaching printing elements or formes to supports: for attaching non-deformable174
- B41F 27/14Devices for attaching printing elements or formes to supports: for attaching printing78
- B41F 27/02Magnetic devices67
- B41F 27/06Devices for attaching printing elements or formes to supports: for attaching printing37
- B41F 27/08Devices for attaching printing elements or formes to supports: for attaching printing12
- B41F 27/04Devices for attaching printing elements or formes to supports: for attaching printing11
Recent patents
- Machine for the flat mounting of flexographic printing plates15 Sep 2026US 12,734,796 B2Bieffebi S.p.A.
- Conveyance device and conveyance method18 Aug 2026US 12,709,092 B2Fuji Corporation
- Method of operating a flexographic printing press, flexographic printing press, system, and sleeve for a flexographic printing forme16 Jun 2026US 12,654,434 B2Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG
- Can decorator having plate cylinder locking mechanism16 Jun 2026US 12,654,436 B2Stolle Machinery Company, LLC
- Adhesive primer for flexographic plate mounting tape12 May 2026US 12,624,257 B23M Innovative Properties Company
- Reusable cliché tape for removably attaching a flexographic printing cliché8 Oct 2026US 2026/0307418 A1ORAFOL Europe GmbH
- Can decorator and plate cylinder locking mechanism, replacement system, and timing adjustment system and method therefor17 Sep 2026US 2026/0273920 A1Stolle Machinery Company, LLC
- Printing unit and method to change printing rollers in a printing unit13 Aug 2026US 2026/0233510 A1Bobst Firenze S.R.L.
- Electrode Producing Device, Battery Cell Including Electrodes Produced Using Same, and Battery Pack and Vehicle Including Battery Cell30 Jul 2026US 2026/0216747 A1LG Energy Solution, Ltd.
- Manual topographic gun printing system and use thereof11 Jun 2026US 2026/0160084 A1Bimprinter Srl
Most cited
By later US patents
- Method and apparatus for printing with a lithographic sleeve81US 4,913,048 ATittgemeyer Engineering · 1990
- Method and apparatus for mounting printing plates78US 5,850,789 AE. I. Du Pont de Nemours and Company · 1998
- Printing sleeves and methods for mounting and dismounting75US 4,903,597 ALavalley Industries, LLC · 1990
- Printing press with removable printing roll sleeve61US 4,119,032 AStrachan & Henshaw Limited · 1978
- Image transfer drum for document printer/copier55US 6,394,943 B12002