B41F 27/1212
Using pneumatic force
Official title: {using pneumatic force}
B41F27/1212 (Using pneumatic force) appears on 38 US grants and 20 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B41F- Granted patents
- 38
- Published applications
- 20
- Assignees
- 31
- Inventors
- 59
- Latest grant
- 15 Sep 2026
Filings by year
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| 1977 | 2 | 0 |
| 1978 | 0 | 0 |
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| 2004 | 3 | 2 |
| 2005 | 1 | 1 |
| 2006 | 2 | 1 |
| 2007 | 1 | 0 |
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| 2010 | 0 | 1 |
| 2011 | 0 | 1 |
| 2012 | 1 | 1 |
| 2013 | 1 | 1 |
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| 2018 | 0 | 1 |
| 2019 | 1 | 2 |
| 2020 | 2 | 1 |
| 2021 | 1 | 1 |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 |
| 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 0 | 1 |
| 2026 | 1 | 0 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Machine for the flat mounting of flexographic printing plates15 Sep 2026US 12,734,796 B2Bieffebi S.p.A.
- Device for changing printing plates on a cylinder including pneumatic lines and releasable check valves7 Mar 2023US 11,597,201 B2Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG
- Method for fixing and treating a flexible plate on a drum and flexible plate27 Dec 2022US 11,535,028 B2Xeikon Prepress N.V.
- Method for changing plates on a cylinder7 Sep 2021US 11,110,700 B2Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG
- Plate cylinder with plate lockup mechanism and related printing press and method11 Aug 2020US 10,737,481 B2manroland Goss web systems GmbH
- Machine for the flat mounting of flexographic printing plates28 Aug 2025US 2025/0269640 A1Bieffebi S.p.A.
- Method and device for changing plates on a cylinder11 Nov 2021US 2021/0347166 A1Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG
- Method for fixing and treating a flexible plate on a drum and flexible plate29 Oct 2020US 2020/0338880 A1Xeikon Prepress N.V.
- Method and device for changing plates on a cylinder22 Aug 2019US 2019/0255835 A1Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG
- Plate cylinder with plate lockup mechanism and related printing press and method3 Jan 2019US 2019/0001659 A1manroland Goss web systems GmbH
Most cited
By later US patents
- Method of loading metal printing plates on a vacuum drum51US 5,699,740 ACreo Products Inc. · 1997
- Welded tubular printing plate, and the method of making31US 5,379,693 AMAN Roland Druckmaschinen AG · 1995
- Vacuum drum for mounting media of different sizes29US 5,383,001 AIntergraph Corporation · 1995
- Vacuum printing cylinder construction25US 4,056,057 ALivermore and Knight Co., Inc. · 1977
- Vacuum cylinder for printing presses21US 4,005,653 ALivermore and Knight Co., Inc. · 1977