B41F 27/14
Devices for attaching printing elements or formes to supports: for attaching printing
Official title: for attaching printing formes to intermediate supports, e.g. adapter members
B41F27/14 (Devices for attaching printing elements or formes to supports: for attaching printing) appears on 78 US grants and 76 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B41F- Granted patents
- 78
- Published applications
- 76
- Assignees
- 53
- Inventors
- 150
- Latest grant
- 16 Jun 2026
Filings by year
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| 2002 | 4 | 2 |
| 2003 | 2 | 4 |
| 2004 | 3 | 2 |
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| 2007 | 1 | 9 |
| 2008 | 0 | 5 |
| 2009 | 2 | 3 |
| 2010 | 0 | 5 |
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| 2014 | 4 | 6 |
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| 2017 | 1 | 1 |
| 2018 | 0 | 5 |
| 2019 | 0 | 4 |
| 2020 | 6 | 2 |
| 2021 | 3 | 3 |
| 2022 | 4 | 4 |
| 2023 | 3 | 3 |
| 2024 | 4 | 4 |
| 2025 | 1 | 2 |
| 2026 | 4 | 1 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- 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
- Method and system for characterizing a printing plate on a press10 Mar 2026US 12,570,085 B2Advanced Vision Technology (A. V. T.) Ltd.
- Apparatus for automatically replacing printing sleeves10 Feb 2026US 12,544,916 B2Uteco Converting S.P.A.
- Primer apparatus1 Jul 2025US 12,344,493 B2Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L. P.
- Printing unit and method to change printing rollers in a printing unit13 Aug 2026US 2026/0233510 A1Bobst Firenze S.R.L.
- Primer apparatus25 Sep 2025US 2025/0296797 A1Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L. P.
- Machine for the flat mounting of flexographic printing plates28 Aug 2025US 2025/0269640 A1Bieffebi S.p.A.
- Can decorator and plate cylinder locking mechanism, replacement system, and timing adjustment system and method therefor24 Oct 2024US 2024/0351329 A1Stolle Machinery Company, LLC
- Apparatus for automatically replacing printing sleeves8 Feb 2024US 2024/0042602 A1Uteco Converting S.P.A.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Lithographic printing plate system54US 4,092,925 A1978
- Intermediate printing sleeve having air nozzles and means for selectively closing the nozzles24US 5,706,731 A1998
- Bridge mandrel for flexographic printing systems19US 6,276,271 B1Day International, Inc. · 2001
- Bridge mandrel for flexographic printing systems13US 6,360,662 B1Day International, Inc. · 2002
- Reusable printing sleeve12US 5,131,325 AFlexographic Technology, Inc. · 1992