B41F 33/0036
Devices for scanning or checking the printed matter for quality control
Official title: {Devices for scanning or checking the printed matter for quality control}
B41F33/0036 (Devices for scanning or checking the printed matter for quality control) appears on 684 US grants and 670 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B41F- Granted patents
- 684
- Published applications
- 670
- Assignees
- 293
- Inventors
- 1,283
- Latest grant
- 25 Aug 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1976 | 2 | 0 |
| 1977 | 1 | 0 |
| 1978 | 0 | 0 |
| 1979 | 1 | 0 |
| 1980 | 3 | 0 |
| 1981 | 3 | 0 |
| 1982 | 2 | 0 |
| 1983 | 2 | 0 |
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| 1989 | 12 | 0 |
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| 1991 | 12 | 0 |
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| 1997 | 9 | 0 |
| 1998 | 23 | 0 |
| 1999 | 15 | 0 |
| 2000 | 14 | 0 |
| 2001 | 11 | 12 |
| 2002 | 16 | 13 |
| 2003 | 13 | 25 |
| 2004 | 24 | 29 |
| 2005 | 11 | 20 |
| 2006 | 15 | 28 |
| 2007 | 16 | 38 |
| 2008 | 12 | 38 |
| 2009 | 19 | 21 |
| 2010 | 21 | 25 |
| 2011 | 15 | 31 |
| 2012 | 20 | 26 |
| 2013 | 19 | 31 |
| 2014 | 34 | 35 |
| 2015 | 30 | 32 |
| 2016 | 27 | 19 |
| 2017 | 16 | 22 |
| 2018 | 22 | 18 |
| 2019 | 18 | 36 |
| 2020 | 23 | 18 |
| 2021 | 23 | 22 |
| 2022 | 18 | 21 |
| 2023 | 26 | 29 |
| 2024 | 25 | 37 |
| 2025 | 20 | 26 |
| 2026 | 14 | 18 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Machine for handling sheets, comprising an inspection device and a sensor adjustment path in the clear width25 Aug 2026US 12,716,848 B2Koenig & Bauer Aktiengesellschaft
- Image processing apparatus, image processing method, and storage medium for inspecting a printed material and to display a result of the inspection25 Aug 2026US 12,718,354 B2Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Garment palletization4 Aug 2026US 12,700,136 B2Kornit Digital Ltd.
- Method for digital printing on a running printing-material web23 Jun 2026US 12,663,697 B2BST GmbH
- Image inspection apparatus, system, method, and storage medium for setting abnormality detection conditions of print medium16 Jun 2026US 12,654,437 B2Ricoh Company, Ltd.
- Substrate with Varying Saturations of Offset Printing Utilizing Image Movement8 Oct 2026US 2026/0307420 A1The Government of the United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of Homeland Security
- Inspection system and inspection apparatus20 Aug 2026US 2026/0244382 A1Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Real-time pcba monitoring and alert system30 Jul 2026US 2026/0223345 A1
- Lithographic Printing Press Make-Ready Method23 Jul 2026US 2026/0208518 A1Eco3 BV
- Color patch and printing system25 Jun 2026US 2026/0181099 A1Komori Corporation
Most cited
By later US patents
- Process for assessing the quality of a printed product212US 4,311,914 AGretag Aktiengesellschaft · 1982
- Process and apparatus for the colorimetric analysis of printed material124US 4,505,589 AGretag Aktiengesellschaft · 1985
- Process and apparatus for controlling the inking process in a printing machine119US 5,182,721 AGretak Aktiengesellschaft · 1993
- Method of operating an autotypical color offset printing machine96US 4,852,485 A1989
- Sensing head assembly for multi-color printing press on-line densitometer85US 4,003,660 AHunter Associates Laboratory, Inc. · 1977