B41J 11/005
Guides in the printing zone
Official title: {Guides in the printing zone, e.g. guides for preventing contact of conveyed sheets with printhead}
B41J11/005 (Guides in the printing zone) appears on 425 US grants and 335 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B41J- Granted patents
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- Published applications
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- Latest grant
- 16 Jun 2026
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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