B41J 11/009
Detecting type of paper
Official title: {Detecting type of paper, e.g. by automatic reading of a code that is printed on a paper package or on a paper roll or by sensing the grade of translucency of the paper}
B41J11/009 (Detecting type of paper) appears on 740 US grants and 794 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B41J- Granted patents
- 740
- Published applications
- 794
- Assignees
- 151
- Inventors
- 1,334
- Latest grant
- 29 Sep 2026
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| 2025 | 24 | 17 |
| 2026 | 7 | 25 |
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