B41J 11/0095
Detecting means for copy material
Official title: {Detecting means for copy material, e.g. for detecting or sensing presence of copy material or its leading or trailing end}
B41J11/0095 (Detecting means for copy material) appears on 1,577 US grants and 1,908 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B41J- Granted patents
- 1,577
- Published applications
- 1,908
- Assignees
- 312
- Inventors
- 2,965
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
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| 2026 | 38 | 121 |
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