B41J 11/04
Roller platens
B41J11/04 (Roller platens) appears on 744 US grants and 773 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B41J- Granted patents
- 744
- Published applications
- 773
- Assignees
- 199
- Inventors
- 1,182
- Latest grant
- 4 Aug 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1976 | 1 | 0 |
| 1977 | 1 | 0 |
| 1978 | 2 | 0 |
| 1979 | 6 | 0 |
| 1980 | 5 | 0 |
| 1981 | 1 | 0 |
| 1982 | 1 | 0 |
| 1983 | 3 | 0 |
| 1984 | 1 | 0 |
| 1985 | 3 | 0 |
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| 1987 | 5 | 0 |
| 1988 | 6 | 0 |
| 1989 | 5 | 0 |
| 1990 | 9 | 0 |
| 1991 | 7 | 0 |
| 1992 | 2 | 0 |
| 1993 | 4 | 0 |
| 1994 | 2 | 0 |
| 1995 | 2 | 0 |
| 1996 | 5 | 0 |
| 1997 | 5 | 0 |
| 1998 | 7 | 0 |
| 1999 | 12 | 0 |
| 2000 | 11 | 0 |
| 2001 | 9 | 4 |
| 2002 | 12 | 10 |
| 2003 | 11 | 9 |
| 2004 | 13 | 17 |
| 2005 | 3 | 19 |
| 2006 | 20 | 15 |
| 2007 | 7 | 15 |
| 2008 | 14 | 26 |
| 2009 | 5 | 25 |
| 2010 | 19 | 15 |
| 2011 | 17 | 41 |
| 2012 | 11 | 11 |
| 2013 | 21 | 21 |
| 2014 | 29 | 27 |
| 2015 | 45 | 54 |
| 2016 | 49 | 45 |
| 2017 | 44 | 78 |
| 2018 | 65 | 43 |
| 2019 | 33 | 44 |
| 2020 | 46 | 45 |
| 2021 | 34 | 32 |
| 2022 | 22 | 37 |
| 2023 | 31 | 30 |
| 2024 | 32 | 29 |
| 2025 | 27 | 43 |
| 2026 | 16 | 38 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Image reading device4 Aug 2026US 12,697,826 B2Seiko Epson Corporation
- Printhead force adjust and lift system and method4 Aug 2026US 12,697,829 B2Brady Worldwide, Inc.
- Tape printing apparatus and control method of tape printing apparatus14 Jul 2026US 12,679,117 B2Seiko Epson Corporation
- Printer14 Jul 2026US 12,679,127 B2Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha
- Printer7 Jul 2026US 12,673,512 B2Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha
- Media Application System with a Moveable Platen Assembly for Autonomous Media Replenishment8 Oct 2026US 2026/0307404 A1Zebra Technologies Corporation
- Thermal printhead and thermal printer1 Oct 2026US 2026/0296053 A1Rohm Co., Ltd.
- Printing roller for a printer comprising a coated transport portion24 Sep 2026US 2026/0285067 A1Phoenix Contact GmbH & Co.KG
- Thermal printer24 Sep 2026US 2026/0285068 A1Seiko Instruments Inc.
- Printer24 Sep 2026US 2026/0285070 A1Etria Co., Ltd.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Medium-handling in printer for donor and receiver mediums272US 6,715,949 B1Eastman Kodak Company · 2004
- Ink jet printer145US 4,538,156 AAT&T Teletype Corporation · 1985
- Thermal printer with single latch, adjustable media storage and centering assemblies and print assembly133US 9,061,527 B2Datamax-O'Neil Corporation · 2015
- Laminated ink distribution assembly for a printer94US 6,796,731 B2Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd · 2004
- Thermal printer82US 6,118,469 ASeiko Epson Corporation · 2000