B41J 11/20
Platen adjustments for varying the strength of impression, for a varying number
Official title: Platen adjustments for varying the strength of impression, for a varying number of papers, for wear or for alignment {, or for print gap adjustment}
B41J11/20 (Platen adjustments for varying the strength of impression, for a varying number) appears on 417 US grants and 334 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B41J- Granted patents
- 417
- Published applications
- 334
- Assignees
- 154
- Inventors
- 729
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
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| 2004 | 5 | 11 |
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| 2006 | 20 | 13 |
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| 2024 | 15 | 10 |
| 2025 | 16 | 7 |
| 2026 | 6 | 4 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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By later US patents
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