B41J 11/36
Blanking or long feeds
Official title: Blanking or long feeds; Feeding to a particular line, e.g. by rotation of platen or feed roller
B41J11/36 (Blanking or long feeds) appears on 1,943 US grants and 1,662 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B41J- Granted patents
- 1,943
- Published applications
- 1,662
- Assignees
- 359
- Inventors
- 3,130
- Latest grant
- 15 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 8 | 0 |
| 1977 | 8 | 0 |
| 1978 | 2 | 0 |
| 1979 | 2 | 0 |
| 1980 | 5 | 0 |
| 1981 | 7 | 0 |
| 1982 | 2 | 0 |
| 1983 | 2 | 0 |
| 1984 | 4 | 0 |
| 1985 | 5 | 0 |
| 1986 | 12 | 0 |
| 1987 | 8 | 0 |
| 1988 | 13 | 0 |
| 1989 | 10 | 0 |
| 1990 | 14 | 0 |
| 1991 | 14 | 0 |
| 1992 | 13 | 0 |
| 1993 | 23 | 0 |
| 1994 | 10 | 0 |
| 1995 | 24 | 0 |
| 1996 | 35 | 0 |
| 1997 | 32 | 0 |
| 1998 | 37 | 0 |
| 1999 | 50 | 0 |
| 2000 | 58 | 0 |
| 2001 | 56 | 24 |
| 2002 | 65 | 66 |
| 2003 | 77 | 58 |
| 2004 | 53 | 86 |
| 2005 | 50 | 98 |
| 2006 | 60 | 78 |
| 2007 | 62 | 66 |
| 2008 | 62 | 63 |
| 2009 | 36 | 66 |
| 2010 | 55 | 62 |
| 2011 | 53 | 75 |
| 2012 | 42 | 64 |
| 2013 | 65 | 66 |
| 2014 | 104 | 72 |
| 2015 | 99 | 64 |
| 2016 | 57 | 41 |
| 2017 | 53 | 64 |
| 2018 | 57 | 82 |
| 2019 | 60 | 54 |
| 2020 | 53 | 66 |
| 2021 | 58 | 73 |
| 2022 | 51 | 93 |
| 2023 | 79 | 77 |
| 2024 | 69 | 40 |
| 2025 | 47 | 38 |
| 2026 | 22 | 26 |
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