B41J 13/00
Devices or arrangements of selective printing mechanisms
Official title: Devices or arrangements {of selective printing mechanisms, e.g. ink-jet printers or thermal printers,} specially adapted for supporting or handling copy material in short lengths, e.g. sheets
B41J13/00 (Devices or arrangements of selective printing mechanisms) appears on 6,381 US grants and 5,790 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B41J- Granted patents
- 6,381
- Published applications
- 5,790
- Assignees
- 715
- Inventors
- 7,828
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 8 | 0 |
| 1977 | 8 | 0 |
| 1978 | 6 | 0 |
| 1979 | 3 | 0 |
| 1980 | 18 | 0 |
| 1981 | 19 | 0 |
| 1982 | 8 | 0 |
| 1983 | 13 | 0 |
| 1984 | 23 | 0 |
| 1985 | 46 | 0 |
| 1986 | 45 | 0 |
| 1987 | 42 | 0 |
| 1988 | 50 | 0 |
| 1989 | 53 | 0 |
| 1990 | 46 | 0 |
| 1991 | 76 | 0 |
| 1992 | 67 | 0 |
| 1993 | 56 | 0 |
| 1994 | 47 | 0 |
| 1995 | 71 | 0 |
| 1996 | 81 | 0 |
| 1997 | 68 | 0 |
| 1998 | 115 | 0 |
| 1999 | 125 | 0 |
| 2000 | 126 | 0 |
| 2001 | 148 | 62 |
| 2002 | 131 | 123 |
| 2003 | 160 | 184 |
| 2004 | 157 | 268 |
| 2005 | 169 | 408 |
| 2006 | 222 | 266 |
| 2007 | 222 | 280 |
| 2008 | 227 | 298 |
| 2009 | 203 | 259 |
| 2010 | 235 | 210 |
| 2011 | 272 | 194 |
| 2012 | 197 | 170 |
| 2013 | 164 | 211 |
| 2014 | 256 | 238 |
| 2015 | 314 | 223 |
| 2016 | 224 | 212 |
| 2017 | 202 | 232 |
| 2018 | 218 | 307 |
| 2019 | 252 | 280 |
| 2020 | 221 | 237 |
| 2021 | 205 | 260 |
| 2022 | 209 | 204 |
| 2023 | 184 | 158 |
| 2024 | 159 | 178 |
| 2025 | 110 | 178 |
| 2026 | 100 | 150 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- B41J 13/10Sheet holders, retainers , movable guides, or stationary guides3,673
- B41J 13/0009Control of the transport of the copy material1,894
- B41J 13/02Rollers1,012
- B41J 13/26Registering devices266
- B41J 13/009Diverting sheets at a section where at least two sheet conveying paths234
- B41J 13/08Conveyor bands or like feeding devices173
- B41J 13/0054Handling sheets of differing lengths102
- B41J 13/0063Handling thick cut sheets70
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Recent patents
- Sheet conveyance apparatus and image forming apparatus6 Oct 2026US 12,752,553 B2Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
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- Medium transport device, recording device, recording system, and medium transport method22 Sep 2026US 12,741,473 B2Seiko Epson Corporation
- Recording device15 Sep 2026US 12,734,833 B2Seiko Epson Corporation
- Printer15 Sep 2026US 12,734,835 B2Citizen Systems Japan Co., Ltd.
- Printing apparatus8 Oct 2026US 2026/0307405 A1Konica Minolta, Inc.
- Printing apparatus, control method, and storage medium8 Oct 2026US 2026/0307406 A1Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Information processing apparatus, non-transitory computer readable medium, and recording medium processing apparatus8 Oct 2026US 2026/0310124 A1FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
- Medium loading device, feeding device, image reading device, and image forming device1 Oct 2026US 2026/0296070 A1Seiko Epson Corporation
- Printing device1 Oct 2026US 2026/0296071 A1Seiko Epson Corporation
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By later US patents
- Printer unit for PC disk drive bay314US 6,270,177 B1Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd · 2001
- Transaction printer251US 6,293,469 B1DH Technology, Inc. · 2001
- Modular card processing system234US 5,266,781 ADataCard Corporation · 1993
- Hand held mobile phone with integral internal printer with print media supply231US 6,405,055 B1Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd · 2002
- Electronic camera and integral ink jet printer224US 5,757,388 AEastman Kodak Company · 1998