B41J 13/226
Using suction
Official title: {using suction}
B41J13/226 (Using suction) appears on 191 US grants and 146 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B41J- Granted patents
- 191
- Published applications
- 146
- Assignees
- 51
- Inventors
- 268
- Latest grant
- 28 Jul 2026
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| 2002 | 8 | 6 |
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| 2004 | 3 | 7 |
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| 2022 | 6 | 5 |
| 2023 | 6 | 3 |
| 2024 | 4 | 3 |
| 2025 | 0 | 5 |
| 2026 | 3 | 2 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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