B41J 2/00
Typewriters or selective printing mechanisms characterised by the printing or marking process
Official title: Typewriters or selective printing mechanisms characterised by the printing or marking process for which they are designed (mounting, arrangement or disposition of types or dies B41J1/00)
B41J2/00 (Typewriters or selective printing mechanisms characterised by the printing or marking process) appears on 56,659 US grants and 51,526 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B41J- Granted patents
- 56,659
- Published applications
- 51,526
- Assignees
- 3,404
- Inventors
- 38,252
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 146 | 0 |
| 1977 | 147 | 0 |
| 1978 | 136 | 0 |
| 1979 | 110 | 0 |
| 1980 | 164 | 0 |
| 1981 | 179 | 0 |
| 1982 | 198 | 0 |
| 1983 | 246 | 0 |
| 1984 | 232 | 0 |
| 1985 | 343 | 0 |
| 1986 | 322 | 0 |
| 1987 | 313 | 0 |
| 1988 | 334 | 0 |
| 1989 | 351 | 0 |
| 1990 | 369 | 0 |
| 1991 | 346 | 0 |
| 1992 | 392 | 0 |
| 1993 | 374 | 0 |
| 1994 | 383 | 0 |
| 1995 | 496 | 0 |
| 1996 | 598 | 0 |
| 1997 | 649 | 0 |
| 1998 | 1019 | 0 |
| 1999 | 1041 | 0 |
| 2000 | 1396 | 0 |
| 2001 | 1715 | 505 |
| 2002 | 1825 | 1675 |
| 2003 | 1628 | 1690 |
| 2004 | 1531 | 2129 |
| 2005 | 1311 | 2725 |
| 2006 | 1579 | 2354 |
| 2007 | 1645 | 2397 |
| 2008 | 1763 | 2434 |
| 2009 | 1644 | 2550 |
| 2010 | 2171 | 2184 |
| 2011 | 2256 | 2121 |
| 2012 | 1982 | 1874 |
| 2013 | 2186 | 2038 |
| 2014 | 2440 | 1876 |
| 2015 | 2354 | 1973 |
| 2016 | 2034 | 1928 |
| 2017 | 1836 | 2308 |
| 2018 | 1795 | 2287 |
| 2019 | 2124 | 2138 |
| 2020 | 2010 | 2209 |
| 2021 | 1721 | 2080 |
| 2022 | 1562 | 1851 |
| 2023 | 1478 | 1734 |
| 2024 | 1406 | 1718 |
| 2025 | 1357 | 1531 |
| 2026 | 1022 | 1217 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- B41J 2/005Typewriters or selective printing mechanisms characterised by the printing or marking process46,818
- B41J 2/315Typewriters or selective printing mechanisms characterised by the printing or marking process4,508
- B41J 2/435Typewriters or selective printing mechanisms characterised by the printing or marking process4,047
- B41J 2/485Typewriters or selective printing mechanisms characterised by the printing or marking process943
- B41J 2/22Typewriters or selective printing mechanisms characterised by the printing or marking process907
- B41J 2/385Typewriters or selective printing mechanisms characterised by the printing or marking process738
- B41J 2/525Arrangement for multi-colour printing, not covered by group b41j2/21163
- B41J 2/52Arrangement for printing a discrete number of tones, not covered by group86
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