B41J 2/04586
Controlling heads of a type not covered by groups b41j2/04575 - b41j2/04585
Official title: {controlling heads of a type not covered by groups B41J2/04575 - B41J2/04585, or of an undefined type}
B41J2/04586 (Controlling heads of a type not covered by groups b41j2/04575 - b41j2/04585) appears on 1,584 US grants and 1,786 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B41J- Granted patents
- 1,584
- Published applications
- 1,786
- Assignees
- 203
- Inventors
- 2,326
- Latest grant
- 29 Sep 2026
Filings by year
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| 2024 | 93 | 72 |
| 2025 | 70 | 49 |
| 2026 | 31 | 55 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
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- Method for printing a paper, and digital printing device22 Sep 2026US 12,741,468 B2SWISS KRONO Tec AG
- Inkjet recording device22 Sep 2026US 12,741,469 B2KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
- Printing device and printing method8 Sep 2026US 12,728,635 B2Seiko Epson Corporation
- Printer having array of overlapping printheads8 Sep 2026US 12,728,654 B2Memjet Technology Limited
- Print apparatus and adjustment method thereof1 Oct 2026US 2026/0295991 A1Seiko Epson Corporation
- System and method for controlling inkjet operation in an inkjet printer using image content data1 Oct 2026US 2026/0295995 A1Genesee Valley Innovations, LLC
- Printing Apparatus1 Oct 2026US 2026/0295996 A1Seiko Epson Corporation
- Inkjet recording apparatus, and control method for controlling the inkjet recording apparatus1 Oct 2026US 2026/0295998 A1Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Printing system and printing method1 Oct 2026US 2026/0296064 A1Seiko Epson Corporation
Most cited
By later US patents
- Intelligent printer components and printing system258US 6,227,643 B1Encad, Inc. · 2001
- Method of controlling an ink-jet recording apparatus according to recording apparatus in which the method is implemented144US 6,050,669 ACanon Kabushiki Kaisha · 2000
- Cache updating method and apparatus144US 7,181,572 B2Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd · 2007
- Image forming apparatus with means for correcting image density unevenness127US 5,444,468 ACanon Kabushiki Kaisha · 1995
- Method and apparatus for rotating Bayer images118US 6,683,996 B1Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd · 2004