B41J 2/1652
By driving a fluid through the nozzles to the outside thereof
Official title: {by driving a fluid through the nozzles to the outside thereof, e.g. by applying pressure to the inside or vacuum at the outside of the print head}
B41J2/1652 (By driving a fluid through the nozzles to the outside thereof) appears on 2,585 US grants and 2,598 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B41J- Granted patents
- 2,585
- Published applications
- 2,598
- Assignees
- 263
- Inventors
- 3,336
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1977 | 3 | 0 |
| 1978 | 1 | 0 |
| 1979 | 3 | 0 |
| 1980 | 4 | 0 |
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| 2000 | 56 | 0 |
| 2001 | 70 | 15 |
| 2002 | 50 | 53 |
| 2003 | 56 | 39 |
| 2004 | 47 | 43 |
| 2005 | 26 | 123 |
| 2006 | 32 | 60 |
| 2007 | 42 | 96 |
| 2008 | 83 | 129 |
| 2009 | 71 | 107 |
| 2010 | 119 | 114 |
| 2011 | 94 | 105 |
| 2012 | 88 | 110 |
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| 2014 | 150 | 94 |
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| 2016 | 104 | 80 |
| 2017 | 72 | 116 |
| 2018 | 108 | 114 |
| 2019 | 123 | 115 |
| 2020 | 101 | 144 |
| 2021 | 110 | 147 |
| 2022 | 95 | 166 |
| 2023 | 110 | 124 |
| 2024 | 105 | 125 |
| 2025 | 106 | 94 |
| 2026 | 66 | 69 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Ink jet recording method and ink jet recording apparatus6 Oct 2026US 12,752,529 B2Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Liquid ejection device control method and liquid ejection device6 Oct 2026US 12,752,537 B2Seiko Epson Corporation
- Inkjet recording device22 Sep 2026US 12,741,469 B2KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
- Liquid ejection apparatus15 Sep 2026US 12,734,797 B2Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
- Device and method for regenerating a print head15 Sep 2026US 12,734,807 B2Canon Production Printing Holding B. V.
- Liquid ejection apparatus1 Oct 2026US 2026/0296028 A1Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Printing apparatus, method of controlling printing apparatus, and storage medium1 Oct 2026US 2026/0296029 A1Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Method and system for addressing ink batch varability in inkjet printing1 Oct 2026US 2026/0296037 A1Xerox Corporation
- Method and system for detecting ink batches that degrade print quality in inkjet printing1 Oct 2026US 2026/0296047 A1Xerox Corporation
- Printing apparatus having an ejection unit forming an image on a print medium by ejecting liquid from an ejection port24 Sep 2026US 2026/0285046 A1Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
Most cited
By later US patents
- Purging system for ink jet recording apparatus281US 4,558,326 AKonishiroku Photo Industry Co., Ltd. · 1985
- Apparatus and methods for 3D printing245US 7,291,002 B2Z Corporation · 2007
- Ultrasonic liquid wiper for ink jet printhead maintenance201US 5,574,485 AXerox Corporation · 1996
- Liquid discharge head, recovery method and manufacturing method for liquid discharge head, and liquid discharge apparatus using liquid discharge head166US 6,151,049 ACanon Kabushiki Kaisha · 2000
- Ink jet recording apparatus with waste ink distribution paths to plural cartridges158US 4,965,596 ACanon Kabushiki Kaisha · 1990