B41J 2/16538
With brushes or wiper blades perpendicular to the nozzle plate
Official title: {with brushes or wiper blades perpendicular to the nozzle plate}
B41J2/16538 (With brushes or wiper blades perpendicular to the nozzle plate) appears on 821 US grants and 882 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B41J- Granted patents
- 821
- Published applications
- 882
- Assignees
- 114
- Inventors
- 1,455
- Latest grant
- 18 Aug 2026
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| 2020 | 67 | 73 |
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| 2023 | 43 | 38 |
| 2024 | 42 | 67 |
| 2025 | 37 | 43 |
| 2026 | 23 | 26 |
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- Apparatus controlled by data from consumable parts with incorporated memory devices266US 5,812,156 AHewlett-Packard Company · 1998
- Ink jet head, ink jet apparatus and wiping method therefor196US 5,534,898 ACanon Kabushiki Kaisha · 1996
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