B41J 2/16547
The wipers and caps or spittoons being on the same movable support
Official title: {the wipers and caps or spittoons being on the same movable support}
B41J2/16547 (The wipers and caps or spittoons being on the same movable support) appears on 557 US grants and 507 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B41J- Granted patents
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- Published applications
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- Latest grant
- 7 Jul 2026
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| 2002 | 21 | 28 |
| 2003 | 26 | 22 |
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| 2005 | 12 | 9 |
| 2006 | 7 | 7 |
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| 2008 | 2 | 16 |
| 2009 | 6 | 33 |
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| 2020 | 23 | 26 |
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| 2023 | 23 | 14 |
| 2024 | 23 | 25 |
| 2025 | 10 | 14 |
| 2026 | 9 | 2 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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Most cited
By later US patents
- Service station for ink-jet printer159US 4,853,717 AHewlett-Packard Company · 1989
- Ink jet printer having a paper handling and maintenance station assembly156US 5,051,761 AXerox Corporation · 1991
- Ink jet recording apparatus140US 4,577,203 AEpson Corporation · 1986
- Liquid jet device with cleaning protective means132US 4,306,245 ACanon Kabushiki Kaisha · 1981
- Wiper for ink-jet printhead126US 5,115,250 AHewlett-Packard Company · 1992