B41J 2/17553
Outer structure
Official title: {Outer structure}
B41J2/17553 (Outer structure) appears on 4,067 US grants and 4,158 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B41J- Granted patents
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- Published applications
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- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
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| 2026 | 63 | 85 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
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- Cartridge mountable to a printing apparatus that ejects liquid onto a print medium for printing6 Oct 2026US 12,752,542 B2Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Fluid ejection device components6 Oct 2026US 12,752,545 B2Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L. P.
- Ink-receiving body and recording method22 Sep 2026US 12,741,470 B2Seiko Epson Corporation
- Ink jet recording method and ink jet recording apparatus15 Sep 2026US 12,734,814 B2Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Ink container and system1 Oct 2026US 2026/0296038 A1Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
- Ink container and system1 Oct 2026US 2026/0296039 A1Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
- Image-forming apparatus including recording head connectable to liquid container through joint, a plurality of liquid channels, and a plurality of tubes24 Sep 2026US 2026/0285050 A1Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
- Liquid container17 Sep 2026US 2026/0273946 A1
- Liquid container and liquid ejecting apparatus17 Sep 2026US 2026/0273947 A1Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
Most cited
By later US patents
- Printhead having memory element475US 5,049,898 AHewlett-Packard Company · 1991
- Power supply for a four color modular printhead272US 6,439,908 B1Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd · 2002
- Replaceable ink cartridge having surface wiring resistance pattern271US 5,506,611 ACanon Kabushiki Kaisha · 1996
- Apparatus controlled by data from consumable parts with incorporated memory devices266US 5,812,156 AHewlett-Packard Company · 1998
- Intelligent printer components and printing system258US 6,227,643 B1Encad, Inc. · 2001