B41J 2/185
Ink-collectors
Official title: Ink-collectors; Ink-catchers
B41J2/185 (Ink-collectors) appears on 646 US grants and 615 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B41J- Granted patents
- 646
- Published applications
- 615
- Assignees
- 121
- Inventors
- 1,167
- Latest grant
- 29 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 7 | 0 |
| 1977 | 8 | 0 |
| 1978 | 4 | 0 |
| 1979 | 1 | 0 |
| 1980 | 7 | 0 |
| 1981 | 7 | 0 |
| 1982 | 4 | 0 |
| 1983 | 5 | 0 |
| 1984 | 3 | 0 |
| 1985 | 0 | 0 |
| 1986 | 10 | 0 |
| 1987 | 7 | 0 |
| 1988 | 3 | 0 |
| 1989 | 13 | 0 |
| 1990 | 5 | 0 |
| 1991 | 0 | 0 |
| 1992 | 3 | 0 |
| 1993 | 1 | 0 |
| 1994 | 2 | 0 |
| 1995 | 4 | 0 |
| 1996 | 0 | 0 |
| 1997 | 2 | 0 |
| 1998 | 6 | 0 |
| 1999 | 4 | 0 |
| 2000 | 5 | 0 |
| 2001 | 22 | 1 |
| 2002 | 10 | 7 |
| 2003 | 15 | 12 |
| 2004 | 10 | 13 |
| 2005 | 12 | 20 |
| 2006 | 7 | 13 |
| 2007 | 14 | 13 |
| 2008 | 11 | 19 |
| 2009 | 2 | 35 |
| 2010 | 11 | 22 |
| 2011 | 20 | 26 |
| 2012 | 23 | 23 |
| 2013 | 27 | 25 |
| 2014 | 33 | 20 |
| 2015 | 28 | 17 |
| 2016 | 25 | 30 |
| 2017 | 25 | 26 |
| 2018 | 20 | 39 |
| 2019 | 45 | 49 |
| 2020 | 39 | 39 |
| 2021 | 35 | 33 |
| 2022 | 19 | 18 |
| 2023 | 18 | 29 |
| 2024 | 20 | 42 |
| 2025 | 22 | 21 |
| 2026 | 22 | 23 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Degassing device and inkjet recording apparatus29 Sep 2026US 12,746,758 B2KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
- Printing apparatus and printing method8 Sep 2026US 12,728,645 B2SCREEN Holdings Co., Ltd.
- Liquid ejection device8 Sep 2026US 12,728,653 B2Seiko Epson Corporation
- Liquid ejection head18 Aug 2026US 12,709,103 B2Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Continuous inkjet printer4 Aug 2026US 12,697,818 B2Linx Printing Technologies Limited
- Inkjet recording apparatus and inkjet recording system3 Sep 2026US 2026/0257474 A1Keyence Corporation
- Inkjet recording apparatus3 Sep 2026US 2026/0257487 A1Keyence Corporation
- Inkjet printing apparatus6 Aug 2026US 2026/0225370 A1SCREEN Holdings Co., Ltd.
- Printer and associated method23 Jul 2026US 2026/0208479 A1Videojet Technologies Inc.
- Charge electrode assembly and method of aligning components of a printhead16 Jul 2026US 2026/0200226 A1Videojet Technologies Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Continuous ink jet printer with asymmetric heating drop deflection152US 6,079,821 AEastman Kodak Company · 2000
- Printhead having gas flow ink droplet separation and method of diverging ink droplets149US 6,554,410 B2Eastman Kodak Company · 2003
- Media cartridge and ink jet recording apparatus131US 6,378,997 B1Canon Kabushiki Kaisha · 2002
- Jet nozzle structure for electrohydrodynamic droplet formation and ink jet printing system therewith92US 3,949,410 AInternational Business Machines Corporation · 1976
- Cleaning fluid apparatus and method for continuous printing ink-jet nozzle82US 5,877,788 AMoore Business Forms, Inc. · 1999