B41J 2/2103
Features not dealing with the colouring process per se
Official title: {Features not dealing with the colouring process per se, e.g. construction of printers or heads, driving circuit adaptations}
B41J2/2103 (Features not dealing with the colouring process per se) appears on 562 US grants and 623 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B41J- Granted patents
- 562
- Published applications
- 623
- Assignees
- 123
- Inventors
- 1,203
- Latest grant
- 29 Sep 2026
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| 2024 | 27 | 39 |
| 2025 | 23 | 42 |
| 2026 | 16 | 58 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Deaeration apparatus, inkjet recording apparatus, deaeration method, and storage medium29 Sep 2026US 12,746,759 B2Konica Minolta, Inc.
- Liquid ejection system to form image with manifold gradations15 Sep 2026US 12,734,826 B2Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
- Liquid ejection head8 Sep 2026US 12,728,644 B2Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Printer having array of overlapping printheads8 Sep 2026US 12,728,654 B2Memjet Technology Limited
- Printing apparatus, printing method, and non-transitory and computer-readable medium storing computer program25 Aug 2026US 12,718,042 B2Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
- Inkjet recording apparatus, and control method for controlling the inkjet recording apparatus1 Oct 2026US 2026/0295998 A1Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Head unit and liquid discharge apparatus1 Oct 2026US 2026/0296016 A1
- Inkjet recording apparatus1 Oct 2026US 2026/0296055 A1KYOCERA Corporation
- Printing system and printing method1 Oct 2026US 2026/0296064 A1Seiko Epson Corporation
- Aqueous ink for inkjet recording, inkjet recording apparatus, and inkjet recording method1 Oct 2026US 2026/0297357 A1Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
Most cited
By later US patents
- Thermal jet recording apparatus213US 4,914,562 ASeiko Epson Corporation · 1990
- Marking jet discharging head102US 4,576,111 ADomino Printing Sciences PLC · 1986
- Ink jet image recording device with pitch-shifted recording elements89US 4,593,295 ACanon Kabushiki Kaisha · 1986
- Redundant full width array thermal ink jet printing for improved reliability88US 5,587,730 AXerox Corporation · 1996
- High density ink jet printhead87US 5,235,352 ACompaq Computer Corporation · 1993