B41J 2/2135
Alignment of dots
Official title: {Alignment of dots}
B41J2/2135 (Alignment of dots) appears on 824 US grants and 859 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B41J- Granted patents
- 824
- Published applications
- 859
- Assignees
- 152
- Inventors
- 1,384
- Latest grant
- 22 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1982 | 1 | 0 |
| 1983 | 0 | 0 |
| 1984 | 0 | 0 |
| 1985 | 0 | 0 |
| 1986 | 0 | 0 |
| 1987 | 1 | 0 |
| 1988 | 0 | 0 |
| 1989 | 0 | 0 |
| 1990 | 2 | 0 |
| 1991 | 0 | 0 |
| 1992 | 2 | 0 |
| 1993 | 0 | 0 |
| 1994 | 5 | 0 |
| 1995 | 2 | 0 |
| 1996 | 3 | 0 |
| 1997 | 2 | 0 |
| 1998 | 6 | 0 |
| 1999 | 7 | 0 |
| 2000 | 15 | 0 |
| 2001 | 20 | 3 |
| 2002 | 35 | 23 |
| 2003 | 28 | 23 |
| 2004 | 16 | 24 |
| 2005 | 12 | 26 |
| 2006 | 19 | 22 |
| 2007 | 18 | 16 |
| 2008 | 14 | 18 |
| 2009 | 20 | 25 |
| 2010 | 16 | 19 |
| 2011 | 21 | 20 |
| 2012 | 18 | 24 |
| 2013 | 29 | 22 |
| 2014 | 34 | 36 |
| 2015 | 54 | 50 |
| 2016 | 47 | 40 |
| 2017 | 41 | 41 |
| 2018 | 28 | 68 |
| 2019 | 61 | 38 |
| 2020 | 37 | 50 |
| 2021 | 43 | 47 |
| 2022 | 38 | 45 |
| 2023 | 45 | 48 |
| 2024 | 36 | 49 |
| 2025 | 30 | 47 |
| 2026 | 18 | 35 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Method for aligning printing heads of a printing device and printing device22 Sep 2026US 12,741,471 B2Bobst Mex SA
- Method for adjusting inkjet printer, program, and printing system1 Sep 2026US 12,722,395 B2Mimaki Engineering Co., Ltd.
- Image forming apparatus1 Sep 2026US 12,722,396 B2KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
- Printing apparatus, printing method, and storage medium11 Aug 2026US 12,703,193 B2Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Liquid discharge apparatus and liquid discharge method7 Jul 2026US 12,673,505 B2Ricoh Company, Ltd.
- Printing apparatus8 Oct 2026US 2026/0307405 A1Konica Minolta, Inc.
- Printing system and printing method1 Oct 2026US 2026/0296048 A1Seiko Epson Corporation
- Analyzing calibration data to detect and correct maintenance issues1 Oct 2026US 2026/0296049 A1Xerox Corporation
- Printing apparatus, landing position correction method, and control device24 Sep 2026US 2026/0285032 A1Mimaki Engineering Co., Ltd.
- Recording apparatus, method for recording apparatus, and non-transitory computer-readable storage medium27 Aug 2026US 2026/0254915 A1Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
Most cited
By later US patents
- Ink-jet printer equipped for aligning the printheads243US 6,554,398 B2Agfa-Gevaert · 2003
- Multiple inkjet print cartridge alignment by scanning a reference pattern and sampling same with reference to a position encoder135US 5,600,350 AHewlett-Packard Company · 1997
- Recording apparatus102US 4,675,696 ACanon Kabushiki Kaisha · 1987
- Alignment of ink dots in an inkjet printer101US 6,367,903 B1Hewlett-Packard Company · 2002
- Inkjet printhead calibration90US 6,076,915 AHewlett-Packard Company · 2000