B41J 2/36
Print density control
B41J2/36 (Print density control) appears on 628 US grants and 336 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B41J- Granted patents
- 628
- Published applications
- 336
- Assignees
- 164
- Inventors
- 889
- Latest grant
- 30 Jun 2026
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| 1976 | 2 | 0 |
| 1977 | 0 | 0 |
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| 1981 | 5 | 0 |
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| 1983 | 11 | 0 |
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| 1999 | 31 | 0 |
| 2000 | 24 | 0 |
| 2001 | 25 | 30 |
| 2002 | 38 | 13 |
| 2003 | 18 | 9 |
| 2004 | 17 | 23 |
| 2005 | 11 | 13 |
| 2006 | 7 | 21 |
| 2007 | 14 | 7 |
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| 2018 | 15 | 24 |
| 2019 | 17 | 8 |
| 2020 | 12 | 21 |
| 2021 | 16 | 17 |
| 2022 | 7 | 12 |
| 2023 | 11 | 13 |
| 2024 | 10 | 7 |
| 2025 | 10 | 5 |
| 2026 | 1 | 12 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Data processing apparatus, data processing method, printing apparatus, printing method, and storage medium30 Jun 2026US 12,668,068 B2Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Thermal printer30 Dec 2025US 12,508,819 B2Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha
- Printhead identification systems and methods23 Dec 2025US 12,502,896 B2Zebra Technologies Corporation
- Printer, printing control method, and storage medium9 Dec 2025US 12,491,721 B2Kabushiki Kaisha Sato
- Thermal printer11 Nov 2025US 12,466,194 B2Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha
- Image processing apparatus, printer, and non-transitory storage medium8 Oct 2026US 2026/0307398 A1Etria Co., Ltd.
- Thermal print head and thermal printer1 Oct 2026US 2026/0296050 A1Rohm Co., Ltd.
- Thermal printhead and thermal printer1 Oct 2026US 2026/0296053 A1Rohm Co., Ltd.
- Thermal printer system24 Sep 2026US 2026/0285058 A1Avery Dennison Retail Information Services LLC
- Printer apparatus, control method, and computer-readable medium20 Aug 2026US 2026/0241706 A1Etria Co., Ltd.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Handy printer system122US 5,927,872 AHewlett-Packard Company · 1999
- Method of insuring print quality of a thermal printer97US 5,933,179 APitney Bowes Inc. · 1999
- Print head pulsing techniques for multicolor printers96US 8,164,609 B2Zink Imaging, Inc. · 2012
- Method of driving a thermal print head94US 6,476,838 B1Oki Data America, Inc. · 2002
- System and method for dynamic adjustment of bar code printer parameters93US 5,564,841 AIntermec Corporation · 1996