B41J 2/465
Using masks
Official title: using masks, e.g. light-switching masks
B41J2/465 (Using masks) appears on 357 US grants and 197 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B41J- Granted patents
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
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- In-line stitched image optical system architecture for GLV laser line imagers21 Feb 2023US 11,586,031 B2Xerox Corporation
- System and method for laser marking substrates7 Dec 2021US 11,192,389 B2Alltec Angewandte Laserlicht Technologie GmbH
- Modifying image data to compensate for defective printer nozzles28 Aug 2025US 2025/0269662 A1Electronics for Imaging, Inc.
- Printing apparatus, method for controlling printing apparatus, and storage medium26 Sep 2024US 2024/0316950 A1Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Image forming apparatus, image forming method, and non-transitory recording medium16 May 2024US 2024/0157697 A1Ricoh Company, Ltd.
- Modifying image data to compensate for defective printer nozzles14 Sep 2023US 2023/0286290 A1Electronics for Imaging, Inc.
- System and method for laser marking substrates24 Feb 2022US 2022/0055374 A1Alltec Angewandte Laserlicht Technologie GmbH
Most cited
By later US patents
- Linear spatial light modulator and printer423US 4,596,992 ATexas Instruments Incorporated · 1986
- Spatial light modulator system410US 5,028,939 ATexas Instruments Incorporated · 1991
- Pattern generator using EUV240US 6,687,041 B1Micronic Laser Systems AB · 2004
- Pattern generator236US 6,747,783 B1Micronic Laser Systems AB · 2004
- Image recording apparatus using the grating light valve230US 6,806,897 B2Dainippon Screen Mfg.Co., Ltd. · 2004