B41J 2/485
Typewriters or selective printing mechanisms characterised by the printing or marking process
Official title: characterised by the process of building-up characters {or image elements} applicable to two or more kinds of printing or marking processes
B41J2/485 (Typewriters or selective printing mechanisms characterised by the printing or marking process) appears on 943 US grants and 661 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B41J- Granted patents
- 943
- Published applications
- 661
- Assignees
- 203
- Inventors
- 1,203
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 7 | 0 |
| 1977 | 8 | 0 |
| 1978 | 15 | 0 |
| 1979 | 11 | 0 |
| 1980 | 16 | 0 |
| 1981 | 7 | 0 |
| 1982 | 10 | 0 |
| 1983 | 8 | 0 |
| 1984 | 9 | 0 |
| 1985 | 17 | 0 |
| 1986 | 14 | 0 |
| 1987 | 9 | 0 |
| 1988 | 9 | 0 |
| 1989 | 11 | 0 |
| 1990 | 12 | 0 |
| 1991 | 13 | 0 |
| 1992 | 9 | 0 |
| 1993 | 10 | 0 |
| 1994 | 13 | 0 |
| 1995 | 8 | 0 |
| 1996 | 10 | 0 |
| 1997 | 9 | 0 |
| 1998 | 12 | 0 |
| 1999 | 15 | 0 |
| 2000 | 22 | 0 |
| 2001 | 24 | 4 |
| 2002 | 34 | 18 |
| 2003 | 27 | 17 |
| 2004 | 21 | 47 |
| 2005 | 25 | 106 |
| 2006 | 28 | 31 |
| 2007 | 54 | 33 |
| 2008 | 70 | 83 |
| 2009 | 35 | 49 |
| 2010 | 63 | 48 |
| 2011 | 55 | 20 |
| 2012 | 24 | 9 |
| 2013 | 22 | 13 |
| 2014 | 12 | 10 |
| 2015 | 15 | 15 |
| 2016 | 13 | 15 |
| 2017 | 21 | 36 |
| 2018 | 22 | 28 |
| 2019 | 36 | 21 |
| 2020 | 16 | 13 |
| 2021 | 9 | 13 |
| 2022 | 9 | 3 |
| 2023 | 8 | 8 |
| 2024 | 4 | 8 |
| 2025 | 6 | 12 |
| 2026 | 6 | 1 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Systems and methods for positioning printheads of a printing apparatus6 Oct 2026US 12,752,555 B2Cryovac, Inc.
- Printing apparatus6 Oct 2026US RE51,052 E1Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Systems and methods for improved printing22 Sep 2026US 12,741,476 B2
- Large area laser printing system and method17 Feb 2026US 12,552,179 B2Reophotonics, Ltd.
- Inkjet printer system17 Feb 2026US 12,552,188 B2Hitachi Industrial Equipment Systems Co., Ltd.
- Inkjet dtf printer system and image forming method20 Aug 2026US 2026/0241718 A1Ricoh Company, Ltd.
- Printer for identifying a type of thermal printhead (tph) and a method thereof25 Dec 2025US 2025/0388027 A1Hand Held Products, Inc.
- Printer, method, and storage medium2 Oct 2025US 2025/0303747 A1Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha
- Printing apparatus, control method of printing apparatus, and medium2 Oct 2025US 2025/0303748 A1Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
- Printing apparatus and method of controlling printing apparatus11 Sep 2025US 2025/0282151 A1Seiko Epson Corporation
Most cited
By later US patents
- Ink-jet printer equipped for aligning the printheads243US 6,554,398 B2Agfa-Gevaert · 2003
- Matrix display212US 5,016,002 ANokia-Mobira Oy · 1991
- Three dimensional printing methods194US 6,146,567 AMassachusetts Institute of Technology · 2000
- Image forming apparatus with means for correcting image density unevenness127US 5,444,468 ACanon Kabushiki Kaisha · 1995
- Multi-resolution roofshooter printheads102US 5,208,605 AXerox Corporation · 1993