B41J 2/505
From an assembly of identical printing elements
Official title: from an assembly of identical printing elements
B41J2/505 (From an assembly of identical printing elements) appears on 859 US grants and 633 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B41J- Granted patents
- 859
- Published applications
- 633
- Assignees
- 174
- Inventors
- 1,093
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
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| 2002 | 33 | 18 |
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| 2022 | 9 | 2 |
| 2023 | 8 | 7 |
| 2024 | 3 | 8 |
| 2025 | 5 | 12 |
| 2026 | 6 | 0 |
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.
- 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
- Printing apparatus, and control method thereof31 Jul 2025US 2025/0242603 A1Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
Most cited
By later US patents
- Ink-jet printer equipped for aligning the printheads243US 6,554,398 B2Agfa-Gevaert · 2003
- 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
- Arrangement for recording characters using mosaic recording mechanisms90US 4,044,879 ASiemens Aktiengesellschaft · 1977