B41J 2002/16555
Air or gas for cleaning
Official title: {Air or gas for cleaning}
B41J2002/16555 (Air or gas for cleaning) appears on 74 US grants and 92 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B41J- Granted patents
- 74
- Published applications
- 92
- Assignees
- 41
- Inventors
- 217
- Latest grant
- 8 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 0 | 1 |
| 2012 | 0 | 0 |
| 2013 | 4 | 10 |
| 2014 | 3 | 5 |
| 2015 | 10 | 6 |
| 2016 | 5 | 4 |
| 2017 | 2 | 4 |
| 2018 | 6 | 10 |
| 2019 | 8 | 6 |
| 2020 | 6 | 5 |
| 2021 | 3 | 11 |
| 2022 | 2 | 8 |
| 2023 | 10 | 7 |
| 2024 | 3 | 7 |
| 2025 | 7 | 4 |
| 2026 | 5 | 4 |
By publication year. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Liquid discharge system8 Sep 2026US 12,728,640 B2Ricoh Company, Ltd.
- Coating material supply device and coating machine16 Jun 2026US 12,654,211 B2ABB Schweiz AG
- Service station serving a print head16 Jun 2026US 12,654,449 B2Beehive Industries, LLC
- Maintenance device and inkjet recording apparatus5 May 2026US 12,617,206 B2KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
- Liquid discharge apparatus and liquid discharge method20 Jan 2026US 12,528,099 B2Ricoh Company, Ltd.
- Coating system and head cleaning method23 Jul 2026US 2026/0208218 A1
- Maintenance device and inkjet recording apparatus28 May 2026US 2026/0145432 A1KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
- Service station serving a print head12 Feb 2026US 2026/0042295 A1Beehive Industries, LLC
- Method for Controlling Inkjet Recording Device5 Feb 2026US 2026/0034779 A1Hitachi Industrial Equipment Systems Co., Ltd.
- Liquid discharge apparatus, liquid discharge system, and cleaning method for liquid discharge apparatus12 Jun 2025US 2025/0187339 A1
Most cited
By later US patents
- High height ink jet printing4US 10,183,498 B2FUJIFILM Dimatix, Inc. · 2019
- Continuous inkjet printer cleaning method4US 8,596,750 B2Eastman Kodak Company · 2013
- Method for cleaning a nozzle of a material deposition system4US 9,089,863 B2Illinois Tool Works Inc. · 2015
- Container handling machine for printing onto container4US 9,533,506 B2Krones AG · 2017
- Apparatus and method for removal of ink from an exterior of a printhead3US 8,529,015 B2Xerox Corporation · 2013