B41J 2202/00
Embodiments of or processes related to ink-jet or thermal heads
B41J2202/00 (Embodiments of or processes related to ink-jet or thermal heads) appears on 9,569 US grants and 9,629 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B41J- Granted patents
- 9,569
- Published applications
- 9,629
- Assignees
- 649
- Inventors
- 7,537
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 3 | 0 |
| 1977 | 0 | 0 |
| 1978 | 2 | 0 |
| 1979 | 0 | 0 |
| 1980 | 4 | 0 |
| 1981 | 3 | 0 |
| 1982 | 12 | 0 |
| 1983 | 10 | 0 |
| 1984 | 9 | 0 |
| 1985 | 11 | 0 |
| 1986 | 13 | 0 |
| 1987 | 16 | 0 |
| 1988 | 17 | 0 |
| 1989 | 19 | 0 |
| 1990 | 32 | 0 |
| 1991 | 27 | 0 |
| 1992 | 37 | 0 |
| 1993 | 32 | 0 |
| 1994 | 22 | 0 |
| 1995 | 40 | 0 |
| 1996 | 55 | 0 |
| 1997 | 70 | 0 |
| 1998 | 124 | 0 |
| 1999 | 124 | 0 |
| 2000 | 199 | 0 |
| 2001 | 217 | 57 |
| 2002 | 287 | 242 |
| 2003 | 251 | 257 |
| 2004 | 237 | 473 |
| 2005 | 238 | 678 |
| 2006 | 371 | 481 |
| 2007 | 389 | 455 |
| 2008 | 427 | 545 |
| 2009 | 414 | 546 |
| 2010 | 513 | 422 |
| 2011 | 516 | 302 |
| 2012 | 305 | 261 |
| 2013 | 315 | 301 |
| 2014 | 337 | 275 |
| 2015 | 370 | 271 |
| 2016 | 261 | 288 |
| 2017 | 281 | 425 |
| 2018 | 340 | 439 |
| 2019 | 409 | 453 |
| 2020 | 423 | 510 |
| 2021 | 421 | 420 |
| 2022 | 334 | 361 |
| 2023 | 322 | 351 |
| 2024 | 278 | 303 |
| 2025 | 270 | 273 |
| 2026 | 162 | 240 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Printing device, preferably a 3D printer6 Oct 2026US 12,752,482 B2Liqtra GmbH
- Liquid discharge head and liquid discharge apparatus6 Oct 2026US 12,752,531 B2Ricoh Company, Ltd.
- Inkjet apparatus and method of aligning the same6 Oct 2026US 12,752,534 B2Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
- Bubble stopper object for an ink-jet print head6 Oct 2026US 12,752,546 B2Sicpa Holding SA
- Liquid discharge apparatus, coating apparatus, liquid discharge method, and method of manufacturing electrode29 Sep 2026US 12,746,748 B2Ricoh Company, Ltd.
- Printing apparatus, control method, and storage medium8 Oct 2026US 2026/0307385 A1Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Method and System For Detecting and Classifying Air Pockets within Ink Supply Lines8 Oct 2026US 2026/0307397 A1Xerox Corporation
- Liquid droplet ejection device, liquid droplet ejection method, and non-transitory computer-readable storage device containing computer-executable instructions therefor1 Oct 2026US 2026/0295999 A1Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
- Liquid ejecting head and liquid ejecting apparatus1 Oct 2026US 2026/0296004 A1Seiko Epson Corporation
- Liquid ejecting head and liquid ejecting apparatus1 Oct 2026US 2026/0296009 A1Seiko Epson Corporation
Most cited
By later US patents
- Droplet generating method and apparatus thereof1,847US 4,463,359 ACanon Kabushiki Kaisha · 1984
- Liquid jet recording process and liquid jet recording head1,557US 4,313,124 ACanon Kabushiki Kaisha · 1982
- Printhead incorporating a static pagewidth printhead1,463US 7,467,849 B2Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd · 2008
- Electronically addressable microencapsulated ink and display thereof597US 6,120,588 AE Ink Corporation · 2000
- Pagewidth thermal ink jet printhead554US 5,160,945 AXerox Corporation · 1992