B41J 2202/31
Thermal printer with head or platen movable
B41J2202/31 (Thermal printer with head or platen movable) appears on 167 US grants and 191 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B41J- Granted patents
- 167
- Published applications
- 191
- Assignees
- 71
- Inventors
- 258
- Latest grant
- 22 Sep 2026
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| 2006 | 4 | 11 |
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| 2009 | 4 | 11 |
| 2010 | 2 | 4 |
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| 2019 | 16 | 13 |
| 2020 | 14 | 14 |
| 2021 | 11 | 12 |
| 2022 | 4 | 6 |
| 2023 | 9 | 6 |
| 2024 | 2 | 4 |
| 2025 | 5 | 4 |
| 2026 | 4 | 12 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Optimal alignment of a printhead in a thermal printing apparatus22 Sep 2026US 12,741,474 B2Hand Held Products, Inc.
- Printhead opening system and method14 Jul 2026US 12,679,126 B2Brady Worldwide, Inc.
- Printer apparatus14 Apr 2026US 12,600,154 B2Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha
- Image forming apparatus and medium abnormality detection method20 Jan 2026US 12,528,302 B2Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha
- Thermal printer20 May 2025US 12,304,197 B2Seiko Instruments Inc.
- Thermal printer and portable terminal17 Sep 2026US 2026/0273954 A1Seiko Instruments Inc.
- A printing apparatus10 Sep 2026US 2026/0264429 A1Dover Europe SàRl
- Printer27 Aug 2026US 2026/0249628 A1Etria Co., Ltd.
- Thermal printer16 Jul 2026US 2026/0200240 A1Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha
- A thermal printer and method12 Feb 2026US 2026/0042306 A1Dover Europe SàRl
Most cited
By later US patents
- Thermal printer with single latch, adjustable media storage and centering assemblies and print assembly133US 9,061,527 B2Datamax-O'Neil Corporation · 2015
- Direct thermal barcode printer36US 7,600,684 B2Datamax Corporation · 2009
- Label printer having mode sensor34US 5,980,138 AToshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha · 1999
- Thermal printer apparatus33US 5,964,541 ANCR Corporation · 1999
- Printhead mounting guide frame29US 6,390,697 B1Fargo Electronics, Inc. · 2002