B41J 25/304
Bodily-movable mechanisms for print heads or carriages movable towards or from paper
Official title: Bodily-movable mechanisms for print heads or carriages movable towards or from paper surface
B41J25/304 (Bodily-movable mechanisms for print heads or carriages movable towards or from paper) appears on 1,756 US grants and 1,509 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B41J- Granted patents
- 1,756
- Published applications
- 1,509
- Assignees
- 428
- Inventors
- 3,156
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
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| 2024 | 79 | 92 |
| 2025 | 75 | 84 |
| 2026 | 43 | 45 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Ink jet recording apparatus including blade for cleaning nozzle surface6 Oct 2026US 12,752,538 B2KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
- Recording device6 Oct 2026US 12,752,556 B2Seiko Epson Corporation
- Liquid discharge apparatus29 Sep 2026US 12,746,769 B2Ricoh Company, Ltd.
- Optimal alignment of a printhead in a thermal printing apparatus22 Sep 2026US 12,741,474 B2Hand Held Products, Inc.
- Printing apparatus and control method for printing apparatus15 Sep 2026US 12,734,805 B2Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Inkjet recording apparatus, and control method for controlling the inkjet recording apparatus1 Oct 2026US 2026/0295998 A1Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Liquid ejection apparatus and liquid ejection method24 Sep 2026US 2026/0285065 A1Ricoh Company, Ltd.
- Recording apparatus10 Sep 2026US 2026/0264428 A1Seiko Epson Corporation
- A printing apparatus10 Sep 2026US 2026/0264429 A1Dover Europe SàRl
- Liquid discharge unit and liquid discharge apparatus3 Sep 2026US 2026/0257480 A1
Most cited
By later US patents
- Ink-jet printing apparatus and ink cartridge therefor192US 6,502,917 B1Seiko Epson Corporation · 2003
- Tape cassette and tape printer for use therewith166US 4,927,278 ABrother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha · 1990
- Printing medium management apparatus149US 5,751,303 ALaserMaster Corporation · 1998
- Tape printer135US 4,966,476 ABrother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha · 1990
- Portable printer and cartridge therefor133US 5,411,339 AKroy Inc. · 1995