B41J 25/308
With print gap adjustment mechanisms
Official title: with print gap adjustment mechanisms
B41J25/308 (With print gap adjustment mechanisms) appears on 866 US grants and 791 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B41J- Granted patents
- 866
- Published applications
- 791
- Assignees
- 224
- Inventors
- 1,741
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
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| 1976 | 5 | 0 |
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| 1981 | 1 | 0 |
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| 1999 | 17 | 0 |
| 2000 | 15 | 0 |
| 2001 | 11 | 3 |
| 2002 | 16 | 19 |
| 2003 | 20 | 15 |
| 2004 | 18 | 31 |
| 2005 | 12 | 20 |
| 2006 | 15 | 21 |
| 2007 | 10 | 25 |
| 2008 | 10 | 20 |
| 2009 | 17 | 33 |
| 2010 | 24 | 25 |
| 2011 | 23 | 28 |
| 2012 | 24 | 24 |
| 2013 | 29 | 48 |
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| 2015 | 46 | 37 |
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| 2017 | 38 | 34 |
| 2018 | 29 | 42 |
| 2019 | 33 | 32 |
| 2020 | 27 | 38 |
| 2021 | 34 | 38 |
| 2022 | 26 | 41 |
| 2023 | 32 | 51 |
| 2024 | 41 | 35 |
| 2025 | 36 | 35 |
| 2026 | 21 | 17 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- 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.
- Image forming apparatus15 Sep 2026US 12,734,837 B2KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
- Inkjet printing equipment11 Aug 2026US 12,703,191 B2Unijet Co., Ltd.
- Liquid discharge unit and liquid discharge apparatus3 Sep 2026US 2026/0257480 A1
- Manufacturing system and manufacturing method of display panel23 Jul 2026US 2026/0208481 A1Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
- Printing apparatus16 Jul 2026US 2026/0200244 A1Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Recording apparatus and method for controlling recording apparatus16 Jul 2026US 2026/0200254 A1Seiko Epson Corporation
- Recording apparatus9 Jul 2026US 2026/0192583 A1Seiko Epson Corporation
Most cited
By later US patents
- Device to assure paper flatness and pen-to-paper spacing during printing105US 5,065,169 AHewlett-Packard Company · 1991
- Printer with motion detection97US 5,825,995 AIntermec Technologies Corporation · 1998
- Ink ribbon cassette with movable guide rolls73US 4,776,714 AMonarch Marking Systems, Inc. · 1988
- Apparatus for printing on plastic disk65US 5,542,768 ARimage Corporation · 1996
- Print gap adjusting device64US 5,468,076 AKabushiki Kaisha TEC · 1995