B41J 29/38
Drives, motors, controls or automatic cut-off devices for the entire printing mechanism
B41J29/38 (Drives, motors, controls or automatic cut-off devices for the entire printing mechanism) appears on 6,155 US grants and 6,705 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B41J- Granted patents
- 6,155
- Published applications
- 6,705
- Assignees
- 578
- Inventors
- 7,975
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
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| 1976 | 6 | 0 |
| 1977 | 4 | 0 |
| 1978 | 4 | 0 |
| 1979 | 5 | 0 |
| 1980 | 3 | 0 |
| 1981 | 3 | 0 |
| 1982 | 4 | 0 |
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| 1999 | 60 | 0 |
| 2000 | 84 | 0 |
| 2001 | 66 | 23 |
| 2002 | 101 | 104 |
| 2003 | 131 | 128 |
| 2004 | 108 | 241 |
| 2005 | 114 | 366 |
| 2006 | 193 | 241 |
| 2007 | 199 | 306 |
| 2008 | 238 | 390 |
| 2009 | 228 | 359 |
| 2010 | 307 | 390 |
| 2011 | 307 | 253 |
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| 2017 | 218 | 299 |
| 2018 | 243 | 375 |
| 2019 | 314 | 337 |
| 2020 | 323 | 319 |
| 2021 | 249 | 318 |
| 2022 | 225 | 281 |
| 2023 | 251 | 321 |
| 2024 | 234 | 225 |
| 2025 | 219 | 219 |
| 2026 | 105 | 156 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Inkjet apparatus and method of aligning the same6 Oct 2026US 12,752,534 B2Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
- Printing device including battery tray attachable to battery accommodating portion of housing and having mounting surface configured to support battery6 Oct 2026US 12,752,560 B2Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
- Method and device for synchronizing a process for printing on cardboard29 Sep 2026US 12,746,761 B2Kento Digital Printing S.L.U.
- Optimal alignment of a printhead in a thermal printing apparatus22 Sep 2026US 12,741,474 B2Hand Held Products, Inc.
- Systems and methods for improved printing22 Sep 2026US 12,741,476 B2
- Printing apparatus and control method8 Oct 2026US 2026/0307411 A1Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Driving method and liquid discharge apparatus1 Oct 2026US 2026/0295997 A1Seiko Epson Corporation
- Inkjet Printer and Printing System of Inkjet Printer1 Oct 2026US 2026/0296000 A1Hitachi Industrial Equipment Systems Co., Ltd.
- Head Unit And Liquid Ejecting Apparatus1 Oct 2026US 2026/0296007 A1Seiko Epson Corporation
- Method and system for detecting ink batches that degrade print quality in inkjet printing1 Oct 2026US 2026/0296047 A1Xerox Corporation
Most cited
By later US patents
- Circuit for actuating electric motors, especially in an electronic typewriter695US 4,755,070 AIng. C. Olivetti & C., S.p.A. · 1988
- Replaceable part with integral memory for usage, calibration and other data311US 5,835,817 AHewlett-Packard Company · 1998
- Method of calibrating a spatial light modulator printing system280US 5,842,088 ATexas Instruments Incorporated · 1998
- Replaceable part with integral memory for usage, calibration and other data276US 5,699,091 AHewlett-Packard Company · 1997
- Power supply for a four color modular printhead272US 6,439,908 B1Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd · 2002