B41J 29/393
Devices for controlling or analysing the entire machine
Official title: Devices for controlling or analysing the entire machine {; Controlling or analysing mechanical parameters involving printing of test patterns}
B41J29/393 (Devices for controlling or analysing the entire machine) appears on 3,137 US grants and 3,399 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B41J- Granted patents
- 3,137
- Published applications
- 3,399
- Assignees
- 421
- Inventors
- 4,980
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
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| 2025 | 94 | 138 |
| 2026 | 62 | 109 |
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
- 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
- Ink-jet printer equipped for aligning the printheads243US 6,554,398 B2Agfa-Gevaert · 2003