B41J 3/01
Typewriters or selective printing or marking mechanisms characterised by the purpose for
Official title: for special character, e.g. for Chinese characters or barcodes
B41J3/01 (Typewriters or selective printing or marking mechanisms characterised by the purpose for) appears on 198 US grants and 167 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B41J- Granted patents
- 198
- Published applications
- 167
- Assignees
- 109
- Inventors
- 417
- Latest grant
- 25 Nov 2025
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1976 | 3 | 0 |
| 1977 | 2 | 0 |
| 1978 | 1 | 0 |
| 1979 | 4 | 0 |
| 1980 | 2 | 0 |
| 1981 | 5 | 0 |
| 1982 | 2 | 0 |
| 1983 | 2 | 0 |
| 1984 | 2 | 0 |
| 1985 | 6 | 0 |
| 1986 | 2 | 0 |
| 1987 | 2 | 0 |
| 1988 | 2 | 0 |
| 1989 | 2 | 0 |
| 1990 | 2 | 0 |
| 1991 | 1 | 0 |
| 1992 | 2 | 0 |
| 1993 | 3 | 0 |
| 1994 | 2 | 0 |
| 1995 | 2 | 0 |
| 1996 | 2 | 0 |
| 1997 | 1 | 0 |
| 1998 | 3 | 0 |
| 1999 | 1 | 0 |
| 2000 | 2 | 0 |
| 2001 | 2 | 0 |
| 2002 | 1 | 0 |
| 2003 | 1 | 2 |
| 2004 | 1 | 6 |
| 2005 | 4 | 3 |
| 2006 | 3 | 11 |
| 2007 | 6 | 3 |
| 2008 | 3 | 4 |
| 2009 | 1 | 10 |
| 2010 | 1 | 5 |
| 2011 | 2 | 5 |
| 2012 | 8 | 5 |
| 2013 | 4 | 7 |
| 2014 | 8 | 7 |
| 2015 | 13 | 7 |
| 2016 | 9 | 6 |
| 2017 | 6 | 8 |
| 2018 | 1 | 5 |
| 2019 | 6 | 7 |
| 2020 | 6 | 9 |
| 2021 | 7 | 11 |
| 2022 | 11 | 21 |
| 2023 | 12 | 8 |
| 2024 | 13 | 6 |
| 2025 | 11 | 5 |
| 2026 | 0 | 6 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Systems and methods for automatically characterizing lumber25 Nov 2025US 12,480,933 B2BotBuilt, Inc.
- Schemes to validate and protect secure documents30 Sep 2025US 12,427,789 B2Capital One Services, LLC
- Printer having sensor to detect remaining wound amount of label paper16 Sep 2025US 12,415,372 B2Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha
- Method and device for processing an object26 Aug 2025US 12,397,541 B2SWISS KRONO Tec AG
- Inkjet recording apparatus and inkjet recording method22 Jul 2025US 12,365,186 B2Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Systems and methods for depositing and identifying dendritic shapes1 Oct 2026US 2026/0296086 A1Avery Dennison Corporation
- Apparatus for preparing and delivering sustom-ordered caffeinated beverages10 Sep 2026US 2026/0262873 A1Cofu LLC
- Thermal printer, thermal printer system, and authentication method9 Jul 2026US 2026/0195429 A1Etria Co., Ltd.
- Laser marking of objects11 Jun 2026US 2026/0161912 A1Krones AG
- Cutting control method, cutting control system, and information processing device12 Mar 2026US 2026/0070252 A1Seiko Epson Corporation
Most cited
By later US patents
- Method and apparatus for processing ideographic characters200US 4,829,583 ASino Business Machines, Inc. · 1989
- Image management system operable to manage the formation of dynamically variable images in objects in single shot events111US 7,375,739 B2Vardex Laser Corporation · 2008
- Method and apparatus for typing Japanese text using multiple systems67US 4,544,276 ACornell Research Foundation, Inc. · 1985
- Electronic keyboard system and method for reproducing selected symbolic language characters51US 4,679,951 ACornell Research Foundation, Inc. · 1987
- Method and system for inputting chinese-characters through virtual keyboards to data processor49US 6,307,541 B1Inventec Corporation · 2001