B41J 3/38
Typewriters or selective printing or marking mechanisms characterised by the purpose for
Official title: for embossing, e.g. for making matrices for stereotypes
B41J3/38 (Typewriters or selective printing or marking mechanisms characterised by the purpose for) appears on 178 US grants and 110 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B41J- Granted patents
- 178
- Published applications
- 110
- Assignees
- 93
- Inventors
- 323
- Latest grant
- 23 Jun 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1976 | 1 | 0 |
| 1977 | 5 | 0 |
| 1978 | 3 | 0 |
| 1979 | 2 | 0 |
| 1980 | 3 | 0 |
| 1981 | 5 | 0 |
| 1982 | 2 | 0 |
| 1983 | 3 | 0 |
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| 1998 | 7 | 0 |
| 1999 | 7 | 0 |
| 2000 | 3 | 0 |
| 2001 | 1 | 1 |
| 2002 | 1 | 1 |
| 2003 | 0 | 3 |
| 2004 | 0 | 3 |
| 2005 | 1 | 6 |
| 2006 | 4 | 9 |
| 2007 | 5 | 5 |
| 2008 | 2 | 5 |
| 2009 | 2 | 1 |
| 2010 | 4 | 7 |
| 2011 | 3 | 2 |
| 2012 | 4 | 1 |
| 2013 | 3 | 3 |
| 2014 | 2 | 5 |
| 2015 | 2 | 12 |
| 2016 | 10 | 6 |
| 2017 | 5 | 2 |
| 2018 | 4 | 2 |
| 2019 | 5 | 3 |
| 2020 | 1 | 6 |
| 2021 | 3 | 5 |
| 2022 | 5 | 7 |
| 2023 | 10 | 8 |
| 2024 | 4 | 3 |
| 2025 | 5 | 2 |
| 2026 | 4 | 2 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Digital embossing of decorative surface coverings23 Jun 2026US 12,661,925 B2Tarkett GDL
- Print head with handle24 Mar 2026US 12,583,234 B2Seiko Epson Corporation
- Braille writing device17 Mar 2026US 12,579,906 B2
- Technique for marking a prolate object24 Feb 2026US 12,558,885 B2Phoenix Contact GmbH & Co.KG
- Cradle apparatus and printing device interface30 Sep 2025US 12,427,796 B2Zebra Technologies Corporation
- Identification card printer thermal print head with custom thermal compensation routine determination12 Feb 2026US 2026/0042299 A1Entrust Corporation
- Multi-Antenna Mobile Printers15 Jan 2026US 2026/0014804 A1Zebra Technologies Corporation
- Multi-Antenna Mobile Printers13 Feb 2025US 2025/0050658 A1Zebra Technologies Corporation
- Digital Embossing of Decorative Surface Coverings9 Jan 2025US 2025/0010656 A1Tarkett GDL
- Printing machine for producing a security document19 Dec 2024US 2024/0416644 A1Koenig & Bauer Aktiengesellschaft
Most cited
By later US patents
- Hand-held sweep electronic printer with compensation for non-linear movement164US 5,988,900 A1999
- Hand-held sweep electronic printer with compensation for non-linear movement163US 5,593,236 A1997
- Printing apparatus and printing cartridge therefor136US 4,402,619 AKroy Inc. · 1983
- Scanner printer connectable to a PCMCIA card slot of an external computer and method for connecting a scanning printer to a PCMCIA card slot of an external computer123US 6,007,195 ABrother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha · 1999
- Compact printing device with means for maintaining distance between print head and print medium118US 5,887,992 ABrother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha · 1999