B41J 3/385
Of plates
Official title: {of plates, e.g. metal plates, plastic cards}
B41J3/385 (Of plates) appears on 46 US grants and 23 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B41J- Granted patents
- 46
- Published applications
- 23
- Assignees
- 26
- Inventors
- 87
- Latest grant
- 18 Feb 2025
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1978 | 2 | 0 |
| 1979 | 1 | 0 |
| 1980 | 1 | 0 |
| 1981 | 4 | 0 |
| 1982 | 0 | 0 |
| 1983 | 1 | 0 |
| 1984 | 1 | 0 |
| 1985 | 1 | 0 |
| 1986 | 0 | 0 |
| 1987 | 3 | 0 |
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| 1989 | 1 | 0 |
| 1990 | 2 | 0 |
| 1991 | 1 | 0 |
| 1992 | 1 | 0 |
| 1993 | 0 | 0 |
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| 1996 | 1 | 0 |
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| 1998 | 1 | 0 |
| 1999 | 1 | 0 |
| 2000 | 3 | 0 |
| 2001 | 0 | 1 |
| 2002 | 0 | 0 |
| 2003 | 0 | 1 |
| 2004 | 0 | 1 |
| 2005 | 0 | 2 |
| 2006 | 2 | 2 |
| 2007 | 1 | 5 |
| 2008 | 1 | 1 |
| 2009 | 2 | 1 |
| 2010 | 1 | 1 |
| 2011 | 1 | 0 |
| 2012 | 2 | 0 |
| 2013 | 0 | 0 |
| 2014 | 0 | 0 |
| 2015 | 0 | 1 |
| 2016 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 |
| 2018 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 0 | 1 |
| 2021 | 1 | 1 |
| 2022 | 0 | 1 |
| 2023 | 1 | 3 |
| 2024 | 3 | 0 |
| 2025 | 1 | 0 |
| 2026 | 0 | 1 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Printer18 Feb 2025US 12,227,000 B2Weidmüller Interface GmbH & Co. KG
- Embossing system20 Feb 2024US 11,904,377 B2Panduit Corp.
- Cure lamp shutter2 Jan 2024US 11,858,257 B2Entrust Corporation
- Plastic card with enhanced durability colored machined characters2 Jan 2024US 11,858,281 B2Entrust Corporation
- Embossing system12 Sep 2023US 11,752,539 B2Panduit Corp.
- Identification card printer thermal print head with custom thermal compensation routine determination12 Feb 2026US 2026/0042299 A1Entrust Corporation
- Printer21 Sep 2023US 2023/0294429 A1Weidmüller Interface GmbH & Co. KG
- Embossing System16 Feb 2023US 2023/0051282 A1Panduit Corp.
- Cure lamp shutter19 Jan 2023US 2023/0015294 A1Entrust Corporation
- Plastic card with enhanced durability colored machined characters17 Mar 2022US 2022/0080743 A1Entrust Corporation
Most cited
By later US patents
- Card transport mechanism and method of operation74US 5,837,991 ACard Technology Corporation · 1998
- Card feeding, transfer and output apparatus for an automatic embossing system43US 4,519,600 AData Card Corporation · 1985
- Credit card embossing and recording system35US 4,866,545 ANational Business Systems, Inc. · 1989
- Transport system and method for embossing apparatus30US 4,995,501 ADataCard Corporation · 1991
- Automatic embossing system26US 4,088,216 AData Card Corporation · 1978