B41J 3/407
Typewriters or selective printing or marking mechanisms characterised by the purpose for
Official title: for marking on special material
B41J3/407 (Typewriters or selective printing or marking mechanisms characterised by the purpose for) appears on 5,587 US grants and 6,677 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B41J- Granted patents
- 5,587
- Published applications
- 6,677
- Assignees
- 1,431
- Inventors
- 8,327
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 1 | 0 |
| 1977 | 3 | 0 |
| 1978 | 4 | 0 |
| 1979 | 1 | 0 |
| 1980 | 1 | 0 |
| 1981 | 2 | 0 |
| 1982 | 1 | 0 |
| 1983 | 2 | 0 |
| 1984 | 1 | 0 |
| 1985 | 5 | 0 |
| 1986 | 4 | 0 |
| 1987 | 4 | 0 |
| 1988 | 4 | 0 |
| 1989 | 9 | 0 |
| 1990 | 7 | 0 |
| 1991 | 6 | 0 |
| 1992 | 11 | 0 |
| 1993 | 19 | 0 |
| 1994 | 15 | 0 |
| 1995 | 30 | 0 |
| 1996 | 39 | 0 |
| 1997 | 49 | 0 |
| 1998 | 77 | 0 |
| 1999 | 93 | 0 |
| 2000 | 100 | 0 |
| 2001 | 88 | 37 |
| 2002 | 87 | 105 |
| 2003 | 84 | 116 |
| 2004 | 99 | 190 |
| 2005 | 90 | 236 |
| 2006 | 159 | 240 |
| 2007 | 120 | 240 |
| 2008 | 104 | 204 |
| 2009 | 98 | 184 |
| 2010 | 131 | 186 |
| 2011 | 157 | 156 |
| 2012 | 139 | 168 |
| 2013 | 152 | 210 |
| 2014 | 201 | 266 |
| 2015 | 252 | 245 |
| 2016 | 298 | 326 |
| 2017 | 271 | 329 |
| 2018 | 263 | 398 |
| 2019 | 319 | 381 |
| 2020 | 358 | 396 |
| 2021 | 282 | 361 |
| 2022 | 285 | 411 |
| 2023 | 295 | 313 |
| 2024 | 303 | 378 |
| 2025 | 296 | 325 |
| 2026 | 168 | 276 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- B41J 3/4075Tape printers1,902
- B41J 3/4073Printing on three-dimensional objects not being in sheet or web form1,207
- B41J 3/4078Printing on textile878
- B41J 3/4071Printing on disk-shaped media337
- B41J 3/4076Printing on rewritable, bistable "electronic paper" by a focused electric or magnetic132
- B41J 3/413For metal82
Recent patents
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- Inkjet printing device6 Oct 2026US 12,752,549 B2Makeblock Co., Ltd.
- UV/LED printing and finishing process6 Oct 2026US 12,752,562 B2NFSC Holdings, LLC
- Aqueous adhesive composition, cloth-transporting belt, ink jet textile printing apparatus, and methods for preparing aqueous adhesive composition6 Oct 2026US 12,753,011 B2Seiko Epson Corporation
- Printer loading and feeding6 Oct 2026US 12,753,031 B2Kornit Digital Ltd.
- Apparatus and method for ink refill of a can decorator8 Oct 2026US 2026/0307393 A1Stolle Machinery Company, LLC
- Holder, tape cassette and image forming apparatus8 Oct 2026US 2026/0307401 A1Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
- Media Application System with a Moveable Platen Assembly for Autonomous Media Replenishment8 Oct 2026US 2026/0307404 A1Zebra Technologies Corporation
- Printer8 Oct 2026US 2026/0307407 A1Etria Co., Ltd.
- Method of manufacturing treated medium, manufacturing apparatus, and manufacturing system8 Oct 2026US 2026/0307413 A1Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
Most cited
By later US patents
- Nonemissive displays and piezoelectric power supplies therefor816US 5,930,026 AMassachusetts Institute of Technology · 1999
- Multi-color electrophoretic displays and materials for making the same695US 6,017,584 AE Ink Corporation · 2000
- Shutter mode microencapsulated electrophoretic display625US 6,172,798 B2E Ink Corporation · 2001
- Electronically addressable microencapsulated ink and display thereof597US 6,120,588 AE Ink Corporation · 2000
- Shutter mode microencapsulated electrophoretic display588US 6,130,774 AE Ink Corporation · 2000