B41J 3/4075
Tape printers
Official title: {Tape printers; Label printers}
B41J3/4075 (Tape printers) appears on 1,902 US grants and 2,041 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B41J- Granted patents
- 1,902
- Published applications
- 2,041
- Assignees
- 338
- Inventors
- 2,171
- Latest grant
- 29 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1977 | 1 | 0 |
| 1978 | 0 | 0 |
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| 2001 | 34 | 13 |
| 2002 | 36 | 20 |
| 2003 | 28 | 39 |
| 2004 | 20 | 45 |
| 2005 | 30 | 76 |
| 2006 | 47 | 80 |
| 2007 | 37 | 51 |
| 2008 | 28 | 65 |
| 2009 | 28 | 41 |
| 2010 | 28 | 58 |
| 2011 | 50 | 55 |
| 2012 | 40 | 43 |
| 2013 | 55 | 65 |
| 2014 | 67 | 104 |
| 2015 | 90 | 71 |
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| 2017 | 123 | 124 |
| 2018 | 89 | 145 |
| 2019 | 105 | 129 |
| 2020 | 118 | 115 |
| 2021 | 93 | 102 |
| 2022 | 89 | 116 |
| 2023 | 82 | 88 |
| 2024 | 98 | 109 |
| 2025 | 101 | 85 |
| 2026 | 54 | 81 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Tape cassette29 Sep 2026US 12,746,766 B2Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
- Retransfer printing with non-linear peel-off29 Sep 2026US 12,746,771 B2Entrust Corporation
- Liner-less label pre-feed system and method22 Sep 2026US 12,741,472 B2Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha
- Optimal alignment of a printhead in a thermal printing apparatus22 Sep 2026US 12,741,474 B2Hand Held Products, Inc.
- Printer having replaceable print head15 Sep 2026US 12,734,838 B2
- 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 for calibration of a printer for transparent media1 Oct 2026US 2026/0296067 A1
- Tape cassette including housing, tape roll, ribbon roll, and take-up spool spaced apart from ribbon roll in direction in which axis of ribbon roll extends1 Oct 2026US 2026/0296072 A1Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
Most cited
By later US patents
- Tilting touch screen for printer and printer with tilting touch screen255US 9,463,646 B2TransAct Technologies Incorporated · 2016
- Printer and printing method172US 6,172,688 B2Canon Aptex Inc. · 2001
- Tape cassette and tape printer for use therewith166US 4,927,278 ABrother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha · 1990
- Tape feed cassette with tape cutter and guide161US 5,188,469 ABrother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha · 1993
- Tape cartidge and printing device155US 5,788,387 AMeisei International Patent Firm · 1998