B41J 3/546
Combination of different types
Official title: {Combination of different types, e.g. using a thermal transfer head and an inkjet print head}
B41J3/546 (Combination of different types) appears on 190 US grants and 179 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B41J- Granted patents
- 190
- Published applications
- 179
- Assignees
- 97
- Inventors
- 408
- Latest grant
- 11 Aug 2026
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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