B41J 31/14
Renovating or testing ink ribbons
B41J31/14 (Renovating or testing ink ribbons) appears on 150 US grants and 23 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B41J- Granted patents
- 150
- Published applications
- 23
- Assignees
- 79
- Inventors
- 254
- Latest grant
- 22 Apr 2025
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| 2024 | 2 | 2 |
| 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
- Removable supporting device to support an endless ribbon22 Apr 2025US 12,280,608 B2Armor
- Coating module for coating a thin layer of ink on a ribbon20 Aug 2024US 12,064,982 B2Armor
- Removable device for the installation of an endless ribbon11 Jun 2024US 12,005,723 B2Armor
- Printer23 Aug 2022US 11,420,459 B2Videojet Technologies Inc.
- Thermal transfer printers for deposition of thin ink layers including a carrier belt and rigid blade22 Jun 2021US 11,040,548 B1Dover Europe SàRl
- Portable Handheld Self-Adhesive Tape Applicator and Printer26 Feb 2026US 2026/0054504 A1
- Removable device for the installation of an endless ribbon1 Feb 2024US 2024/0034082 A1Armor
- Removable supporting device to support an endless ribbon1 Feb 2024US 2024/0034083 A1Armor
- Coating module for coating a thin layer of ink on a ribbon14 Dec 2023US 2023/0398800 A1Armor
- Systems and techniques for re-inking a continuous band in a thermal transfer printer9 Sep 2021US 2021/0276354 A1Dover Europe SàRl
Most cited
By later US patents
- Re-inkable ribbon cartridge83US 5,399,033 APelikan Aktiengesellschaft · 1995
- Replaceable inking cartridge with depletion counter43US 4,636,097 AMonarch Marking Systems, Inc. · 1987
- Method of regenerating an ink image recording medium39US 5,198,835 AFuji Xerox Co., Ltd. · 1993
- Data terminal printing assembly30US 3,948,382 AThe Singer Company · 1976
- Wear-activated ribbon reinker30US 4,091,914 APorelon, Inc. · 1978