B41J 33/00
Apparatus or arrangements for feeding ink ribbons or like character-size impression-transfer material
B41J33/00 (Apparatus or arrangements for feeding ink ribbons or like character-size impression-transfer material) appears on 891 US grants and 380 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B41J- Granted patents
- 891
- Published applications
- 380
- Assignees
- 276
- Inventors
- 1,134
- Latest grant
- 29 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 18 | 0 |
| 1977 | 22 | 0 |
| 1978 | 12 | 0 |
| 1979 | 9 | 0 |
| 1980 | 16 | 0 |
| 1981 | 28 | 0 |
| 1982 | 19 | 0 |
| 1983 | 25 | 0 |
| 1984 | 18 | 0 |
| 1985 | 22 | 0 |
| 1986 | 33 | 0 |
| 1987 | 26 | 0 |
| 1988 | 27 | 0 |
| 1989 | 28 | 0 |
| 1990 | 11 | 0 |
| 1991 | 16 | 0 |
| 1992 | 24 | 0 |
| 1993 | 12 | 0 |
| 1994 | 12 | 0 |
| 1995 | 11 | 0 |
| 1996 | 18 | 0 |
| 1997 | 22 | 0 |
| 1998 | 27 | 0 |
| 1999 | 40 | 0 |
| 2000 | 37 | 0 |
| 2001 | 20 | 7 |
| 2002 | 18 | 14 |
| 2003 | 11 | 2 |
| 2004 | 6 | 8 |
| 2005 | 8 | 10 |
| 2006 | 11 | 5 |
| 2007 | 5 | 8 |
| 2008 | 4 | 16 |
| 2009 | 4 | 10 |
| 2010 | 7 | 10 |
| 2011 | 4 | 7 |
| 2012 | 10 | 14 |
| 2013 | 5 | 14 |
| 2014 | 17 | 33 |
| 2015 | 18 | 13 |
| 2016 | 36 | 18 |
| 2017 | 30 | 20 |
| 2018 | 13 | 21 |
| 2019 | 15 | 23 |
| 2020 | 19 | 20 |
| 2021 | 16 | 12 |
| 2022 | 17 | 17 |
| 2023 | 18 | 15 |
| 2024 | 13 | 20 |
| 2025 | 22 | 22 |
| 2026 | 11 | 21 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
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
- Adaptive ribbon speed control systems and methods8 Sep 2026US 12,728,657 B2Printronix, Inc.
- Printing device, and printing cassette including case that houses input part, output part, and transmission mechanism for transmitting drive force from input part to output part21 Jul 2026US 12,686,217 B2Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
- Printer14 Jul 2026US 12,679,127 B2Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha
- 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
- Ink ribbon cartridge1 Oct 2026US 2026/0296077 A1Seiko Epson Corporation
- Ink ribbon cartridge1 Oct 2026US 2026/0296078 A1Seiko Epson Corporation
- Printer10 Sep 2026US 2026/0264436 A1Etria Co., Ltd.
- Printing apparatus and methods of operating a printing apparatus9 Jul 2026US 2026/0192584 A1Dover Europe SàRl
Most cited
By later US patents
- Tape cartidge and printing device155US 5,788,387 AMeisei International Patent Firm · 1998
- Printing systems146US 5,160,943 AEsselte Meto International Produktions GmbH · 1992
- Tape cassette138US 5,653,542 ABrother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha · 1997
- Tape label printing device127US 6,042,280 ABrother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha · 2000
- Tape cartridge and printing device having print medium cartridge125US 5,595,447 ASeiko Epson Corporation · 1997