B41J 35/00
Typewriters: other apparatus or arrangements associated with, or incorporated in, ink-ribbon mechanisms
Official title: Other apparatus or arrangements associated with, or incorporated in, ink-ribbon mechanisms
B41J35/00 (Typewriters: other apparatus or arrangements associated with, or incorporated in, ink-ribbon mechanisms) appears on 1,043 US grants and 384 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B41J- Granted patents
- 1,043
- Published applications
- 384
- Assignees
- 273
- Inventors
- 1,531
- Latest grant
- 29 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 11 | 0 |
| 1977 | 12 | 0 |
| 1978 | 14 | 0 |
| 1979 | 10 | 0 |
| 1980 | 12 | 0 |
| 1981 | 14 | 0 |
| 1982 | 13 | 0 |
| 1983 | 35 | 0 |
| 1984 | 24 | 0 |
| 1985 | 33 | 0 |
| 1986 | 36 | 0 |
| 1987 | 55 | 0 |
| 1988 | 34 | 0 |
| 1989 | 31 | 0 |
| 1990 | 30 | 0 |
| 1991 | 40 | 0 |
| 1992 | 38 | 0 |
| 1993 | 24 | 0 |
| 1994 | 25 | 0 |
| 1995 | 26 | 0 |
| 1996 | 18 | 0 |
| 1997 | 24 | 0 |
| 1998 | 42 | 0 |
| 1999 | 37 | 0 |
| 2000 | 40 | 0 |
| 2001 | 26 | 4 |
| 2002 | 19 | 19 |
| 2003 | 15 | 11 |
| 2004 | 22 | 15 |
| 2005 | 8 | 13 |
| 2006 | 12 | 14 |
| 2007 | 8 | 14 |
| 2008 | 7 | 15 |
| 2009 | 6 | 17 |
| 2010 | 8 | 7 |
| 2011 | 4 | 12 |
| 2012 | 12 | 11 |
| 2013 | 4 | 12 |
| 2014 | 11 | 27 |
| 2015 | 24 | 16 |
| 2016 | 32 | 10 |
| 2017 | 19 | 17 |
| 2018 | 14 | 23 |
| 2019 | 12 | 23 |
| 2020 | 20 | 16 |
| 2021 | 16 | 18 |
| 2022 | 13 | 11 |
| 2023 | 17 | 15 |
| 2024 | 11 | 16 |
| 2025 | 15 | 15 |
| 2026 | 10 | 13 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- B41J 35/04Ink-ribbon guides323
- B41J 35/36Alarms, indicators, or feed disabling devices responsive to ink ribbon breakage or259
- B41J 35/28Detachable carriers or holders for ink-ribbon mechanisms246
- B41J 35/16Multicolour arrangements176
- B41J 35/22Mechanisms permitting the selective use of a plurality of ink ribbons96
- B41J 35/26Ink-ribbon shields or backings45
- B41J 35/20Ink-ribbon shifts35
- B41J 35/38Feeding the ink ribbon to waste after use19
Recent patents
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- Printing apparatus14 Jul 2026US 12,679,128 B2Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha
- Printer and sheet support device23 Jun 2026US 12,661,918 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
- Printer10 Sep 2026US 2026/0264436 A1Etria Co., Ltd.
- Print consumable detection13 Aug 2026US 2026/0233538 A1Sanford, L. P.
- Label printer6 Aug 2026US 2026/0225387 A1Etria Co., Ltd.
- Personalized card printing using a high resolution printhead23 Jul 2026US 2026/0208511 A1Entrust Corporation
Most cited
By later US patents
- Arrangement for printer equipment for monitoring reservoirs that contain printing medium284US 5,365,312 AMannesmann Aktiengesellschaft · 1994
- Cartridge with data memory system and method regarding same260US 5,318,370 AVaritronic Systems, Inc. · 1994
- Method and apparatus for preventing usage of an unauthorized inking ribbon in a thermal printing process167US 5,949,467 AFrancotyp-Postalia GmbH · 1999
- Tape feed cassette with tape cutter and guide161US 5,188,469 ABrother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha · 1993
- Method and apparatus for communicating between printer or laminator and supplies158US 6,386,772 B1Fargo Electronics, Inc. · 2002