B41J 5/00
Devices or arrangements for controlling character selection
Official title: Devices or arrangements for controlling character selection (methods or arrangements for sensing record carriers G06K7/00)
B41J5/00 (Devices or arrangements for controlling character selection) appears on 624 US grants and 129 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B41J- Granted patents
- 624
- Published applications
- 129
- Assignees
- 178
- Inventors
- 823
- Latest grant
- 11 Aug 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 26 | 0 |
| 1977 | 13 | 0 |
| 1978 | 23 | 0 |
| 1979 | 17 | 0 |
| 1980 | 14 | 0 |
| 1981 | 17 | 0 |
| 1982 | 17 | 0 |
| 1983 | 18 | 0 |
| 1984 | 18 | 0 |
| 1985 | 20 | 0 |
| 1986 | 24 | 0 |
| 1987 | 23 | 0 |
| 1988 | 26 | 0 |
| 1989 | 24 | 0 |
| 1990 | 19 | 0 |
| 1991 | 23 | 0 |
| 1992 | 28 | 0 |
| 1993 | 27 | 0 |
| 1994 | 27 | 0 |
| 1995 | 42 | 0 |
| 1996 | 37 | 0 |
| 1997 | 13 | 0 |
| 1998 | 12 | 0 |
| 1999 | 7 | 0 |
| 2000 | 5 | 0 |
| 2001 | 4 | 1 |
| 2002 | 4 | 5 |
| 2003 | 5 | 8 |
| 2004 | 7 | 11 |
| 2005 | 9 | 23 |
| 2006 | 8 | 2 |
| 2007 | 5 | 6 |
| 2008 | 3 | 3 |
| 2009 | 2 | 2 |
| 2010 | 5 | 3 |
| 2011 | 3 | 5 |
| 2012 | 0 | 2 |
| 2013 | 1 | 1 |
| 2014 | 5 | 4 |
| 2015 | 3 | 4 |
| 2016 | 4 | 3 |
| 2017 | 2 | 6 |
| 2018 | 3 | 6 |
| 2019 | 6 | 4 |
| 2020 | 4 | 9 |
| 2021 | 6 | 0 |
| 2022 | 1 | 6 |
| 2023 | 5 | 5 |
| 2024 | 3 | 2 |
| 2025 | 4 | 6 |
| 2026 | 2 | 2 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Information processing apparatus, information processing program, and system and method for manufacturing decorative sheet11 Aug 2026US 12,705,837 B2Lintec Corporation
- Storage apparatus, liquid discharge head, and liquid discharge apparatus13 Jan 2026US 12,525,306 B2Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Printhead identification systems and methods23 Dec 2025US 12,502,896 B2Zebra Technologies Corporation
- Computer-readable storage medium, information processing device, and method for printing composite image4 Nov 2025US 12,461,698 B2Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
- Printing cassette21 Jan 2025US 12,202,257 B2Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
- Image conversion method, image conversion device, and image conversion program30 Jul 2026US 2026/0222512 A1Anny Inc.
- Printhead Identification Systems and Methods2 Jul 2026US 2026/0184086 A1
- Printing system11 Sep 2025US 2025/0284911 A1Mimaki Engineering Co., Ltd.
- Information processing apparatus, information processing program, and system and method for manufacturing decorative sheet8 May 2025US 2025/0148714 A1Lintec Corporation
- Printhead Identification Systems and Methods3 Apr 2025US 2025/0108628 A1Zebra Technologies Corporation
Most cited
By later US patents
- Membrane keyboard and method of using same401US 5,212,473 ATypeRight Keyboard Corporation · 1993
- Ergonomic keyboard input device283US 5,178,477 A1993
- Ergonomic keyboard apparatus269US 5,689,253 AKinesis Corporation · 1997
- Ergonomically designed keyboard228US 5,017,030 A1991
- Ergonomic keyboard apparatus with left and right key section separated by an irregularly shaped space209US 5,372,441 ATypeRight Keyboard Corporation · 1994