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  3. /B41 · Printing
  4. /B41J · Typewriters
  5. /B41J 5/00 · Devices or arrangements for controlling character selection
  6. /B41J 5/30 · Character or syllable selection controlled by recorded information
  7. /B41J 5/31 · Characterised by form of recorded information
  8. /B41J 5/40 · By magnetic or electrostatic records
  9. /B41J 5/42
B41J 5/42

By strips or tapes

Official title: by strips or tapes

B41J5/42 (By strips or tapes) appears on 11 US grants and 0 published applications in this corpus.

Search patents in B41J

Where it sits

  1. BPerforming operations
  2. B41Printing
  3. B41JTypewriters
  4. B41J 5/00Devices or arrangements for controlling character selection
  5. B41J 5/30Character or syllable selection controlled by recorded information
  6. B41J 5/31Characterised by form of recorded information
  7. B41J 5/40By magnetic or electrostatic records
  8. B41J 5/42By strips or tapes
Granted patents
11
Published applications
0
Assignees
7
Inventors
18
Latest grant
18 Apr 1989

Filings by year

Granted patentsPublished applications
B41J 5/42: granted patents and published applications per publication year
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198310
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19761977197819791980198119821983198419851986198719881989

By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001.

Recent patents

  • Document processor18 Apr 1989US 4,823,288 ABrother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
  • Word processor for controlling an external dictating machine24 Jul 1984US 4,462,085 ASony Corporation
  • Paper transport for a printer test unit25 Jan 1983US 4,370,665 AThe Mead Corporation
  • Automatic embossing system9 May 1978US 4,088,216 AData Card Corporation
  • Microprocessor for an automatic word-processing system2 May 1978US 4,087,852 AXerox Corporation

No published applications in this class yet.

Most cited

By later US patents
  • Transcriber system for the automatic generation and editing of text from shorthand machine outlines78US 4,041,467 AXerox Corporation · 1977
  • Automatic embossing system26US 4,088,216 AData Card Corporation · 1978
  • Microprocessor for an automatic word-processing system23US 4,087,852 AXerox Corporation · 1978
  • System for automatically processing and printing the contents and the format of a text15US 3,940,746 AIng. C. Olivetti & C., S.p.A. · 1976
  • System for automatically processing and printing the contents and the format of a text14US 4,028,681 AIng. C. Olivetti & C., S.p.A. · 1977

Top assignees

Documents
  • ICIng. C. Olivetti & C., S.p.A.4
  • Xerox Corporation2
  • Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha1
  • DCData Card Corporation1
  • Sony Corporation1
  • SRSperry Rand Corporation1
  • MThe Mead Corporation1

Often classified with

  • G06FComputing and data processing6

Documents that also carry the other class.

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