B41M 2205/02
Dye diffusion thermal transfer printing
Official title: Dye diffusion thermal transfer printing (D2T2)
B41M2205/02 (Dye diffusion thermal transfer printing) appears on 392 US grants and 397 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B41M- Granted patents
- 392
- Published applications
- 397
- Assignees
- 130
- Inventors
- 724
- Latest grant
- 3 Mar 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1985 | 1 | 0 |
| 1986 | 0 | 0 |
| 1987 | 2 | 0 |
| 1988 | 0 | 0 |
| 1989 | 1 | 0 |
| 1990 | 5 | 0 |
| 1991 | 3 | 0 |
| 1992 | 7 | 0 |
| 1993 | 11 | 0 |
| 1994 | 18 | 0 |
| 1995 | 3 | 0 |
| 1996 | 3 | 0 |
| 1997 | 4 | 0 |
| 1998 | 9 | 0 |
| 1999 | 7 | 0 |
| 2000 | 7 | 0 |
| 2001 | 8 | 2 |
| 2002 | 4 | 5 |
| 2003 | 5 | 9 |
| 2004 | 4 | 11 |
| 2005 | 8 | 23 |
| 2006 | 9 | 21 |
| 2007 | 11 | 15 |
| 2008 | 8 | 37 |
| 2009 | 14 | 28 |
| 2010 | 19 | 22 |
| 2011 | 19 | 20 |
| 2012 | 25 | 8 |
| 2013 | 20 | 11 |
| 2014 | 14 | 17 |
| 2015 | 14 | 19 |
| 2016 | 20 | 18 |
| 2017 | 12 | 20 |
| 2018 | 22 | 17 |
| 2019 | 12 | 19 |
| 2020 | 11 | 16 |
| 2021 | 17 | 16 |
| 2022 | 3 | 8 |
| 2023 | 11 | 17 |
| 2024 | 11 | 6 |
| 2025 | 7 | 5 |
| 2026 | 3 | 7 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Direct thermal and thermal transfer label combination3 Mar 2026US 12,565,055 B2Iconex LLC
- Recording material for dye sublimation printing having improved transport properties24 Feb 2026US 12,558,913 B2Schoeller Technocell GmbH & Co.KG
- Combination of thermal transfer sheet and intermediate transfer medium, and method for producing printed material using combination27 Jan 2026US 12,533,903 B2Dai Nippon Printing Co.Ltd.
- Peel-off sheet, and combination of peel-off sheet and intermediate transfer medium4 Nov 2025US 12,459,230 B2Dai Nippon Printing Co.Ltd.
- Printed product and method of producing printed product4 Nov 2025US 12,459,283 B2Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Sublimation printing transfer paper having tacky properties8 Oct 2026US 2026/0307415 A1
- Method of producing thermal transfer print sheet, thermal transfer print sheet, and method of thermal transfer printing24 Sep 2026US 2026/0286603 A1
- Printing system, printing method, and mixed powder13 Aug 2026US 2026/0233513 A1Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
- Thermally-Sublimable Film Material13 Aug 2026US 2026/0233543 A1Chance Line Industrial Co., Ltd.
- Systems and devices for transferring images to articles and methods of making the same25 Jun 2026US 2026/0175609 A1Neenah, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Laser addressable thermal transfer imaging element with an interlayer101US 5,725,989 A1998
- Two-sided thermal printing system70US 5,284,816 AEastman Kodak Company · 1994
- Thermal transfer recording material and thermal transfer recording method55US 7,425,523 B2Dai Nippon Printing Co.Ltd. · 2008
- Thermal transfer image-receiving sheet47US 5,252,531 AOji Paper Co., Ltd. · 1993
- Thermal transfer image receiving sheet34US 5,763,356 ADai Nippon Printing Co.Ltd. · 1998