B41M 2205/04
Direct thermal recording [dtr]
Official title: Direct thermal recording [DTR]
B41M2205/04 (Direct thermal recording [dtr]) appears on 486 US grants and 520 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B41M- Granted patents
- 486
- Published applications
- 520
- Assignees
- 170
- Inventors
- 935
- Latest grant
- 1 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1976 | 1 | 0 |
| 1977 | 0 | 0 |
| 1978 | 0 | 0 |
| 1979 | 0 | 0 |
| 1980 | 0 | 0 |
| 1981 | 0 | 0 |
| 1982 | 0 | 0 |
| 1983 | 3 | 0 |
| 1984 | 3 | 0 |
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| 1997 | 7 | 0 |
| 1998 | 12 | 0 |
| 1999 | 6 | 0 |
| 2000 | 6 | 0 |
| 2001 | 9 | 2 |
| 2002 | 5 | 5 |
| 2003 | 5 | 15 |
| 2004 | 7 | 10 |
| 2005 | 9 | 19 |
| 2006 | 12 | 28 |
| 2007 | 8 | 29 |
| 2008 | 7 | 31 |
| 2009 | 14 | 22 |
| 2010 | 12 | 27 |
| 2011 | 15 | 24 |
| 2012 | 30 | 17 |
| 2013 | 35 | 13 |
| 2014 | 17 | 17 |
| 2015 | 13 | 23 |
| 2016 | 22 | 31 |
| 2017 | 27 | 24 |
| 2018 | 31 | 19 |
| 2019 | 16 | 15 |
| 2020 | 7 | 21 |
| 2021 | 10 | 20 |
| 2022 | 13 | 22 |
| 2023 | 12 | 19 |
| 2024 | 24 | 31 |
| 2025 | 19 | 22 |
| 2026 | 11 | 14 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Heat-sensitive recording medium1 Sep 2026US 12,722,411 B2Osaka Sealing Printing Co., Ltd.
- Composition4 Aug 2026US 12,697,831 B2Datalase Ltd.
- Laser-imageable composition21 Jul 2026US 12,686,225 B2Datalase Ltd.
- Thermosensitive recording layer forming liquid, thermosensitive recording medium and production method thereof, and image recording method12 May 2026US 12,623,478 B2Ricoh Company, Ltd.
- Multi-layered revealable substrates and methods of producing and using said multi-layered substrates5 May 2026US 12,617,224 B2Virtual Graphics, LLC
- Composition20 Aug 2026US 2026/0241736 A1Datalase Ltd.
- Multi-layered revealable substrates and methods of producing and using said multi-layered substrates20 Aug 2026US 2026/0241737 A1Virtual Graphics, LLC
- Hollow sphere pigments disposed on a substrate16 Jul 2026US 2026/0201643 A1Rohm and Haas Company
- Aqueous dispersion of multiphase polymer particles9 Jul 2026US 2026/0193397 A1Rohm and Haas Company
- Thermal barrier coating for non-top-coated (ntc) paper18 Jun 2026US 2026/0168176 A1Iconex LLC
Most cited
By later US patents
- Thermosensitive recording adhesive label120US 4,370,370 ARicoh Company, Ltd. · 1983
- Two-sided thermal printing system70US 5,284,816 AEastman Kodak Company · 1994
- Thermal imaging system59US 6,801,233 B2Polaroid Corporation · 2004
- Released heat-sensitive recording paper56US 4,388,362 ARicoh Company, Ltd. · 1983
- Thermal paper with security features48US 6,562,755 B1NCR Corporation · 2003