B41M 3/00
Printing processes to produce particular kinds of printed work
Official title: Printing processes to produce particular kinds of printed work, e.g. patterns ({printing apparatus or machines of special type or for particular purposes B41F17/00;} special designs or pictures per se B44F; manufacturing printed circuits using printing techniques H05K3/12 {; manufacturing organic semiconductor devices using printing techniques H10K71/13})
B41M3/00 (Printing processes to produce particular kinds of printed work) appears on 3,751 US grants and 3,829 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B41M- Granted patents
- 3,751
- Published applications
- 3,829
- Assignees
- 1,599
- Inventors
- 7,515
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 20 | 0 |
| 1977 | 17 | 0 |
| 1978 | 20 | 0 |
| 1979 | 15 | 0 |
| 1980 | 16 | 0 |
| 1981 | 21 | 0 |
| 1982 | 19 | 0 |
| 1983 | 14 | 0 |
| 1984 | 22 | 0 |
| 1985 | 25 | 0 |
| 1986 | 18 | 0 |
| 1987 | 14 | 0 |
| 1988 | 25 | 0 |
| 1989 | 23 | 0 |
| 1990 | 26 | 0 |
| 1991 | 24 | 0 |
| 1992 | 38 | 0 |
| 1993 | 43 | 0 |
| 1994 | 49 | 0 |
| 1995 | 55 | 0 |
| 1996 | 67 | 0 |
| 1997 | 77 | 0 |
| 1998 | 105 | 0 |
| 1999 | 91 | 0 |
| 2000 | 121 | 0 |
| 2001 | 105 | 26 |
| 2002 | 83 | 87 |
| 2003 | 94 | 137 |
| 2004 | 95 | 151 |
| 2005 | 69 | 138 |
| 2006 | 70 | 124 |
| 2007 | 47 | 149 |
| 2008 | 44 | 135 |
| 2009 | 56 | 111 |
| 2010 | 81 | 133 |
| 2011 | 81 | 137 |
| 2012 | 89 | 119 |
| 2013 | 106 | 136 |
| 2014 | 132 | 169 |
| 2015 | 118 | 153 |
| 2016 | 125 | 152 |
| 2017 | 142 | 162 |
| 2018 | 124 | 236 |
| 2019 | 166 | 236 |
| 2020 | 186 | 210 |
| 2021 | 167 | 193 |
| 2022 | 126 | 180 |
| 2023 | 122 | 137 |
| 2024 | 147 | 166 |
| 2025 | 132 | 145 |
| 2026 | 79 | 107 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- B41M 3/14Security printing1,698
- B41M 3/006Patterns of chemical products used for a specific purpose389
- B41M 3/008Sequential or multiple printing372
- B41M 3/12Transfer pictures or the like354
- B41M 3/06Veined printings300
- B41M 3/003On optical devices204
- B41M 3/16Braille printing125
- B41M 3/001Printing processes to produce particular kinds of printed work: using chemical colour-formers110
Recent patents
- Inkjet printed door and door components, and methods therefor6 Oct 2026US 12,752,561 B2Masonite Corporation
- Method and system for producing a motif on a substrate6 Oct 2026US 12,752,563 B2
- Multi-view displays and associated systems and methods6 Oct 2026US 12,756,812 B2Fathom Optics Inc.
- Material web with labels of different label variants and method for producing labels of different label variants29 Sep 2026US 12,746,734 B2Schreiner Group GmbH & Co. KG
- Sublimation of a multi-layer item29 Sep 2026US 12,746,773 B1Gilson Snow, Inc.
- Printed documents readily identifying indicia printing defects8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306937 A1Brightstar Global Solutions Corporation
- Ink formulations for printing and manufacture of reactive chemical sensors8 Oct 2026US 2026/0307076 A1Veriteque USA Inc.
- Image forming method and image forming apparatus8 Oct 2026US 2026/0307414 A1Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
- Fixing method and printing apparatus8 Oct 2026US 2026/0307417 A1Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Substrate with Varying Saturations of Offset Printing Utilizing Image Movement8 Oct 2026US 2026/0307420 A1The Government of the United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of Homeland Security
Most cited
By later US patents
- Indirect printing process for applying selective phase change ink compositions to substrates423US 5,372,852 ATektronix, Inc. · 1994
- Laminated printed foil flower pot wrap with multicolor appearance412US 4,297,811 ASeven W Enterprises, Inc. · 1981
- Fabrication of microfluidic circuits by printing techniques383US 6,074,725 ACaliper Technologies Corp. · 2000
- Method of applying nanoparticles381US 6,645,569 B2The Procter & Gamble Company · 2003
- System for electronically printing plural-color tamper-resistant documents338US 5,291,243 AXerox Corporation · 1994