B41M 3/10
Watermarks
B41M3/10 (Watermarks) appears on 87 US grants and 91 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B41M- Granted patents
- 87
- Published applications
- 91
- Assignees
- 53
- Inventors
- 173
- Latest grant
- 23 Sep 2025
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 | 0 | 0 |
| 1984 | 1 | 0 |
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| 1988 | 1 | 0 |
| 1989 | 2 | 0 |
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| 1992 | 1 | 0 |
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| 1994 | 1 | 0 |
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| 1996 | 1 | 0 |
| 1997 | 0 | 0 |
| 1998 | 0 | 0 |
| 1999 | 1 | 0 |
| 2000 | 2 | 0 |
| 2001 | 0 | 0 |
| 2002 | 0 | 3 |
| 2003 | 1 | 7 |
| 2004 | 3 | 3 |
| 2005 | 1 | 5 |
| 2006 | 4 | 6 |
| 2007 | 5 | 6 |
| 2008 | 2 | 2 |
| 2009 | 1 | 1 |
| 2010 | 2 | 4 |
| 2011 | 5 | 5 |
| 2012 | 3 | 7 |
| 2013 | 4 | 7 |
| 2014 | 4 | 5 |
| 2015 | 6 | 4 |
| 2016 | 6 | 3 |
| 2017 | 4 | 5 |
| 2018 | 3 | 2 |
| 2019 | 1 | 1 |
| 2020 | 5 | 2 |
| 2021 | 1 | 2 |
| 2022 | 0 | 2 |
| 2023 | 5 | 0 |
| 2024 | 2 | 3 |
| 2025 | 3 | 3 |
| 2026 | 0 | 3 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Gloss effect23 Sep 2025US 12,420,578 B2Xerox Corporation
- Encoding signals with fluorescing inks24 Jun 2025US 12,337,609 B1Digimarc Corporation
- Modulating surface topcoats to embed digital watermarking17 Jun 2025US 12,333,624 B1Digimarc Corporation
- Signal encoding for aluminum alloy containers9 Apr 2024US 11,952,173 B2Digimarc Corporation
- Encoding signals with printed clear topcoats13 Feb 2024US 11,900,497 B1Digimarc Corporation
- Methods of Printing Document Markings with Enhanced Visual Effects, and Documents that Exhibit Such Effects16 Jul 2026US 2026/0200258 A1Xerox Corporation
- Printed matter, manufacturing method for printed matter, program, and printing apparatus12 Mar 2026US 2026/0070346 A1Mimaki Engineering Co., Ltd.
- Watermark Process for Preventing Digitally Enabled Fraud in Official Physical Documents22 Jan 2026US 2026/0021672 A1
- Fluorescent watermark for partially reflecting/absorbing inks in the uv spectrum28 Aug 2025US 2025/0269674 A1Xerox Corporation
- Cyber-physical watermarking with inkjet edible bioprinting22 May 2025US 2025/0166110 A1Purdue Research Foundation
Most cited
By later US patents
- Negotiable document having enhanced security for deterring fraud by use of a thermochromatic fingerprint image246US 6,030,000 ADiamond Security, Inc. · 2000
- Digital watermarks and trading cards113US 6,735,324 B1Digimarc Corporation · 2004
- Authenticating identification and security documents65US 7,856,116 B2Digimarc Corporation · 2010
- Authenticating identification and security documents51US 8,194,919 B2Digimarc Corporation · 2012
- Authenticating identification and security documents and other objects44US 9,087,376 B2Digimarc Corporation · 2015