B41M 5/00
Duplicating or marking methods
Official title: Duplicating or marking methods; Sheet materials for use therein (by using light-sensitive materials G03; electrography, magnetography G03G {; repeatedly usable boards or tablets for writing or drawing B43L1/00})
B41M5/00 (Duplicating or marking methods) appears on 15,612 US grants and 11,934 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B41M- Granted patents
- 15,612
- Published applications
- 11,934
- Assignees
- 3,124
- Inventors
- 20,462
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
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| 1976 | 126 | 0 |
| 1977 | 118 | 0 |
| 1978 | 117 | 0 |
| 1979 | 82 | 0 |
| 1980 | 117 | 0 |
| 1981 | 134 | 0 |
| 1982 | 125 | 0 |
| 1983 | 138 | 0 |
| 1984 | 154 | 0 |
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| 2000 | 450 | 0 |
| 2001 | 445 | 165 |
| 2002 | 488 | 459 |
| 2003 | 467 | 605 |
| 2004 | 472 | 618 |
| 2005 | 333 | 601 |
| 2006 | 303 | 465 |
| 2007 | 243 | 442 |
| 2008 | 188 | 462 |
| 2009 | 195 | 471 |
| 2010 | 258 | 426 |
| 2011 | 309 | 432 |
| 2012 | 360 | 372 |
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| 2018 | 348 | 547 |
| 2019 | 428 | 622 |
| 2020 | 495 | 586 |
| 2021 | 405 | 593 |
| 2022 | 374 | 554 |
| 2023 | 335 | 430 |
| 2024 | 389 | 388 |
| 2025 | 315 | 338 |
| 2026 | 213 | 220 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- B41M 5/26Thermography7,270
- B41M 5/50Recording sheets characterised by the coating used to improve ink, dye or4,104
- B41M 5/0041Digital printing on surfaces other than ordinary paper1,353
- B41M 5/124Duplicating or marking methods: using pressure to make a masked colour visible1,337
- B41M 5/0011Pre-treatment or treatment during printing of the recording material1,304
- B41M 5/025Duplicating or marking methods: by transferring ink from the master sheet1,200
- B41M 5/0023Digital printing methods characterised by the inks used950
- B41M 5/24Ablative recording705
All 14 subgroupsShow fewer
- B41M 5/0082Digital printing on bodies of particular shapes269
- B41M 5/10Duplicating or marking methods: by using carbon paper or the like115
- B41M 5/20Duplicating or marking methods: using electric current113
- B41M 5/0035Uncoated paper87
- B41M 5/0029Formation of a transparent pattern using a liquid marking fluid52
- B41M 5/0005Enlarging or reduction of graphic information on a support by stretching or14
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By later US patents
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