B41M 5/0017
Application of ink-fixing material
Official title: {Application of ink-fixing material, e.g. mordant, precipitating agent, on the substrate prior to printing, e.g. by ink-jet printing, coating or spraying}
B41M5/0017 (Application of ink-fixing material) appears on 787 US grants and 1,050 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B41M- Granted patents
- 787
- Published applications
- 1,050
- Assignees
- 176
- Inventors
- 1,524
- Latest grant
- 8 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1985 | 1 | 0 |
| 1986 | 0 | 0 |
| 1987 | 1 | 0 |
| 1988 | 0 | 0 |
| 1989 | 0 | 0 |
| 1990 | 0 | 0 |
| 1991 | 1 | 0 |
| 1992 | 0 | 0 |
| 1993 | 1 | 0 |
| 1994 | 1 | 0 |
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| 1997 | 5 | 0 |
| 1998 | 5 | 0 |
| 1999 | 1 | 0 |
| 2000 | 8 | 0 |
| 2001 | 11 | 3 |
| 2002 | 12 | 16 |
| 2003 | 18 | 8 |
| 2004 | 10 | 22 |
| 2005 | 7 | 20 |
| 2006 | 8 | 18 |
| 2007 | 8 | 8 |
| 2008 | 11 | 21 |
| 2009 | 12 | 34 |
| 2010 | 10 | 27 |
| 2011 | 13 | 24 |
| 2012 | 31 | 27 |
| 2013 | 18 | 39 |
| 2014 | 43 | 34 |
| 2015 | 28 | 49 |
| 2016 | 43 | 47 |
| 2017 | 36 | 49 |
| 2018 | 36 | 62 |
| 2019 | 53 | 101 |
| 2020 | 79 | 73 |
| 2021 | 60 | 69 |
| 2022 | 52 | 63 |
| 2023 | 37 | 54 |
| 2024 | 41 | 69 |
| 2025 | 38 | 65 |
| 2026 | 47 | 48 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
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- Set and ink jet recording method8 Sep 2026US 12,729,482 B2Seiko Epson Corporation
- Aqueous compositions and inkjet receiving media1 Sep 2026US 12,723,170 B2Eastman Kodak Company
- Ink jet recording method and ink jet recording apparatus18 Aug 2026US 12,709,692 B2Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Pre-treatment composition for inkjet printing4 Aug 2026US 12,698,408 B2Agfa NV
- Method of manufacturing treated medium, manufacturing apparatus, and manufacturing system8 Oct 2026US 2026/0307413 A1Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
- Image forming method and image forming apparatus17 Sep 2026US 2026/0273978 A1
- Aqueous Ink Set for Inkjet Recording17 Sep 2026US 2026/0275139 A1Agfa NV
- Printing method3 Sep 2026US 2026/0257491 A1Ricoh Company, Ltd.
- Resin Particle Dispersion for Inkjet Printing27 Aug 2026US 2026/0250538 A1Agfa NV
Most cited
By later US patents
- Reactive ink-jet printing112US 4,694,302 AHewlett-Packard Company · 1987
- Ink jet recording method and ink jet recording apparatus therefor111US 5,640,187 ACanon Kabushiki Kaisha · 1997
- Method and apparatus for the application of multipart ink-jet ink chemistry105US 5,635,969 A1997
- Ink-jet recording process using liquid formulation and ink in combination97US 6,027,210 ACanon Kabushiki Kaisha · 2000
- Cationic dyes with added multi-valent cations to reduce bleed in thermal ink-jet inks90US 5,198,023 AHewlett-Packard Company · 1993