B41M 5/345
By thermal transfer of dyes or pigments
Official title: {by thermal transfer of dyes or pigments}
B41M5/345 (By thermal transfer of dyes or pigments) appears on 277 US grants and 117 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B41M- Granted patents
- 277
- Published applications
- 117
- Assignees
- 67
- Inventors
- 446
- Latest grant
- 4 Nov 2025
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1977 | 1 | 0 |
| 1978 | 0 | 0 |
| 1979 | 1 | 0 |
| 1980 | 0 | 0 |
| 1981 | 1 | 0 |
| 1982 | 2 | 0 |
| 1983 | 3 | 0 |
| 1984 | 2 | 0 |
| 1985 | 7 | 0 |
| 1986 | 6 | 0 |
| 1987 | 7 | 0 |
| 1988 | 3 | 0 |
| 1989 | 5 | 0 |
| 1990 | 5 | 0 |
| 1991 | 10 | 0 |
| 1992 | 8 | 0 |
| 1993 | 14 | 0 |
| 1994 | 12 | 0 |
| 1995 | 10 | 0 |
| 1996 | 13 | 0 |
| 1997 | 12 | 0 |
| 1998 | 17 | 0 |
| 1999 | 16 | 0 |
| 2000 | 14 | 0 |
| 2001 | 12 | 11 |
| 2002 | 14 | 10 |
| 2003 | 11 | 19 |
| 2004 | 12 | 17 |
| 2005 | 15 | 7 |
| 2006 | 8 | 3 |
| 2007 | 1 | 0 |
| 2008 | 0 | 8 |
| 2009 | 2 | 5 |
| 2010 | 1 | 2 |
| 2011 | 5 | 1 |
| 2012 | 2 | 2 |
| 2013 | 3 | 0 |
| 2014 | 1 | 1 |
| 2015 | 2 | 4 |
| 2016 | 1 | 1 |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 |
| 2018 | 3 | 8 |
| 2019 | 5 | 4 |
| 2020 | 2 | 1 |
| 2021 | 2 | 5 |
| 2022 | 1 | 3 |
| 2023 | 0 | 2 |
| 2024 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 3 | 2 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001.
Recent patents
- Thermal transfer medium and information recording body4 Nov 2025US 12,459,282 B2Toppan Inc.
- Printed product and method of producing printed product4 Nov 2025US 12,459,283 B2Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Thermal transfer printer, method for producing printed product, printed product, combination of thermal transfer sheet and intermediate transfer medium, intermediate transfer medium, and thermal transfer sheet28 Jan 2025US 12,208,626 B2Dai Nippon Printing Co.Ltd.
- Thermal transfer recording sheet20 Feb 2024US 11,904,621 B2Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Thermal transfer image-receiving sheet2 Aug 2022US 11,400,742 B2Dai Nippon Printing Co.Ltd.
- Ink set for thermal transfer sheet, thermal transfer sheet, method for producing thermal transfer sheet, and method for producing transfer printed matter25 Dec 2025US 2025/0388771 A1Riso Kagaku Corporation
- Thermal transfer printer, method for producing printed product, printed product, combination of thermal transfer sheet and intermediate transfer medium, intermediate transfer medium, and thermal transfer sheet10 Apr 2025US 2025/0115057 A1Dai Nippon Printing Co.Ltd.
- Personalized identification document processing systems and methods7 Mar 2024US 2024/0075751 A1Entrust Corporation
- Decorative paper layer and method for manufacturing laminates22 Jun 2023US 2023/0193561 A1Flooring Industries Limited, Sarl
- Printed product and method of producing printed product18 May 2023US 2023/0151231 A1Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
Most cited
By later US patents
- Heat transfer sheet74US 5,006,502 ADai Nippon Insatsu Kabushiki Kaisha · 1991
- Heat transferring inkjet ink images62US 5,698,018 AEastman Kodak Company · 1997
- Optical disk, method of forming image on optical disk, image forming apparatus and adhesive layer transfer sheet56US 5,798,161 ADai Nippon Printing Co.Ltd. · 1998
- Thermal transfer color printer54US 4,250,511 ATektronix, Inc. · 1981
- Cover film for color hard copy printing paper51US 4,522,881 ASony Corporation · 1985