B41M 5/382
Contact thermal transfer or sublimation processes
Official title: Contact thermal transfer or sublimation processes (sublistatic printing using a pre-formed image B41M5/035; ink-, dye- or pigment-receptive coatings B41M5/52)
B41M5/382 (Contact thermal transfer or sublimation processes) appears on 2,438 US grants and 1,028 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B41M- Granted patents
- 2,438
- Published applications
- 1,028
- Assignees
- 425
- Inventors
- 2,839
- Latest grant
- 16 Jun 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 9 | 0 |
| 1977 | 8 | 0 |
| 1978 | 7 | 0 |
| 1979 | 0 | 0 |
| 1980 | 1 | 0 |
| 1981 | 9 | 0 |
| 1982 | 5 | 0 |
| 1983 | 11 | 0 |
| 1984 | 16 | 0 |
| 1985 | 25 | 0 |
| 1986 | 23 | 0 |
| 1987 | 37 | 0 |
| 1988 | 49 | 0 |
| 1989 | 76 | 0 |
| 1990 | 81 | 0 |
| 1991 | 110 | 0 |
| 1992 | 112 | 0 |
| 1993 | 121 | 0 |
| 1994 | 144 | 0 |
| 1995 | 97 | 0 |
| 1996 | 117 | 0 |
| 1997 | 108 | 0 |
| 1998 | 121 | 0 |
| 1999 | 123 | 0 |
| 2000 | 89 | 0 |
| 2001 | 87 | 28 |
| 2002 | 61 | 55 |
| 2003 | 46 | 68 |
| 2004 | 57 | 71 |
| 2005 | 52 | 70 |
| 2006 | 45 | 48 |
| 2007 | 41 | 39 |
| 2008 | 24 | 65 |
| 2009 | 27 | 48 |
| 2010 | 30 | 31 |
| 2011 | 29 | 32 |
| 2012 | 34 | 24 |
| 2013 | 34 | 33 |
| 2014 | 32 | 37 |
| 2015 | 39 | 38 |
| 2016 | 36 | 27 |
| 2017 | 31 | 40 |
| 2018 | 33 | 46 |
| 2019 | 37 | 45 |
| 2020 | 34 | 29 |
| 2021 | 30 | 37 |
| 2022 | 16 | 36 |
| 2023 | 21 | 38 |
| 2024 | 27 | 17 |
| 2025 | 25 | 16 |
| 2026 | 11 | 10 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- B41M 5/38207Characterised by aspects not provided for in groups b41m5/385 - b41m5/395883
- B41M 5/385Characterised by the transferable dyes or pigments732
- B41M 5/392Additives, other than colour forming substances, dyes or pigments721
- B41M 5/38257Characterised by the use of an intermediate receptor209
- B41M 5/38228Characterised by the use of two or more ink layers95
- B41M 5/3825Electric current carrying heat transfer sheets78
- B41M 5/38264Overprinting of thermal transfer images74
- B41M 5/38235Characterised by transferable colour-forming materials70
Recent patents
- Reflective thermal transfer printing label manufacturing method, single-color reflective label and multi-colors reflective label16 Jun 2026US 12,654,480 B2Dongguan Yuemei Label and Printing Co., Ltd.
- Adhesive transfer film and method for manufacturing power module substrate by using same16 Jun 2026US 12,655,323 B2Amosense Co., Ltd.
- Thermal transfer sheet and method for producing printed material28 Apr 2026US 12,611,882 B2Dai Nippon Printing Co.Ltd.
- Systems and methods for applying a positive pressure within a dye sublimation machine7 Apr 2026US 12,594,780 B2Sekisui Kydex, LLC
- Transfer film, transfer method using transfer film and electronic products manufactured using transfer film10 Mar 2026US 12,570,483 B2Center for Advanced Meta-Materials
- Sublimation printing transfer paper having tacky properties8 Oct 2026US 2026/0307415 A1
- Activatable and thermally sensitive media elements with light scattering layer27 Aug 2026US 2026/0249635 A1Zebra Technologies Corporation
- Protective patch ribbon for thermal transfer printers and method for manufacturing the same13 Aug 2026US 2026/0233544 A1Rtai Inc Co.,Ltd
- Printing apparatus and printing method2 Jul 2026US 2026/0184085 A1Dover Europe SàRl
- Thermal transfer method using reactive ink transfer paper4 Jun 2026US 2026/0152017 A1
Most cited
By later US patents
- Indirect printing process for applying selective phase change ink compositions to substrates423US 5,372,852 ATektronix, Inc. · 1994
- Ablation-transfer imaging/recording243US 5,171,650 AGraphics Technology International Inc. · 1992
- Hot-melt ink205US 4,851,045 ASeiko Epson Corporation · 1989
- Ablation-transfer imaging/recording199US 5,156,938 AGraphics Technology International Inc. · 1992
- Image formation on objective bodies194US 5,707,925 ADai Nippon Insatsu Kabushiki Kaisha · 1998