B41M 5/41
Base layers supports or substrates
Official title: Base layers {supports or substrates}
B41M5/41 (Base layers supports or substrates) appears on 681 US grants and 446 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B41M- Granted patents
- 681
- Published applications
- 446
- Assignees
- 214
- Inventors
- 1,345
- Latest grant
- 3 Mar 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1980 | 1 | 0 |
| 1981 | 2 | 0 |
| 1982 | 0 | 0 |
| 1983 | 1 | 0 |
| 1984 | 7 | 0 |
| 1985 | 2 | 0 |
| 1986 | 2 | 0 |
| 1987 | 2 | 0 |
| 1988 | 8 | 0 |
| 1989 | 11 | 0 |
| 1990 | 15 | 0 |
| 1991 | 13 | 0 |
| 1992 | 27 | 0 |
| 1993 | 29 | 0 |
| 1994 | 36 | 0 |
| 1995 | 20 | 0 |
| 1996 | 15 | 0 |
| 1997 | 19 | 0 |
| 1998 | 21 | 0 |
| 1999 | 29 | 0 |
| 2000 | 42 | 0 |
| 2001 | 31 | 7 |
| 2002 | 15 | 27 |
| 2003 | 33 | 34 |
| 2004 | 30 | 39 |
| 2005 | 18 | 44 |
| 2006 | 26 | 22 |
| 2007 | 18 | 11 |
| 2008 | 13 | 35 |
| 2009 | 11 | 14 |
| 2010 | 4 | 7 |
| 2011 | 16 | 24 |
| 2012 | 12 | 8 |
| 2013 | 15 | 10 |
| 2014 | 12 | 17 |
| 2015 | 14 | 14 |
| 2016 | 12 | 18 |
| 2017 | 15 | 10 |
| 2018 | 12 | 20 |
| 2019 | 22 | 16 |
| 2020 | 3 | 11 |
| 2021 | 8 | 10 |
| 2022 | 3 | 11 |
| 2023 | 13 | 8 |
| 2024 | 8 | 11 |
| 2025 | 12 | 11 |
| 2026 | 3 | 7 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Direct thermal and thermal transfer label combination3 Mar 2026US 12,565,055 B2Iconex LLC
- Direct thermal printable media with side chain crystalline polymer material coating27 Jan 2026US 12,533,905 B1Zebra Technologies Corporation
- Preparation method of eco-friendly long-lasting heat-sensitive paper13 Jan 2026US 12,522,982 B2Jiangxi Heshuofeng New Material Co., Ltd.
- Apparatuses and methods for printed security features4 Nov 2025US 12,459,287 B2Illinois Tool Works Inc.
- Heat-sensitive recording body28 Oct 2025US 12,454,145 B2Osaka Sealing Printing Co., Ltd.
- Sublimation printing transfer paper having tacky properties8 Oct 2026US 2026/0307415 A1
- Protective patch ribbon for thermal transfer printers and method for manufacturing the same13 Aug 2026US 2026/0233544 A1Rtai Inc Co.,Ltd
- Direct thermal printable media with side chain crystalline polymer material coating4 Jun 2026US 2026/0152018 A1Zebra Technologies Corporation
- Thermal recording material30 Apr 2026US 2026/0116113 A1Osaka Sealing Printing Co., Ltd.
- Reflective fabry-pérot (f-p) resonant structures and methods of tunable plasmonic color printing5 Feb 2026US 2026/0036731 A1Purdue Research Foundation
Most cited
By later US patents
- Material for making identification cards146US 5,407,893 AKonica Corporation · 1995
- Two-piece protective carrying case136US 8,286,789 B2Uncommon LLC · 2012
- Reversible thermosensitive recording medium and image forming and erasing method using the recording medium123US 6,579,826 B2Ricoh Company, Ltd. · 2003
- Printable heat transfer material having cold release properties115US 5,798,179 AKimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc. · 1998
- Process for preparing high resolution emissive arrays and corresponding articles113US 5,998,085 A3M Innovative Properties Company · 1999