B41M 5/46
Characterised by the light-to-heat converting means
Official title: characterised by the light-to-heat converting means; characterised by the heat or radiation filtering or absorbing means or layers
B41M5/46 (Characterised by the light-to-heat converting means) appears on 529 US grants and 327 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B41M- Granted patents
- 529
- Published applications
- 327
- Assignees
- 137
- Inventors
- 879
- Latest grant
- 1 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1976 | 1 | 0 |
| 1977 | 0 | 0 |
| 1978 | 2 | 0 |
| 1979 | 0 | 0 |
| 1980 | 0 | 0 |
| 1981 | 1 | 0 |
| 1982 | 0 | 0 |
| 1983 | 0 | 0 |
| 1984 | 0 | 0 |
| 1985 | 2 | 0 |
| 1986 | 1 | 0 |
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| 1988 | 3 | 0 |
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| 1990 | 11 | 0 |
| 1991 | 9 | 0 |
| 1992 | 5 | 0 |
| 1993 | 24 | 0 |
| 1994 | 26 | 0 |
| 1995 | 24 | 0 |
| 1996 | 30 | 0 |
| 1997 | 25 | 0 |
| 1998 | 16 | 0 |
| 1999 | 27 | 0 |
| 2000 | 25 | 0 |
| 2001 | 28 | 11 |
| 2002 | 21 | 17 |
| 2003 | 21 | 25 |
| 2004 | 18 | 29 |
| 2005 | 27 | 34 |
| 2006 | 17 | 22 |
| 2007 | 20 | 15 |
| 2008 | 10 | 21 |
| 2009 | 12 | 6 |
| 2010 | 8 | 8 |
| 2011 | 6 | 9 |
| 2012 | 8 | 3 |
| 2013 | 7 | 6 |
| 2014 | 3 | 9 |
| 2015 | 12 | 14 |
| 2016 | 9 | 12 |
| 2017 | 10 | 2 |
| 2018 | 6 | 13 |
| 2019 | 8 | 12 |
| 2020 | 9 | 8 |
| 2021 | 3 | 9 |
| 2022 | 5 | 8 |
| 2023 | 6 | 9 |
| 2024 | 7 | 8 |
| 2025 | 10 | 11 |
| 2026 | 4 | 6 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Heat-sensitive recording medium1 Sep 2026US 12,722,411 B2Osaka Sealing Printing Co., Ltd.
- Transfer substrate used in manufacture of display apparatus, display apparatus, and manufacturing method for display apparatus19 May 2026US 12,629,952 B2LG Electronics Inc.
- Thermosensitive recording layer forming liquid, thermosensitive recording medium and production method thereof, and image recording method12 May 2026US 12,623,478 B2Ricoh Company, Ltd.
- Direct thermal printable media with side chain crystalline polymer material coating27 Jan 2026US 12,533,905 B1Zebra Technologies Corporation
- Drawing system and drawing method11 Nov 2025US 12,466,196 B2Sony Group Corporation
- Method of producing thermal transfer print sheet, thermal transfer print sheet, and method of thermal transfer printing24 Sep 2026US 2026/0286603 A1
- Methods, Apparatuses, and Systems for Contact Lenses Having Writable Optical Patterns20 Aug 2026US 2026/0244888 A1
- Direct thermal printable media with side chain crystalline polymer material coating4 Jun 2026US 2026/0152018 A1Zebra Technologies Corporation
- Methods, systems, apparatuses, and devices for facilitating creating labels for labeling intravenous infusion lines30 Apr 2026US 2026/0116112 A1Vigilant Software
- Thermal donor laminates with alternate polymers and release agents26 Feb 2026US 2026/0054512 A1Kodak Alaris Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Ablation-transfer imaging/recording243US 5,171,650 AGraphics Technology International Inc. · 1992
- Ablation-transfer imaging/recording199US 5,156,938 AGraphics Technology International Inc. · 1992
- Ablation-transfer imaging/recording159US 5,256,506 AGraphics Technology International Inc. · 1993
- Laser propulsion transfer using black metal coated substrates127US 5,308,737 AMinnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company · 1994
- Reversible thermosensitive recording medium and image forming and erasing method using the recording medium123US 6,579,826 B2Ricoh Company, Ltd. · 2003