B41M 5/5272
Polyesters
Official title: {Polyesters; Polycarbonates}
B41M5/5272 (Polyesters) appears on 497 US grants and 309 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B41M- Granted patents
- 497
- Published applications
- 309
- Assignees
- 167
- Inventors
- 958
- Latest grant
- 8 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1977 | 1 | 0 |
| 1978 | 1 | 0 |
| 1979 | 1 | 0 |
| 1980 | 1 | 0 |
| 1981 | 0 | 0 |
| 1982 | 0 | 0 |
| 1983 | 0 | 0 |
| 1984 | 2 | 0 |
| 1985 | 2 | 0 |
| 1986 | 2 | 0 |
| 1987 | 3 | 0 |
| 1988 | 6 | 0 |
| 1989 | 11 | 0 |
| 1990 | 19 | 0 |
| 1991 | 9 | 0 |
| 1992 | 16 | 0 |
| 1993 | 15 | 0 |
| 1994 | 29 | 0 |
| 1995 | 20 | 0 |
| 1996 | 11 | 0 |
| 1997 | 9 | 0 |
| 1998 | 20 | 0 |
| 1999 | 18 | 0 |
| 2000 | 13 | 0 |
| 2001 | 23 | 7 |
| 2002 | 21 | 18 |
| 2003 | 24 | 24 |
| 2004 | 20 | 36 |
| 2005 | 18 | 25 |
| 2006 | 17 | 17 |
| 2007 | 10 | 13 |
| 2008 | 9 | 17 |
| 2009 | 6 | 16 |
| 2010 | 10 | 5 |
| 2011 | 9 | 6 |
| 2012 | 10 | 9 |
| 2013 | 8 | 9 |
| 2014 | 14 | 6 |
| 2015 | 5 | 10 |
| 2016 | 11 | 8 |
| 2017 | 9 | 14 |
| 2018 | 8 | 12 |
| 2019 | 12 | 14 |
| 2020 | 8 | 17 |
| 2021 | 13 | 10 |
| 2022 | 9 | 8 |
| 2023 | 5 | 4 |
| 2024 | 6 | 1 |
| 2025 | 2 | 1 |
| 2026 | 1 | 2 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Aqueous ink receptive primer compositions and receiving media8 Sep 2026US 12,728,659 B1Eastman Kodak Company
- Method for manufacturing object to be printed and object to be printed9 Sep 2025US 12,409,976 B2Toyo Seikan Co., Ltd.
- Method for lacquering substrates, and lacquered substrates1 Jul 2025US 12,344,020 B2ACTEGA Schmid Rhyner AG
- Sublimation printing of heat sensitive materials31 Dec 2024US 12,179,505 B2Avient Protective Materials B.V.
- Face films and pressure sensitive laminates for printing10 Dec 2024US 12,162,300 B2Avery Dennison Corporation
- Method For Producing Transfer Medium And Transfer Recording Method1 Oct 2026US 2026/0296084 A1Seiko Epson Corporation
- Thermally-Sublimable Film Material13 Aug 2026US 2026/0233543 A1Chance Line Industrial Co., Ltd.
- Image forming method13 Feb 2025US 2025/0050675 A1Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
- Method for manufacturing inkjet printable paper for use as a décor paper8 Aug 2024US 2024/0262121 A1Flooring Industries Limited, Sarl
- Face films and pressure sensitive laminates for printing7 Dec 2023US 2023/0391127 A1Avery Dennison Corporation
Most cited
By later US patents
- Image-receiving element for heat transfer type dye image1,032US 4,987,049 AKonica Corporation · 1991
- Coated papers159US 5,709,976 AXerox Corporation · 1998
- Sheet for heat transference107US 4,720,480 ADai Nippon Insatsu Kabushiki Kaisha · 1988
- Image-receptive heat transfer paper101US 5,242,739 AKimberly-Clark Corporation · 1993
- Two-sided thermal printing system70US 5,284,816 AEastman Kodak Company · 1994