B41M 7/00
After-treatment of prints
Official title: After-treatment of prints, e.g. heating, irradiating, {setting of the ink, protection of the printed stock (pre-treatment or treatment during printing B41M5/0011; printers for treating or overcoating copy materials before, during or after printing B41J11/0015)}
B41M7/00 (After-treatment of prints) appears on 3,922 US grants and 4,164 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B41M- Granted patents
- 3,922
- Published applications
- 4,164
- Assignees
- 1,117
- Inventors
- 6,701
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 8 | 0 |
| 1977 | 7 | 0 |
| 1978 | 10 | 0 |
| 1979 | 6 | 0 |
| 1980 | 10 | 0 |
| 1981 | 20 | 0 |
| 1982 | 10 | 0 |
| 1983 | 12 | 0 |
| 1984 | 10 | 0 |
| 1985 | 14 | 0 |
| 1986 | 14 | 0 |
| 1987 | 10 | 0 |
| 1988 | 17 | 0 |
| 1989 | 23 | 0 |
| 1990 | 21 | 0 |
| 1991 | 20 | 0 |
| 1992 | 24 | 0 |
| 1993 | 26 | 0 |
| 1994 | 38 | 0 |
| 1995 | 37 | 0 |
| 1996 | 61 | 0 |
| 1997 | 97 | 0 |
| 1998 | 100 | 0 |
| 1999 | 85 | 0 |
| 2000 | 103 | 0 |
| 2001 | 99 | 25 |
| 2002 | 99 | 110 |
| 2003 | 94 | 145 |
| 2004 | 97 | 183 |
| 2005 | 90 | 151 |
| 2006 | 81 | 136 |
| 2007 | 61 | 131 |
| 2008 | 64 | 118 |
| 2009 | 63 | 126 |
| 2010 | 81 | 135 |
| 2011 | 67 | 112 |
| 2012 | 95 | 144 |
| 2013 | 107 | 152 |
| 2014 | 167 | 160 |
| 2015 | 144 | 166 |
| 2016 | 175 | 207 |
| 2017 | 192 | 206 |
| 2018 | 146 | 254 |
| 2019 | 194 | 272 |
| 2020 | 220 | 222 |
| 2021 | 172 | 227 |
| 2022 | 137 | 218 |
| 2023 | 132 | 157 |
| 2024 | 156 | 148 |
| 2025 | 114 | 149 |
| 2026 | 92 | 110 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- B41M 7/0081After-treatment of prints: using electromagnetic radiation or waves1,162
- B41M 7/0027After-treatment of prints: using protective coatings or layers by lamination or by975
- B41M 7/009After-treatment of prints: using thermal means928
- B41M 7/0009Obliterating the printed matter380
- B41M 7/0045After-treatment of prints: using protective coatings or film forming compositions cured by343
- B41M 7/0018After-treatment of prints: using ink-fixing material223
- B41M 7/0054After-treatment of prints: using protective coatings or film forming compositions cured by184
- B41M 7/0072After-treatment of prints: using mechanical wave energy174
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- Image forming method and image forming apparatus8 Oct 2026US 2026/0307414 A1Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
- Fixing method and printing apparatus8 Oct 2026US 2026/0307417 A1Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
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- Method for forming solute film pattern1 Oct 2026US 2026/0297356 A1Seiko Epson Corporation
Most cited
By later US patents
- Indirect printing process for applying selective phase change ink compositions to substrates423US 5,372,852 ATektronix, Inc. · 1994
- Imaging process325US 5,389,958 ATektronix, Inc. · 1995
- Substrates having a light-transmissive phase change ink printed thereon and methods for producing same280US 4,889,761 ATektronix, Inc. · 1989
- Ablation-transfer imaging/recording243US 5,171,650 AGraphics Technology International Inc. · 1992
- Image formation on objective bodies194US 5,707,925 ADai Nippon Insatsu Kabushiki Kaisha · 1998