B41N
Printing plates or foils
Official title: Printing plates or foils (photosensitive material g03); materials for surfaces used in printing machines for printing, inking, damping, or the like; preparing such surfaces for use and conserving them
B41N (Printing plates or foils) appears on 2,777 US grants and 2,265 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B41N- Granted patents
- 2,777
- Published applications
- 2,265
- Assignees
- 928
- Inventors
- 4,455
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 31 | 0 |
| 1977 | 54 | 0 |
| 1978 | 51 | 0 |
| 1979 | 31 | 0 |
| 1980 | 35 | 0 |
| 1981 | 40 | 0 |
| 1982 | 26 | 0 |
| 1983 | 37 | 0 |
| 1984 | 37 | 0 |
| 1985 | 48 | 0 |
| 1986 | 49 | 0 |
| 1987 | 36 | 0 |
| 1988 | 43 | 0 |
| 1989 | 53 | 0 |
| 1990 | 52 | 0 |
| 1991 | 45 | 0 |
| 1992 | 58 | 0 |
| 1993 | 66 | 0 |
| 1994 | 68 | 0 |
| 1995 | 61 | 0 |
| 1996 | 51 | 0 |
| 1997 | 45 | 0 |
| 1998 | 75 | 0 |
| 1999 | 80 | 0 |
| 2000 | 87 | 0 |
| 2001 | 75 | 37 |
| 2002 | 87 | 137 |
| 2003 | 96 | 145 |
| 2004 | 99 | 140 |
| 2005 | 83 | 137 |
| 2006 | 86 | 116 |
| 2007 | 70 | 89 |
| 2008 | 40 | 109 |
| 2009 | 32 | 107 |
| 2010 | 48 | 76 |
| 2011 | 39 | 99 |
| 2012 | 47 | 106 |
| 2013 | 55 | 109 |
| 2014 | 69 | 97 |
| 2015 | 80 | 90 |
| 2016 | 67 | 80 |
| 2017 | 60 | 85 |
| 2018 | 53 | 82 |
| 2019 | 64 | 76 |
| 2020 | 51 | 55 |
| 2021 | 41 | 72 |
| 2022 | 40 | 74 |
| 2023 | 53 | 42 |
| 2024 | 38 | 42 |
| 2025 | 26 | 32 |
| 2026 | 19 | 31 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Main groups
Granted patents with any code in the group
- B41N 1/00Printing plates or foils1,295
- B41N 3/00Preparing for use and conserving printing surfaces974
- B41N 10/00Blankets or like coverings334
- B41N 7/00Shells for rollers of printing machines240
- B41N 2207/00Location or type of the layers in shells for rollers of printingIndexing code220
- B41N 2210/00Location or type of the layers in multi-layer blankets or like coveringsIndexing code209
- B41N 6/00Mounting boards204
- B41N 99/00Subject matter not provided for in other groups of this subclass2
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Recent patents
- Continuous coil pretreatment process6 Oct 2026US 12,753,515 B2Arconic Technologies LLC
- Flexographic printing plate precursor18 Aug 2026US 12,710,696 B2FUJIFILM Corporation
- Apparatus and method for treating and transporting a relief printing plate precursor11 Aug 2026US 12,704,786 B2Xeikon Prepress N.V.
- Metal wire and metal mesh28 Jul 2026US 12,691,674 B2Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
- Security element, corresponding engraved intaglio printing plate, and methods and devices for producing, decoding and authenticating security marking of said security element30 Jun 2026US 12,670,348 B2Sicpa Holding SA
- Reusable cliché tape for removably attaching a flexographic printing cliché8 Oct 2026US 2026/0307418 A1ORAFOL Europe GmbH
- Continuous coil pretreatment process8 Oct 2026US 2026/0308766 A1Arconic Technologies LLC
- Method for smoother tonal response in flexographic printing17 Sep 2026US 2026/0273977 A1Esko Software BV
- Process and system for minimizing plate deformation in the solvent-minimized manufacture of a printing plate13 Aug 2026US 2026/0233508 A1Esko-Graphics Imaging GmbH
- On-press development type planographic printing plate precursor, method of manufacturing planographic printing plate, and printing method30 Jul 2026US 2026/0217015 A1FUJIFILM Corporation
Most cited
By later US patents
- Methods for making microporous products280US 4,247,498 AAkzona Incorporated · 1981
- Lithographic printing plates for use with laser-discharge imaging apparatus175US 5,339,737 APresstek, Inc. · 1994
- Printing method146US 4,718,340 AMilliken Research Corporation · 1988
- Microporous products137US 4,519,909 AAkzona Incorporated · 1985
- Method for laser-discharge imaging a printing plate135US 5,351,617 APresstek, Inc. · 1994