B41N 1/00
Printing plates or foils
Official title: Printing plates or foils; Materials therefor
B41N1/00 (Printing plates or foils) appears on 1,295 US grants and 1,329 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B41N- Granted patents
- 1,295
- Published applications
- 1,329
- Assignees
- 553
- Inventors
- 2,553
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 17 | 0 |
| 1977 | 19 | 0 |
| 1978 | 24 | 0 |
| 1979 | 11 | 0 |
| 1980 | 9 | 0 |
| 1981 | 13 | 0 |
| 1982 | 10 | 0 |
| 1983 | 14 | 0 |
| 1984 | 11 | 0 |
| 1985 | 21 | 0 |
| 1986 | 11 | 0 |
| 1987 | 14 | 0 |
| 1988 | 11 | 0 |
| 1989 | 14 | 0 |
| 1990 | 10 | 0 |
| 1991 | 10 | 0 |
| 1992 | 13 | 0 |
| 1993 | 16 | 0 |
| 1994 | 14 | 0 |
| 1995 | 28 | 0 |
| 1996 | 25 | 0 |
| 1997 | 16 | 0 |
| 1998 | 38 | 0 |
| 1999 | 37 | 0 |
| 2000 | 45 | 0 |
| 2001 | 32 | 10 |
| 2002 | 36 | 55 |
| 2003 | 40 | 67 |
| 2004 | 47 | 78 |
| 2005 | 38 | 71 |
| 2006 | 43 | 47 |
| 2007 | 36 | 45 |
| 2008 | 18 | 61 |
| 2009 | 14 | 54 |
| 2010 | 27 | 47 |
| 2011 | 23 | 63 |
| 2012 | 27 | 68 |
| 2013 | 36 | 77 |
| 2014 | 47 | 67 |
| 2015 | 52 | 52 |
| 2016 | 36 | 55 |
| 2017 | 32 | 62 |
| 2018 | 37 | 59 |
| 2019 | 47 | 47 |
| 2020 | 35 | 41 |
| 2021 | 27 | 53 |
| 2022 | 25 | 42 |
| 2023 | 32 | 32 |
| 2024 | 24 | 33 |
| 2025 | 18 | 21 |
| 2026 | 15 | 22 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- B41N 1/12Non-metallic other than stone449
- B41N 1/04Metallic365
- B41N 1/24Stencils298
- B41N 1/16Curved printing plates, especially cylinders158
- B41N 1/003Printing plates or foils: with ink abhesive means or abhesive forming means110
- B41N 1/006Made entirely of inorganic materials other than natural stone or metals69
- B41N 1/02Made of stone1
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
- 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
- Thermal development apparatus of flexographic plates9 Jun 2026US 12,649,330 B2Vianord Engineering Sasu
- 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
- Directly imageable waterless planographic printing plate precursor and method for producing waterless planographic printing plate therefrom30 Jul 2026US 2026/0217044 A1Toray Industries, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- 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
- Method for laser-discharge imaging a printing plate135US 5,351,617 APresstek, Inc. · 1994
- Stencils having enhanced wear-resistance and methods of manufacturing the same117US 5,460,316 AAT&T Global Information Solutions Company · 1995
- Process for thermally spraying porous metal coatings on substrates112US 4,526,839 ASurface Science Corp. · 1985