B41N 3/00
Preparing for use and conserving printing surfaces
B41N3/00 (Preparing for use and conserving printing surfaces) appears on 974 US grants and 706 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B41N- Granted patents
- 974
- Published applications
- 706
- Assignees
- 295
- Inventors
- 1,487
- Latest grant
- 11 Aug 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1976 | 10 | 0 |
| 1977 | 21 | 0 |
| 1978 | 14 | 0 |
| 1979 | 15 | 0 |
| 1980 | 19 | 0 |
| 1981 | 18 | 0 |
| 1982 | 11 | 0 |
| 1983 | 19 | 0 |
| 1984 | 20 | 0 |
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| 1986 | 30 | 0 |
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| 1989 | 24 | 0 |
| 1990 | 21 | 0 |
| 1991 | 19 | 0 |
| 1992 | 27 | 0 |
| 1993 | 31 | 0 |
| 1994 | 28 | 0 |
| 1995 | 21 | 0 |
| 1996 | 17 | 0 |
| 1997 | 19 | 0 |
| 1998 | 29 | 0 |
| 1999 | 21 | 0 |
| 2000 | 25 | 0 |
| 2001 | 24 | 21 |
| 2002 | 39 | 71 |
| 2003 | 42 | 62 |
| 2004 | 38 | 53 |
| 2005 | 32 | 53 |
| 2006 | 39 | 50 |
| 2007 | 29 | 20 |
| 2008 | 16 | 34 |
| 2009 | 6 | 38 |
| 2010 | 15 | 20 |
| 2011 | 10 | 23 |
| 2012 | 11 | 35 |
| 2013 | 13 | 37 |
| 2014 | 16 | 19 |
| 2015 | 21 | 18 |
| 2016 | 13 | 9 |
| 2017 | 10 | 15 |
| 2018 | 10 | 20 |
| 2019 | 11 | 27 |
| 2020 | 15 | 11 |
| 2021 | 10 | 16 |
| 2022 | 7 | 24 |
| 2023 | 13 | 4 |
| 2024 | 9 | 11 |
| 2025 | 6 | 5 |
| 2026 | 3 | 10 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- B41N 3/03Chemical or electrical pretreatment459
- B41N 3/08Damping289
- B41N 3/006Cleaning, washing, rinsing or reclaiming of printing formes other than intaglio formes108
- B41N 3/04Graining or abrasion by mechanical means48
- B41N 3/06Preparing for use and conserving printing surfaces: by use of detergents40
- B41N 3/003Preparing for use and conserving printing surfaces: of intaglio formes35
Recent patents
- Apparatus and method for treating and transporting a relief printing plate precursor11 Aug 2026US 12,704,786 B2Xeikon Prepress N.V.
- Thermal development apparatus of flexographic plates9 Jun 2026US 12,649,330 B2Vianord Engineering Sasu
- Punching station and method for a relief plate precursor24 Mar 2026US 12,583,142 B2Xsys Prepress NV
- Apparatus and methods for manipulating plates4 Nov 2025US 12,459,111 B2Xsys Prepress NV
- Apparatus and method for treating a relief plate precursor with improved liquid evacuation21 Oct 2025US 12,447,733 B2Xsys Prepress NV
- 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.
- On-press development type lithographic printing plate precursor and method of preparing printing plate9 Jul 2026US 2026/0194812 A1FUJIFILM Corporation
- System and method for tracking production workflow information of digital photopolymer printing plates9 Jul 2026US 2026/0194827 A1Esko-Graphics Imaging GmbH
- Method, control module and system for imaging a mask layer2 Jul 2026US 2026/0184096 A1Xsys Prepress NV
Most cited
By later US patents
- Method of forming uniform thin coatings on large substrates108US 5,853,815 ASulzer Metco AG · 1998
- Laser production of lithographic printing plates68US 4,054,094 AE. I. Du Pont de Nemours and Company · 1977
- Lithographic printing plates having a thin releasable interlayer overlying a rough substrate68US 6,014,929 A2000
- Lithographic printing plate having high chemical resistance68US 6,294,311 B1Kodak Polychrome Graphics LLC · 2001
- Clad metallurgical products and methods of manufacture61US 5,476,725 AAluminum Company of America · 1995