B41N 3/03
Chemical or electrical pretreatment
B41N3/03 (Chemical or electrical pretreatment) appears on 459 US grants and 301 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B41N- Granted patents
- 459
- Published applications
- 301
- Assignees
- 110
- Inventors
- 670
- Latest grant
- 7 Oct 2025
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 6 | 0 |
| 1977 | 11 | 0 |
| 1978 | 7 | 0 |
| 1979 | 8 | 0 |
| 1980 | 7 | 0 |
| 1981 | 9 | 0 |
| 1982 | 3 | 0 |
| 1983 | 14 | 0 |
| 1984 | 16 | 0 |
| 1985 | 15 | 0 |
| 1986 | 22 | 0 |
| 1987 | 11 | 0 |
| 1988 | 5 | 0 |
| 1989 | 9 | 0 |
| 1990 | 12 | 0 |
| 1991 | 9 | 0 |
| 1992 | 10 | 0 |
| 1993 | 15 | 0 |
| 1994 | 13 | 0 |
| 1995 | 14 | 0 |
| 1996 | 6 | 0 |
| 1997 | 9 | 0 |
| 1998 | 13 | 0 |
| 1999 | 7 | 0 |
| 2000 | 11 | 0 |
| 2001 | 15 | 9 |
| 2002 | 18 | 33 |
| 2003 | 16 | 29 |
| 2004 | 19 | 30 |
| 2005 | 14 | 25 |
| 2006 | 23 | 31 |
| 2007 | 18 | 8 |
| 2008 | 8 | 17 |
| 2009 | 4 | 18 |
| 2010 | 3 | 11 |
| 2011 | 4 | 5 |
| 2012 | 3 | 13 |
| 2013 | 5 | 11 |
| 2014 | 9 | 8 |
| 2015 | 9 | 4 |
| 2016 | 4 | 3 |
| 2017 | 1 | 2 |
| 2018 | 1 | 7 |
| 2019 | 2 | 6 |
| 2020 | 6 | 4 |
| 2021 | 1 | 6 |
| 2022 | 1 | 14 |
| 2023 | 9 | 2 |
| 2024 | 2 | 2 |
| 2025 | 2 | 1 |
| 2026 | 0 | 2 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- B41N 3/034Characterised by the electrochemical treatment of the aluminum support226
- B41N 3/036Characterised by the presence of a polymeric hydrophilic coating90
- B41N 3/038Treatment with a chromium compound, a silicon compound, a phophorus compound or83
- B41N 3/032Graining by laser, arc or plasma means18
Recent patents
- Lithographic printing plate precursor and method of use7 Oct 2025US 12,436,459 B2Eastman Kodak Company
- Lithographic printing plate precursors, methods of using and manufacture30 Sep 2025US 12,429,774 B2Eastman Kodak Company
- Printing plate precursor, printing plate precursor laminate, method for making printing plate, and printing method13 Aug 2024US 12,059,886 B2FUJIFILM Corporation
- Lithographic printing plate precursors and method of use23 Apr 2024US 11,964,466 B2Eastman Kodak Company
- Heat image forming device and method21 Nov 2023US 11,820,121 B2Xerox Corporation
- On-press development type planographic printing plate precursor, method of manufacturing planographic printing plate, and printing method30 Jul 2026US 2026/0217015 A1FUJIFILM Corporation
- Method, control module and system for imaging a mask layer2 Jul 2026US 2026/0184096 A1Xsys Prepress NV
- Planographic printing plate precursor, manufacturing method of planographic printing plate, and printing method12 Jun 2025US 2025/0187324 A1FUJIFILM Corporation
- Support for lithographic printing plate, lithographic printing plate precursor, and method of producing lithographic printing plate4 Jul 2024US 2024/0217253 A1FUJIFILM Corporation
- Lithographic printing plate precursors, methods of using and manufacture22 Feb 2024US 2024/0061337 A1Eastman Kodak Company
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
- Clad metallurgical products and methods of manufacture61US 5,476,725 AAluminum Company of America · 1995
- Layer support for light-sensitive material adapted to be converted into a planographic printing plate55US 4,153,461 AHoechst Aktiengesellschaft · 1979