B41P 2217/10
Printing machines of special types or for particular purposes: characterised by their
Official title: characterised by their constructional features
B41P2217/10 (Printing machines of special types or for particular purposes: characterised by their) appears on 185 US grants and 130 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B41P- Granted patents
- 185
- Published applications
- 130
- Assignees
- 91
- Inventors
- 312
- Latest grant
- 19 May 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1976 | 1 | 0 |
| 1977 | 0 | 0 |
| 1978 | 1 | 0 |
| 1979 | 0 | 0 |
| 1980 | 1 | 0 |
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| 1997 | 8 | 0 |
| 1998 | 10 | 0 |
| 1999 | 8 | 0 |
| 2000 | 8 | 0 |
| 2001 | 4 | 1 |
| 2002 | 11 | 8 |
| 2003 | 8 | 4 |
| 2004 | 10 | 11 |
| 2005 | 4 | 8 |
| 2006 | 3 | 6 |
| 2007 | 2 | 16 |
| 2008 | 5 | 9 |
| 2009 | 3 | 3 |
| 2010 | 6 | 7 |
| 2011 | 4 | 3 |
| 2012 | 5 | 1 |
| 2013 | 3 | 3 |
| 2014 | 3 | 3 |
| 2015 | 2 | 1 |
| 2016 | 3 | 8 |
| 2017 | 4 | 3 |
| 2018 | 3 | 8 |
| 2019 | 3 | 5 |
| 2020 | 7 | 5 |
| 2021 | 7 | 4 |
| 2022 | 4 | 2 |
| 2023 | 1 | 1 |
| 2024 | 3 | 1 |
| 2025 | 4 | 8 |
| 2026 | 1 | 1 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- B41P 2217/11Machines with modular units, i.e. with units exchangeable as a wholeIndexing code89
- B41P 2217/13Machines with double or multiple printing units for "flying" printing plates exchangeIndexing code47
- B41P 2217/15Machines with cylinders only supported on one sideIndexing code46
- B41P 2217/14Machines with constructions allowing refurbishing, converting or updating existing pressesIndexing code16
- B41P 2217/12Machines with reversible printing unitsIndexing code2
Recent patents
- Printing unit comprising an alignment device, non-impact printing position, and curing device19 May 2026US 12,629,933 B2Koenig & Bauer Aktiengesellschaft
- Cylinder for aligning magnetic or magnetizable particles contained in coating agent on a substrate and machine for generating optically variable image elements15 Jul 2025US 12,358,276 B2Koenig & Bauer Aktiengesellschaft
- Cylinder for aligning magnetic or magnetizable particles, system for mounting and/or positioning magnetic elements at the cylinder, and machine for generating optically variable image elements10 Jun 2025US 12,325,225 B2Koenig & Bauer Aktiengesellschaft
- Cylinder for aligning magnetic or magnetizable particles contained in coating agent on a substrate and machine for generating optically variable image elements6 May 2025US 12,291,017 B2Koenig & Bauer Aktiengesellschaft
- Printing unit comprising an alignment device, non-impact printing position, and curing device1 Apr 2025US 12,263,670 B1Koenig & Bauer Aktiengesellschaft
- Printing unit and method to change printing rollers in a printing unit13 Aug 2026US 2026/0233510 A1Bobst Firenze S.R.L.
- Method for operating a printing machine for flexographic printing27 Nov 2025US 2025/0360705 A1Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG
- Cylinder for aligning magnetic or magnetizable particles, system for mounting and/or positioning magnetic elements at the cylinder, and machine for generating optically variable image elements3 Apr 2025US 2025/0108595 A1Koenig & Bauer Aktiengesellschaft
- Cylinder for aligning magnetic or magnetizable particles contained in coating agent on a substrate and machine for generating optically variable image elements3 Apr 2025US 2025/0108596 A1Koenig & Bauer Aktiengesellschaft
- Printing unit having two base modules and non-impact printing position3 Apr 2025US 2025/0108600 A1Koenig & Bauer Aktiengesellschaft
Most cited
By later US patents
- Method and apparatus for printing with a lithographic sleeve81US 4,913,048 ATittgemeyer Engineering · 1990
- Printing press with removable printing roll sleeve61US 4,119,032 AStrachan & Henshaw Limited · 1978
- Modular digital printing press with linking perfecting assembly53US 5,660,108 APresstek, Inc. · 1997
- Printing unit with axially removable printing sleeves46US 5,813,336 AHeidelberg Harris, Inc. · 1998
- Printing group for a color-printing web-fed rotary press39US 5,782,182 AKoenig & Bauer-Albert Aktiengesellschaft · 1998