B41P 2227/00
Mounting or handling printing plates
Official title: Mounting or handling printing plates; Forming printing surfaces in situ
B41P2227/00 (Mounting or handling printing plates) appears on 572 US grants and 477 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B41P- Granted patents
- 572
- Published applications
- 477
- Assignees
- 167
- Inventors
- 847
- Latest grant
- 18 Aug 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1980 | 1 | 0 |
| 1981 | 0 | 0 |
| 1982 | 1 | 0 |
| 1983 | 1 | 0 |
| 1984 | 1 | 0 |
| 1985 | 0 | 0 |
| 1986 | 1 | 0 |
| 1987 | 1 | 0 |
| 1988 | 1 | 0 |
| 1989 | 4 | 0 |
| 1990 | 7 | 0 |
| 1991 | 4 | 0 |
| 1992 | 13 | 0 |
| 1993 | 9 | 0 |
| 1994 | 14 | 0 |
| 1995 | 6 | 0 |
| 1996 | 11 | 0 |
| 1997 | 18 | 0 |
| 1998 | 23 | 0 |
| 1999 | 17 | 0 |
| 2000 | 21 | 0 |
| 2001 | 13 | 23 |
| 2002 | 39 | 41 |
| 2003 | 34 | 25 |
| 2004 | 35 | 31 |
| 2005 | 23 | 33 |
| 2006 | 21 | 30 |
| 2007 | 23 | 25 |
| 2008 | 17 | 26 |
| 2009 | 11 | 25 |
| 2010 | 11 | 19 |
| 2011 | 15 | 20 |
| 2012 | 17 | 17 |
| 2013 | 19 | 23 |
| 2014 | 9 | 12 |
| 2015 | 18 | 9 |
| 2016 | 12 | 14 |
| 2017 | 12 | 9 |
| 2018 | 8 | 11 |
| 2019 | 5 | 9 |
| 2020 | 8 | 10 |
| 2021 | 8 | 10 |
| 2022 | 14 | 26 |
| 2023 | 19 | 9 |
| 2024 | 15 | 10 |
| 2025 | 6 | 6 |
| 2026 | 6 | 4 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- B41P 2227/70Forming the printing surface directly on the form cylinderIndexing code199
- B41P 2227/20Means enabling or facilitating exchange of tubular printing or impression membersIndexing code141
- B41P 2227/60Devices for transferring printing platesIndexing code114
- B41P 2227/10Attaching several printing plates on one cylinderIndexing code69
- B41P 2227/30Detecting the correct position of printing plates on the cylinderIndexing code51
- B41P 2227/40Adjusting means for printing plates on the cylinderIndexing code36
- B41P 2227/50Devices for storing printing platesIndexing code27
Recent patents
- Conveyance device and conveyance method18 Aug 2026US 12,709,092 B2Fuji Corporation
- Method of operating a flexographic printing press, flexographic printing press, system, and sleeve for a flexographic printing forme16 Jun 2026US 12,654,434 B2Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG
- Can decorator having plate cylinder locking mechanism16 Jun 2026US 12,654,436 B2Stolle Machinery Company, LLC
- Substrate and system for printing security symbols on substrate using microprinting techniques19 May 2026US 12,629,955 B2The Government of the United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of Homeland Security
- Apparatus for automatically replacing printing sleeves10 Feb 2026US 12,544,916 B2Uteco Converting S.P.A.
- Substrate with Varying Saturations of Offset Printing Utilizing Image Movement8 Oct 2026US 2026/0307420 A1The Government of the United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of Homeland Security
- Can decorator and plate cylinder locking mechanism, replacement system, and timing adjustment system and method therefor17 Sep 2026US 2026/0273920 A1Stolle Machinery Company, LLC
- Printing unit and method to change printing rollers in a printing unit13 Aug 2026US 2026/0233510 A1Bobst Firenze S.R.L.
- Process and apparatus for feeding a flexographic printing plate processor29 Jan 2026US 2026/0029722 A1Esko-Graphics Imaging GmbH
- Printing system11 Sep 2025US 2025/0282136 A1Fuji Corporation
Most cited
By later US patents
- Lithographic printing plates for use with laser-discharge imaging apparatus175US 5,339,737 APresstek, Inc. · 1994
- Method for laser-discharge imaging a printing plate135US 5,351,617 APresstek, Inc. · 1994
- Method and apparatus for printing with a lithographic sleeve81US 4,913,048 ATittgemeyer Engineering · 1990
- Laser-driven method and apparatus for lithographic imaging79US 5,385,092 APresstek, Inc. · 1995
- Direct-to-Press imaging method using surface modification of a single layer coating73US 5,713,287 ACreo Products Inc. · 1998