B42C 1/125
Sheet sorters combined with binding devices
Official title: {Sheet sorters combined with binding devices}
B42C1/125 (Sheet sorters combined with binding devices) appears on 224 US grants and 112 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B42C- Granted patents
- 224
- Published applications
- 112
- Assignees
- 43
- Inventors
- 447
- Latest grant
- 8 Sep 2026
Filings by year
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| 1977 | 2 | 0 |
| 1978 | 3 | 0 |
| 1979 | 1 | 0 |
| 1980 | 1 | 0 |
| 1981 | 0 | 0 |
| 1982 | 1 | 0 |
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| 2001 | 5 | 0 |
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| 2003 | 3 | 4 |
| 2004 | 2 | 4 |
| 2005 | 0 | 1 |
| 2006 | 3 | 0 |
| 2007 | 0 | 4 |
| 2008 | 3 | 14 |
| 2009 | 2 | 10 |
| 2010 | 11 | 8 |
| 2011 | 12 | 13 |
| 2012 | 12 | 9 |
| 2013 | 10 | 9 |
| 2014 | 10 | 3 |
| 2015 | 7 | 5 |
| 2016 | 0 | 5 |
| 2017 | 3 | 0 |
| 2018 | 5 | 8 |
| 2019 | 5 | 0 |
| 2020 | 2 | 3 |
| 2021 | 3 | 4 |
| 2022 | 3 | 2 |
| 2023 | 3 | 2 |
| 2024 | 0 | 1 |
| 2025 | 1 | 3 |
| 2026 | 1 | 0 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Book binding mismatch detection system and method8 Sep 2026US 12,728,660 B2Lightning Source LLC
- Post process device and recording system21 Jan 2025US 12,202,695 B2Seiko Epson Corporation
- Post-processing device31 Oct 2023US 11,802,019 B2Seiko Epson Corporation
- Paper separation mechanism of stapleless binder4 Jul 2023US 11,691,450 B2Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L. P.
- Sheet binding apparatus, sheet post processing apparatus having the sheet binding apparatus and image forming system having the sheet binding apparatus23 May 2023US 11,655,119 B2Canon Finetech Nisca Inc.
- Sheet processing apparatus26 Jun 2025US 2025/0206057 A1Hunkeler AG
- Book binding mismatch detection system and method20 Feb 2025US 2025/0058577 A1Lightning Source LLC
- Image forming system and post-processing apparatus for producing booklet by bonding plurality of sheets30 Jan 2025US 2025/0033399 A1Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Medium processing apparatus, image forming apparatus, and image forming system19 Dec 2024US 2024/0417205 A1Ricoh Company, Ltd.
- Post process device and recording system12 Oct 2023US 2023/0322518 A1Seiko Epson Corporation
Most cited
By later US patents
- High speed duplicator with finishing function197US 4,385,827 AXerox Corporation · 1983
- Stapler having selectable staple size128US 6,550,757 B2Hewlett-Packard Company · 2003
- Image forming apparatus having an image orientation identifying device and a binding device110US 5,383,754 ARicoh Company, Ltd. · 1995
- Stapler having selectable staple size65US 6,595,509 B2Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L. P. · 2003
- Mailbox/compiler architecture64US 5,342,034 AXerox Corporation · 1994