B65H 2551/00
Means for control to be used by operator
Official title: Means for control to be used by operator; User interfaces
B65H2551/00 (Means for control to be used by operator) appears on 572 US grants and 517 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B65H- Granted patents
- 572
- Published applications
- 517
- Assignees
- 209
- Inventors
- 1,224
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
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| 2024 | 20 | 37 |
| 2025 | 20 | 17 |
| 2026 | 24 | 14 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Paper feeding device including multi-tray and paper feeding cassette and image forming apparatus having the same6 Oct 2026US 12,753,032 B2KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
- Image recording device29 Sep 2026US 12,747,120 B2Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
- Image forming system for controlling discharge of sheet on which image has been inspected8 Sep 2026US 12,729,088 B2Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Sheet conveying device, automatic document feeder, and image forming apparatus1 Sep 2026US 12,722,926 B2Ricoh Company, Ltd.
- System and methods for automated tape dispensing1 Sep 2026US 12,722,929 B1Ascension Automation Solutions Ltd.
- Apparatus and method for making thermoplastic film rolls8 Oct 2026US 2026/0307926 A1
- Winding machine for printed substrates and related control method8 Oct 2026US 2026/0307928 A1Fotoba International S.R.L.
- Information processing system, non-transitory computer readable medium storing program, and information processing method1 Oct 2026US 2026/0296819 A1FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
- Automatic document feeder and automatic document feeding method24 Sep 2026US 2026/0285630 A1Etria Co., Ltd.
- Image forming apparatus, display control method, and computer readable storage medium17 Sep 2026US 2026/0273968 A1Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
Most cited
By later US patents
- Automated print jobs distribution system for shared user centralized printer140US 5,525,031 AXerox Corporation · 1996
- Intelligent electronic paper dispenser110US 7,370,824 B12008
- Universal media size dial101US 5,572,310 AHewlett-Packard Company · 1996
- Setting an apparatus for assembling mail items93US 6,481,704 B1Neopost Limited · 2002
- Autosetpoint registration control system and method associated with a web converting manufacturing process86US 7,123,981 B2Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc. · 2006