B65H 2553/00
Sensing or detecting means
B65H2553/00 (Sensing or detecting means) appears on 2,895 US grants and 2,842 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B65H- Granted patents
- 2,895
- Published applications
- 2,842
- Assignees
- 876
- Inventors
- 5,802
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 9 | 0 |
| 1977 | 5 | 0 |
| 1978 | 4 | 0 |
| 1979 | 6 | 0 |
| 1980 | 7 | 0 |
| 1981 | 3 | 0 |
| 1982 | 4 | 0 |
| 1983 | 7 | 0 |
| 1984 | 3 | 0 |
| 1985 | 8 | 0 |
| 1986 | 6 | 0 |
| 1987 | 10 | 0 |
| 1988 | 7 | 0 |
| 1989 | 10 | 0 |
| 1990 | 13 | 0 |
| 1991 | 28 | 0 |
| 1992 | 30 | 0 |
| 1993 | 32 | 0 |
| 1994 | 33 | 0 |
| 1995 | 40 | 0 |
| 1996 | 47 | 0 |
| 1997 | 39 | 0 |
| 1998 | 53 | 0 |
| 1999 | 43 | 0 |
| 2000 | 65 | 0 |
| 2001 | 54 | 17 |
| 2002 | 59 | 57 |
| 2003 | 74 | 77 |
| 2004 | 61 | 105 |
| 2005 | 49 | 82 |
| 2006 | 65 | 63 |
| 2007 | 49 | 77 |
| 2008 | 54 | 91 |
| 2009 | 58 | 105 |
| 2010 | 69 | 107 |
| 2011 | 83 | 134 |
| 2012 | 94 | 106 |
| 2013 | 142 | 118 |
| 2014 | 132 | 126 |
| 2015 | 111 | 141 |
| 2016 | 127 | 142 |
| 2017 | 115 | 125 |
| 2018 | 102 | 157 |
| 2019 | 143 | 144 |
| 2020 | 92 | 121 |
| 2021 | 109 | 124 |
| 2022 | 109 | 143 |
| 2023 | 97 | 137 |
| 2024 | 120 | 150 |
| 2025 | 126 | 114 |
| 2026 | 89 | 79 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- B65H 2553/40Sensing or detecting means: using opticalIndexing code1,471
- B65H 2553/60Details of intermediate means between the sensing means and the element toIndexing code538
- B65H 2553/80Arangement of the sensing meansIndexing code376
- B65H 2553/51EncodersIndexing code357
- B65H 2553/20Sensing or detecting means: using electric elementsIndexing code353
- B65H 2553/30Sensing or detecting means: using acoustic or ultrasonic elementsIndexing code291
- B65H 2553/52Rfid sensorIndexing code58
- B65H 2553/10Sensing or detecting means: using fluidsIndexing code30
Recent patents
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- Information processing system, non-transitory computer readable medium storing program, and information processing method1 Oct 2026US 2026/0296819 A1FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
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- Conveying device for a web of packaging material and packaging machine for producing sealed packages provided with said conveying device1 Oct 2026US 2026/0296825 A1Tetra Laval Holdings & Finance S. A.
- Recording medium accommodating device and image forming apparatus1 Oct 2026US 2026/0299491 A1FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
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Most cited
By later US patents
- Method and apparatus for discriminating and counting documents253US 5,790,697 ACummins-Allion Corp. · 1998
- Method and apparatus for discriminating and counting documents222US 5,815,592 ACummins-Allison Corp. · 1998
- Method and apparatus for discriminating and counting documents207US 5,687,963 ACummison-Allison Corp. · 1997
- Method and apparatus for discriminating and counting documents206US 5,875,259 ACummins-Allison Corp. · 1999
- Method and apparatus for discriminting and counting documents198US 5,870,487 ACummins-Allison Corp. · 1999