B65H 2701/1311
Leading edge
Official title: leading edge
B65H2701/1311 (Leading edge) appears on 718 US grants and 700 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B65H- Granted patents
- 718
- Published applications
- 700
- Assignees
- 172
- Inventors
- 1,455
- Latest grant
- 22 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 1 | 0 |
| 1977 | 2 | 0 |
| 1978 | 0 | 0 |
| 1979 | 0 | 0 |
| 1980 | 0 | 0 |
| 1981 | 0 | 0 |
| 1982 | 0 | 0 |
| 1983 | 1 | 0 |
| 1984 | 1 | 0 |
| 1985 | 1 | 0 |
| 1986 | 1 | 0 |
| 1987 | 1 | 0 |
| 1988 | 3 | 0 |
| 1989 | 3 | 0 |
| 1990 | 2 | 0 |
| 1991 | 6 | 0 |
| 1992 | 12 | 0 |
| 1993 | 5 | 0 |
| 1994 | 8 | 0 |
| 1995 | 8 | 0 |
| 1996 | 5 | 0 |
| 1997 | 8 | 0 |
| 1998 | 2 | 0 |
| 1999 | 13 | 0 |
| 2000 | 11 | 0 |
| 2001 | 4 | 2 |
| 2002 | 8 | 5 |
| 2003 | 15 | 10 |
| 2004 | 15 | 15 |
| 2005 | 3 | 27 |
| 2006 | 10 | 17 |
| 2007 | 11 | 14 |
| 2008 | 11 | 27 |
| 2009 | 14 | 36 |
| 2010 | 29 | 38 |
| 2011 | 38 | 46 |
| 2012 | 34 | 68 |
| 2013 | 71 | 55 |
| 2014 | 58 | 48 |
| 2015 | 48 | 35 |
| 2016 | 30 | 36 |
| 2017 | 26 | 22 |
| 2018 | 29 | 38 |
| 2019 | 37 | 27 |
| 2020 | 22 | 25 |
| 2021 | 17 | 17 |
| 2022 | 19 | 14 |
| 2023 | 14 | 26 |
| 2024 | 20 | 23 |
| 2025 | 25 | 23 |
| 2026 | 16 | 6 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Medium transport device, recording device, recording system, and medium transport method22 Sep 2026US 12,741,473 B2Seiko Epson Corporation
- Sheet conveying device, automatic document feeder, and image forming apparatus1 Sep 2026US 12,722,926 B2Ricoh Company, Ltd.
- Sheet processing apparatus, image forming system, and storage medium18 Aug 2026US 12,709,510 B2Konica Minolta, Inc.
- Medium conveying apparatus, medium conveying method, and computer-readable non-transitory medium4 Aug 2026US 12,698,172 B2Pfu Limited
- Assembly for restraining media in an automatic document feeder28 Jul 2026US 12,692,108 B2Lexmark International, Inc.
- Sheet conveyance apparatus and image forming apparatus24 Sep 2026US 2026/0288046 A1Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Printing apparatus20 Aug 2026US 2026/0241722 A1
- Medium feed apparatus to advance succeeding sheet of medium when preceding sheet of medium passes pick roller2 Jul 2026US 2026/0184524 A1Pfu Limited
- Partial folding and folding apparatus for paper documents such as card carriers30 Apr 2026US 2026/0116696 A1Bowe Systec AG
- Paper feeding device and image forming apparatus26 Mar 2026US 2026/0086486 A1FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Sheet conveying device having multiple outputs119US 6,612,571 B2Xerox Corporation · 2003
- Flexible object handling system using feedback controlled air jets88US 5,634,636 AXerox Corporation · 1997
- Method and apparatus for deskewing and side registering a sheet85US 5,169,140 AXerox Corporation · 1992
- Self-calibrating system for detecting media movement by using capacitors as sensors81US 5,076,566 AEastman Kodak Company · 1991
- Combined differential deskewing and non-differential registration of sheet material using plural motors79US 5,078,384 AXerox Corporation · 1992