B65H 3/56
Elements
Official title: Elements, e.g. scrapers, fingers, needles, brushes, acting on separated article or on edge of the pile {(B65H3/52 takes precedence)}
B65H3/56 (Elements) appears on 524 US grants and 460 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B65H- Granted patents
- 524
- Published applications
- 460
- Assignees
- 161
- Inventors
- 919
- Latest grant
- 18 Aug 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 2 | 0 |
| 1977 | 1 | 0 |
| 1978 | 2 | 0 |
| 1979 | 1 | 0 |
| 1980 | 0 | 0 |
| 1981 | 1 | 0 |
| 1982 | 4 | 0 |
| 1983 | 2 | 0 |
| 1984 | 2 | 0 |
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| 1989 | 4 | 0 |
| 1990 | 1 | 0 |
| 1991 | 4 | 0 |
| 1992 | 5 | 0 |
| 1993 | 2 | 0 |
| 1994 | 3 | 0 |
| 1995 | 5 | 0 |
| 1996 | 9 | 0 |
| 1997 | 8 | 0 |
| 1998 | 3 | 0 |
| 1999 | 20 | 0 |
| 2000 | 17 | 0 |
| 2001 | 11 | 3 |
| 2002 | 9 | 17 |
| 2003 | 16 | 16 |
| 2004 | 8 | 18 |
| 2005 | 10 | 22 |
| 2006 | 14 | 17 |
| 2007 | 4 | 20 |
| 2008 | 16 | 27 |
| 2009 | 23 | 13 |
| 2010 | 28 | 18 |
| 2011 | 20 | 25 |
| 2012 | 19 | 16 |
| 2013 | 17 | 24 |
| 2014 | 31 | 30 |
| 2015 | 26 | 27 |
| 2016 | 19 | 27 |
| 2017 | 25 | 19 |
| 2018 | 23 | 26 |
| 2019 | 25 | 20 |
| 2020 | 15 | 13 |
| 2021 | 8 | 14 |
| 2022 | 11 | 11 |
| 2023 | 12 | 13 |
| 2024 | 7 | 6 |
| 2025 | 11 | 6 |
| 2026 | 6 | 12 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Medium conveyance device18 Aug 2026US 12,709,503 B2Pfu Limited
- Medium feeding apparatus and image reading apparatus11 Aug 2026US 12,703,593 B2Seiko Epson Corporation
- Assembly for restraining media in an automatic document feeder28 Jul 2026US 12,692,108 B2Lexmark International, Inc.
- Tray to hold sheet media for printing30 Jun 2026US 12,668,443 B2Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L. P.
- Image reading apparatus9 Jun 2026US 12,649,635 B2Seiko Epson Corporation
- A system and method for separating a stack of carton papers1 Oct 2026US 2026/0296817 A1Mpac Langen B.V.
- Image reading apparatus27 Aug 2026US 2026/0250090 A1Seiko Epson Corporation
- System for Successively Delivering Products from a Magazine6 Aug 2026US 2026/0225836 A1General Mills, Inc.
- Image recording apparatus16 Jul 2026US 2026/0200248 A1Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
- Auxiliary device for conveying device, and method for manufacturing planographic printing plate16 Jul 2026US 2026/0200688 A1FUJIFILM Corporation
Most cited
By later US patents
- Sheet feeder for copiers and printers122US 5,026,042 AXerox Corporation · 1991
- Paper-feeding apparatus and method of feeding paper47US 6,217,017 B1Oki Data Corporation · 2001
- Automatic sheet feeding apparatus44US 5,485,991 ACanon Kabushiki Kaisha · 1996
- Method and apparatus for feeding sheets43US 6,076,821 ALexmark International, Inc. · 2000
- Sheet separator42US 5,895,040 ALexmark International, Inc. · 1999