B65H 43/00
Use of control, checking, or safety devices
Official title: Use of control, checking, or safety devices, e.g. automatic devices comprising an element for sensing a variable
B65H43/00 (Use of control, checking, or safety devices) appears on 1,566 US grants and 1,444 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B65H- Granted patents
- 1,566
- Published applications
- 1,444
- Assignees
- 384
- Inventors
- 2,764
- Latest grant
- 15 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 8 | 0 |
| 1977 | 4 | 0 |
| 1978 | 3 | 0 |
| 1979 | 8 | 0 |
| 1980 | 9 | 0 |
| 1981 | 9 | 0 |
| 1982 | 18 | 0 |
| 1983 | 2 | 0 |
| 1984 | 10 | 0 |
| 1985 | 10 | 0 |
| 1986 | 14 | 0 |
| 1987 | 11 | 0 |
| 1988 | 14 | 0 |
| 1989 | 17 | 0 |
| 1990 | 16 | 0 |
| 1991 | 14 | 0 |
| 1992 | 17 | 0 |
| 1993 | 16 | 0 |
| 1994 | 15 | 0 |
| 1995 | 13 | 0 |
| 1996 | 9 | 0 |
| 1997 | 14 | 0 |
| 1998 | 14 | 0 |
| 1999 | 17 | 0 |
| 2000 | 12 | 0 |
| 2001 | 17 | 3 |
| 2002 | 19 | 13 |
| 2003 | 18 | 27 |
| 2004 | 24 | 16 |
| 2005 | 11 | 21 |
| 2006 | 16 | 15 |
| 2007 | 10 | 24 |
| 2008 | 9 | 23 |
| 2009 | 9 | 20 |
| 2010 | 21 | 30 |
| 2011 | 29 | 56 |
| 2012 | 27 | 21 |
| 2013 | 28 | 29 |
| 2014 | 36 | 72 |
| 2015 | 67 | 129 |
| 2016 | 89 | 102 |
| 2017 | 95 | 103 |
| 2018 | 130 | 148 |
| 2019 | 118 | 99 |
| 2020 | 76 | 96 |
| 2021 | 84 | 90 |
| 2022 | 90 | 77 |
| 2023 | 75 | 83 |
| 2024 | 63 | 60 |
| 2025 | 66 | 56 |
| 2026 | 45 | 31 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Recording device15 Sep 2026US 12,734,833 B2Seiko Epson Corporation
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- Plant and method for manufacturing corrugated board with an order change detector8 Sep 2026US 12,728,615 B2Fosber S.p.A.
- Image forming system for controlling discharge of sheet on which image has been inspected8 Sep 2026US 12,729,088 B2Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Sheet stacking apparatus and image forming apparatus18 Aug 2026US 12,709,509 B2Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Collecting device for laser printer17 Sep 2026US 2026/0273972 A1Leica Biosystems Nussloch GmbH
- Dual Compartment Recycler Cassette with Multi Note Transport Path27 Aug 2026US 2026/0250094 A1Diebold Nixdorf, Incorporated
- Food grade sheet stacker20 Aug 2026US 2026/0242172 A1Provisur Technologies, Inc.
- Food grade sheet stacker20 Aug 2026US 2026/0242173 A1Provisur Technologies, Inc.
- Apparatus and method for inspecting stacking equipment6 Aug 2026US 2026/0228878 A1Samsung SDI.Co., Ltd.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Apparatus and method of distributed object handling142US 6,577,925 B1Xerox Corporation · 2003
- Height sensing device133US 3,968,364 AXerox Corporation · 1976
- Paper currency receiving control assembly for currency-coin exchange machine115US 6,375,185 B1Gamemax Corporation · 2002
- Method and apparatus for facsimile sheet handling109US 4,317,138 AExxon Research & Engineering Co. · 1982
- Method and apparatus for controlling a multiple delivery collator in response to a downstream fault condition107US 4,932,645 AAM International, Inc. · 1990