B65H 7/14
By photoelectric feelers or detectors
Official title: by photoelectric feelers or detectors
B65H7/14 (By photoelectric feelers or detectors) appears on 639 US grants and 636 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B65H- Granted patents
- 639
- Published applications
- 636
- Assignees
- 181
- Inventors
- 1,398
- Latest grant
- 22 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 3 | 0 |
| 1977 | 3 | 0 |
| 1978 | 2 | 0 |
| 1979 | 3 | 0 |
| 1980 | 1 | 0 |
| 1981 | 4 | 0 |
| 1982 | 3 | 0 |
| 1983 | 4 | 0 |
| 1984 | 4 | 0 |
| 1985 | 4 | 0 |
| 1986 | 8 | 0 |
| 1987 | 5 | 0 |
| 1988 | 8 | 0 |
| 1989 | 9 | 0 |
| 1990 | 5 | 0 |
| 1991 | 1 | 0 |
| 1992 | 4 | 0 |
| 1993 | 8 | 0 |
| 1994 | 4 | 0 |
| 1995 | 3 | 0 |
| 1996 | 4 | 0 |
| 1997 | 1 | 0 |
| 1998 | 5 | 0 |
| 1999 | 3 | 0 |
| 2000 | 7 | 0 |
| 2001 | 5 | 2 |
| 2002 | 7 | 2 |
| 2003 | 7 | 15 |
| 2004 | 9 | 7 |
| 2005 | 5 | 14 |
| 2006 | 14 | 11 |
| 2007 | 5 | 11 |
| 2008 | 5 | 13 |
| 2009 | 9 | 10 |
| 2010 | 11 | 21 |
| 2011 | 15 | 14 |
| 2012 | 15 | 14 |
| 2013 | 16 | 15 |
| 2014 | 14 | 22 |
| 2015 | 22 | 36 |
| 2016 | 24 | 29 |
| 2017 | 32 | 41 |
| 2018 | 38 | 53 |
| 2019 | 48 | 46 |
| 2020 | 36 | 43 |
| 2021 | 32 | 51 |
| 2022 | 37 | 45 |
| 2023 | 44 | 32 |
| 2024 | 30 | 34 |
| 2025 | 30 | 38 |
| 2026 | 23 | 17 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Sheet conveyance apparatus, sheet processing apparatus, and image forming apparatus22 Sep 2026US 12,741,838 B2Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Sheet storage apparatus and image forming system including the same8 Sep 2026US 12,729,082 B2KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
- Sheet conveyance apparatus, image reading apparatus, and image forming apparatus18 Aug 2026US 12,709,507 B2Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Medium supply device and image forming apparatus11 Aug 2026US 12,703,592 B2FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
- Medium conveying apparatus, medium conveying method, and computer-readable non-transitory medium4 Aug 2026US 12,698,172 B2Pfu Limited
- Automatic document feeder and automatic document feeding method24 Sep 2026US 2026/0285630 A1Etria Co., Ltd.
- Product handling device, and method for handling stacks of packaging blanks for a loading of a cardboard magazine23 Jul 2026US 2026/0208461 A1Syntegon Packaging Systems AG
- Sheet conveyance apparatus, image forming apparatus and image forming system23 Jul 2026US 2026/0208988 A1Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Recording apparatus23 Jul 2026US 2026/0211589 A1Canon Finetech Nisca Inc.
- Recording apparatus23 Jul 2026US 2026/0211590 A1Canon Finetech Nisca Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Computer controlled inspector/printer document inspection177US 4,250,806 AThe Perkin-Elmer Corporation · 1981
- Document processing, jam detecting apparatus and process111US 4,151,410 ABurroughs Corporation · 1979
- Method of and device for detecting displacement of paper sheets62US 4,630,813 AKabushiki Kaisha Toshiba · 1986
- Paper feeder61US 4,763,889 ACanon Kabushiki Kaisha · 1988
- Method and an apparatus for illuminating points on a medium51US 5,579,240 ADicon A/S · 1996