G03C 11/00
Auxiliary processes in photography
Official title: Auxiliary processes in photography (characterised by the apparatus used G03D15/00)
G03C11/00 (Auxiliary processes in photography) appears on 638 US grants and 132 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G03C- Granted patents
- 638
- Published applications
- 132
- Assignees
- 166
- Inventors
- 932
- Latest grant
- 25 Aug 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 14 | 0 |
| 1977 | 11 | 0 |
| 1978 | 12 | 0 |
| 1979 | 9 | 0 |
| 1980 | 12 | 0 |
| 1981 | 17 | 0 |
| 1982 | 16 | 0 |
| 1983 | 13 | 0 |
| 1984 | 11 | 0 |
| 1985 | 15 | 0 |
| 1986 | 19 | 0 |
| 1987 | 11 | 0 |
| 1988 | 15 | 0 |
| 1989 | 13 | 0 |
| 1990 | 21 | 0 |
| 1991 | 21 | 0 |
| 1992 | 15 | 0 |
| 1993 | 36 | 0 |
| 1994 | 21 | 0 |
| 1995 | 22 | 0 |
| 1996 | 24 | 0 |
| 1997 | 28 | 0 |
| 1998 | 38 | 0 |
| 1999 | 30 | 0 |
| 2000 | 23 | 0 |
| 2001 | 38 | 8 |
| 2002 | 28 | 20 |
| 2003 | 26 | 15 |
| 2004 | 19 | 17 |
| 2005 | 9 | 13 |
| 2006 | 8 | 5 |
| 2007 | 5 | 7 |
| 2008 | 2 | 4 |
| 2009 | 2 | 6 |
| 2010 | 4 | 4 |
| 2011 | 6 | 3 |
| 2012 | 3 | 6 |
| 2013 | 2 | 3 |
| 2014 | 1 | 7 |
| 2015 | 5 | 1 |
| 2016 | 4 | 4 |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 |
| 2018 | 1 | 3 |
| 2019 | 1 | 2 |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 |
| 2021 | 1 | 1 |
| 2022 | 1 | 1 |
| 2023 | 0 | 2 |
| 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 2 | 0 |
| 2026 | 1 | 0 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- G03C 11/02Marking or applying text181
- G03C 11/08Varnishing150
- G03C 11/14Pasting70
- G03C 11/12Stripping or transferring intact photographic layers64
- G03C 11/06Smoothing58
- G03C 11/24Removing emulsion from waste photographic material42
- G03C 11/04Retouching15
- G03C 11/005Cleaning photographic processing and manufacturing apparatus11
Recent patents
- Transparent plate and fabricating method therefor, housing, and mobile terminal25 Aug 2026US 12,717,072 B2BYD Company Limited
- Method for diagnosing film degradation25 Nov 2025US 12,480,851 B2Ashigara Manufacturing Inc.
- Method for removing silver mirroring from surface of black-and-white negative film19 Aug 2025US 12,391,900 B2Shaanxi Normal University
- Media recovery technology22 Mar 2022US 11,278,939 B2
- Deacidifying and reinforcing agent for cellulose acetate film2 Feb 2021US 10,907,067 B2Shaanxi Normal University
- Transparent plate and fabricating method therefor, housing, and mobile terminal27 Jul 2023US 2023/0236346 A1BYD Company Limited
- Method for removing silver mirroring from surface of black-and-white negative film27 Apr 2023US 2023/0130852 A1Shaanxi Normal University
- Method for diagnosing film degradation17 Nov 2022US 2022/0364966 A1Ashigara Manufacturing Inc.
- A laser markable rfid tag21 Jan 2021US 2021/0019584 A1Agfa-Gevaert
- Deacidifying and reinforcing agent for cellulose acetate film31 Oct 2019US 2019/0330488 A1Shaanxi Normal University
Most cited
By later US patents
- Method of forming a personal information card167US 4,692,394 ADrexler Technology Corporation · 1987
- Quality control method and apparatus for photographic pictures108US 4,344,683 AAgfa-Gevaert · 1982
- Reader to decode sound and play sound encoded in infra-red ink on photographs95US 6,647,369 B1Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd · 2003
- Audio playback device that reads data encoded as dots of infra-red ink86US 7,155,394 B2Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd · 2006
- Photographic-film product85US 5,382,508 AFuji Photo Film Co., Ltd. · 1995