G03G 15/0136
Transfer member separable from recording member or vice versa, mode switching
Official title: {transfer member separable from recording member or vice versa, mode switching}
G03G15/0136 (Transfer member separable from recording member or vice versa, mode switching) appears on 245 US grants and 261 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G03G- Granted patents
- 245
- Published applications
- 261
- Assignees
- 34
- Inventors
- 422
- Latest grant
- 14 Jul 2026
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| 2015 | 26 | 18 |
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| 2019 | 22 | 14 |
| 2020 | 10 | 11 |
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| 2023 | 9 | 18 |
| 2024 | 11 | 9 |
| 2025 | 11 | 10 |
| 2026 | 7 | 5 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Image forming apparatus, control method for the same, and storage medium14 Jul 2026US 12,681,421 B2Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Image forming device19 May 2026US 12,631,984 B2Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
- Image forming apparatus including a contact and separation mechanism5 May 2026US 12,619,191 B2Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
- Image forming apparatus10 Mar 2026US 12,572,089 B2Ricoh Company, Ltd.
- Transfer unit and image forming apparatus therewith3 Mar 2026US 12,566,393 B2KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
- Image forming apparatus, control method for the same, and storage medium8 Oct 2026US 2026/0310127 A1Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Image forming apparatus18 Jun 2026US 2026/0169400 A1Etria Co., Ltd.
- Belt device and image forming apparatus11 Jun 2026US 2026/0161118 A1
- Image forming apparatus21 May 2026US 2026/0140458 A1Ricoh Company, Ltd.
- Transfer unit and image forming apparatus including the same16 Apr 2026US 2026/0104654 A1KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Electrophotographic image forming apparatus with image bearing member contacting and being spaced from transfer member transferring a toner image from the member thereonto47US 7,715,752 B2Canon Kabushiki Kaisha · 2010
- Method and apparatus for image forming apparatus capable of accurately detecting toner image patterns32US 6,334,039 B1Ricoh Company, Ltd. · 2001
- Color image forming method31US 4,984,026 AMinolta Camera Kabushiki Kaisha · 1991
- Color image forming apparatus and method having toner images transferred to a paper sheet28US 5,565,975 AMatsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. · 1996
- Electrophotographic image forming apparatus27US 7,937,020 B2Canon Kabushiki Kaisha · 2011