G03G 15/168
With means for conditioning the transfer element
Official title: {with means for conditioning the transfer element, e.g. cleaning}
G03G15/168 (With means for conditioning the transfer element) appears on 421 US grants and 366 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G03G- Granted patents
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- 8 Sep 2026
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| 2025 | 8 | 7 |
| 2026 | 2 | 3 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
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- Method for cooling down a printer, printer and software product30 Sep 2025US 12,429,815 B2Canon Production Printing Holding B. V.
- Lubricant composition, transfer device, and image forming apparatus23 Sep 2025US 12,421,470 B2FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
- Cleaning device and image forming apparatus5 Mar 2026US 2026/0064045 A1Ricoh Company, Ltd.
- Image forming apparatus5 Mar 2026US 2026/0064062 A1Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Image forming apparatus15 Jan 2026US 2026/0016778 A1Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Image forming apparatus6 Nov 2025US 2025/0341797 A1
- Image forming apparatus4 Sep 2025US 2025/0278040 A1Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
Most cited
By later US patents
- Transfer system for electrophotographic print engine59US 4,931,839 AColorocs Corporation · 1990
- Image transferring device for an image forming apparatus57US 5,812,919 ARicoh Company, Ltd. · 1998
- Image forming apparatus having control structure for cleaning the transfer device45US 5,729,788 AFuji Xerox Co., Ltd. · 1998
- Image forming apparatus having a device to apply a release agent to a surface of a transfer roller41US 5,870,650 ARicoh Company, Ltd. · 1999
- Cleaning device for use in electrophotographic copying apparatus39US 4,026,648 ACanon Kabushiki Kaisha · 1977