G03G 21/1609
For space saving
Official title: {for space saving, e.g. structural arrangements}
G03G21/1609 (For space saving) appears on 196 US grants and 208 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G03G- Granted patents
- 196
- Published applications
- 208
- Assignees
- 35
- Inventors
- 360
- Latest grant
- 29 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1993 | 1 | 0 |
| 1994 | 0 | 0 |
| 1995 | 0 | 0 |
| 1996 | 0 | 0 |
| 1997 | 1 | 0 |
| 1998 | 2 | 0 |
| 1999 | 2 | 0 |
| 2000 | 1 | 0 |
| 2001 | 0 | 3 |
| 2002 | 4 | 2 |
| 2003 | 4 | 4 |
| 2004 | 4 | 7 |
| 2005 | 4 | 16 |
| 2006 | 7 | 13 |
| 2007 | 6 | 6 |
| 2008 | 13 | 14 |
| 2009 | 9 | 5 |
| 2010 | 6 | 3 |
| 2011 | 4 | 3 |
| 2012 | 5 | 15 |
| 2013 | 12 | 1 |
| 2014 | 7 | 10 |
| 2015 | 6 | 11 |
| 2016 | 15 | 12 |
| 2017 | 17 | 13 |
| 2018 | 11 | 10 |
| 2019 | 10 | 14 |
| 2020 | 11 | 5 |
| 2021 | 6 | 7 |
| 2022 | 1 | 3 |
| 2023 | 7 | 8 |
| 2024 | 8 | 5 |
| 2025 | 3 | 14 |
| 2026 | 9 | 4 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Image forming apparatus29 Sep 2026US 12,748,361 B2Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Image forming apparatus11 Aug 2026US 12,704,801 B2Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Image forming apparatus including cover having opening that allows toner cartridge to pass therethrough but does not allow drum cartridge to pass therethrough11 Aug 2026US 12,704,808 B2Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
- Image forming apparatus with sliding keyboard23 Jun 2026US 12,665,973 B2Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L. P.
- Image forming apparatus16 Jun 2026US 12,656,723 B2KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
- Image forming apparatus25 Jun 2026US 2026/0177971 A1Etria Co., Ltd.
- Image forming apparatus25 Jun 2026US 2026/0177973 A1Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Image forming apparatus25 Jun 2026US 2026/0181084 A1Etria Co., Ltd.
- Image forming apparatus12 Feb 2026US 2026/0044106 A1Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Post-processing apparatus and image forming system incorporating the post-processing apparatus4 Dec 2025US 2025/0370392 A1
Most cited
By later US patents
- Process cartridge having couplers transmitting driving forces from an image forming apparatus to electrophotographic photosensitive drum and developing roller and such an apparatus129US 7,899,364 B2Canon Kabushiki Kaisha · 2011
- Image forming unit with high positioning and rotating accuracy and image forming apparatus using the same77US 6,366,748 B1Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. · 2002
- Image-forming device with holding unit having multiple positions53US 7,447,467 B2Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha · 2008
- Color electro-photographic printing apparatus51US 5,666,599 AHitachi, Ltd. · 1997
- Image forming apparatus40US 6,612,763 B1Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha · 2003