G03G 2215/00367
The feeding path segment where particular handling of the copy medium occurs
Official title: The feeding path segment where particular handling of the copy medium occurs, segments being adjacent and non-overlapping. Each segment is identified by the most downstream point in the segment, so that for instance the segment labelled "Fixing device" is referring to the path between the "Transfer device" and the "Fixing device"
G03G2215/00367 (The feeding path segment where particular handling of the copy medium occurs) appears on 1,929 US grants and 1,405 published applications in this corpus.
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- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
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| 1976 | 6 | 0 |
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| 2005 | 11 | 69 |
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| 2021 | 28 | 35 |
| 2022 | 26 | 35 |
| 2023 | 39 | 36 |
| 2024 | 35 | 39 |
| 2025 | 31 | 46 |
| 2026 | 24 | 61 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- G03G 2215/00417Post-fixing deviceIndexing code812
- G03G 2215/00379Copy medium holderIndexing code422
- G03G 2215/00409Transfer deviceIndexing code240
- G03G 2215/00405Registration deviceIndexing code213
- G03G 2215/00413Fixing deviceIndexing code185
- G03G 2215/00371General use over the entire feeding pathIndexing code182
- G03G 2215/00396Pick-up deviceIndexing code168
- G03G 2215/004Separation deviceIndexing code98
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Recent patents
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- Image forming apparatus including sheet bending amount detection unit and sheet speed control25 Aug 2026US 12,717,263 B2Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Fixing device and image forming apparatus1 Oct 2026US 2026/0299471 A1FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
- Fixing device and image forming system1 Oct 2026US 2026/0299473 A1FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
- Sheet feeding apparatus and image forming system1 Oct 2026US 2026/0299488 A1Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Recording medium accommodating device and image forming apparatus1 Oct 2026US 2026/0299491 A1FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
- Transportation device and image forming apparatus24 Sep 2026US 2026/0288045 A1FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Method of scheduling copy sheets in a dual mode duplex printing system166US 5,159,395 AXerox Corporation · 1992
- Image forming apparatus having a duplex path and/or an inverter134US 5,629,762 AEastman Kodak Company · 1997
- Electronic alignment for a paper processing machine80US 4,511,242 AInternational Business Machines Corporation · 1985
- Differential drive for sheet registration drive rolls with skew detection73US 5,278,624 AXerox Corporation · 1994
- Electronically gated paper aligner system68US 4,519,700 AInternational Business Machines Corporation · 1985