G03G 2215/00987
Remanufacturing, i.e. reusing or recycling parts of the image forming apparatus
G03G2215/00987 (Remanufacturing, i.e. reusing or recycling parts of the image forming apparatus) appears on 361 US grants and 231 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G03G- Granted patents
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- Published applications
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- 25 Aug 2026
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Method of assembling developing cartridge25 Aug 2026US 12,717,270 B2Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
- Developer accommodating container and image forming apparatus7 Jul 2026US 12,675,062 B2Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Method and apparatus for cleaning toner cartridge21 Apr 2026US 12,607,953 B1General Plastic Industrial Co., Ltd.
- Image forming device to notify of guiding message showing guidance on recycling cartridge10 Feb 2026US 12,547,101 B2Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
- Developing device having a resin replacement area, image forming apparatus, and method for manufacturing developing device30 Dec 2025US 12,510,848 B2KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
- Developer accommodating container and image forming apparatus1 Oct 2026US 2026/0299464 A1Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Image forming apparatus26 Feb 2026US 2026/0056488 A1Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Device attachable to and detachable from image-forming apparatus, and method and apparatus for remanufacturing the device12 Feb 2026US 2026/0044096 A1Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Method for writing information to consumable, image forming apparatus, consumable, management system, and server25 Dec 2025US 2025/0390061 A1Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Method for removing and attaching first holder member relative to second holder member supported by housing in cartridge11 Dec 2025US 2025/0377625 A1Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
Most cited
By later US patents
- Password protected memory on replaceable components for printing devices182US 6,738,903 B1Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L. P. · 2004
- Process cartridge, method for assembling process cartridge and image forming appararatus167US 5,500,714 ACanon Kabushiki Kaisha · 1996
- Process cartridge and remanufacturing method160US 6,029,031 ACanon Kabushiki Kaisha · 2000
- Developing cartridge157US 6,072,969 ACanon Kabushiki Kaisha · 2000
- Remanufacturing method for process cartridge152US 6,795,666 B2Canon Kabushiki Kaisha · 2004