G06F 3/128
Direct printing
Official title: {Direct printing, e.g. sending document file, using memory stick, printing from a camera}
G06F3/128 (Direct printing) appears on 278 US grants and 394 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G06F- Granted patents
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Image forming apparatus having a plurality of ports to which USB device is attachable15 Jul 2025US 12,360,711 B2Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
- Image forming apparatus, image forming system, and non-transitory computer-readable storage medium3 Jun 2025US 12,321,124 B2Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
- Printing apparatus25 Mar 2025US 12,260,139 B2Seiko Epson Corporation
- Document processing system with one-key printing and control method thereof18 Mar 2025US 12,254,224 B2Avision Inc.
- Image forming apparatus, information processing apparatus, method of controlling image forming apparatus, and method of controlling information processing apparatus for processing a PDF portfolio11 Feb 2025US 12,223,215 B2Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Printing systems, print processing apparatuses, and control methods therefor24 Sep 2026US 2026/0288383 A1Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Service providing device, service providing method, and service providing program6 Aug 2026US 2026/0230565 A1FUJIFILM Corporation
- Image forming apparatus, non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing control program thereof, and control method implemented by image forming apparatus4 Jun 2026US 2026/0154021 A1Etria Co., Ltd.
- Image forming apparatus having two usb ports to which usb memory is attachable9 Apr 2026US 2026/0099280 A1Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
- Image forming apparatus transmitting status information to usb-connected terminal device via control endpoint of usb interface29 Jan 2026US 2026/0029974 A1Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
Most cited
By later US patents
- Management system for devices connecting with network277US 7,047,088 B2Seiko Epson Corporation · 2006
- Method and system for controlling and communicating with machines using multiple communication formats228US 5,818,603 ARicoh Company, Ltd. · 1998
- Methods for universal data output80US 7,609,402 B2Flexiworld, Inc. · 2009
- Mobile information apparatus for wireless search and data transfer76US 8,184,324 B2Flexiworld Technologies, Inc. · 2012
- Mobile device methods for enabling pervasive wireless digital media75US 8,169,649 B2Flexiworld Technologies, Inc. · 2012