G06F 3/1296
Printer job scheduling or printer resource handling
Official title: {Printer job scheduling or printer resource handling}
G06F3/1296 (Printer job scheduling or printer resource handling) appears on 599 US grants and 589 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G06F- Granted patents
- 599
- Published applications
- 589
- Assignees
- 128
- Inventors
- 1,061
- Latest grant
- 30 Jun 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1986 | 1 | 0 |
| 1987 | 0 | 0 |
| 1988 | 0 | 0 |
| 1989 | 0 | 0 |
| 1990 | 1 | 0 |
| 1991 | 1 | 0 |
| 1992 | 2 | 0 |
| 1993 | 4 | 0 |
| 1994 | 9 | 0 |
| 1995 | 7 | 0 |
| 1996 | 14 | 0 |
| 1997 | 12 | 0 |
| 1998 | 25 | 0 |
| 1999 | 24 | 0 |
| 2000 | 7 | 0 |
| 2001 | 6 | 0 |
| 2002 | 7 | 8 |
| 2003 | 7 | 3 |
| 2004 | 4 | 5 |
| 2005 | 4 | 10 |
| 2006 | 4 | 14 |
| 2007 | 5 | 35 |
| 2008 | 1 | 25 |
| 2009 | 9 | 44 |
| 2010 | 10 | 21 |
| 2011 | 18 | 13 |
| 2012 | 30 | 15 |
| 2013 | 37 | 85 |
| 2014 | 43 | 56 |
| 2015 | 72 | 32 |
| 2016 | 40 | 33 |
| 2017 | 32 | 34 |
| 2018 | 26 | 23 |
| 2019 | 39 | 24 |
| 2020 | 17 | 24 |
| 2021 | 21 | 42 |
| 2022 | 28 | 12 |
| 2023 | 19 | 12 |
| 2024 | 9 | 5 |
| 2025 | 3 | 6 |
| 2026 | 1 | 8 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
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- Printer, method, and storage medium6 Aug 2026US 2026/0225384 A1Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha
- Industrial printing system, management server, and management method for performing a simulation to improve utilization rate, productivity, and reliability23 Jul 2026US 2026/0211587 A1KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
- Printing system capable of setting up schedule for print jobs19 Mar 2026US 2026/0079658 A1KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
- Information processing device5 Mar 2026US 2026/0064340 A1Seiko Epson Corporation
- Image forming apparatus, control method of image forming apparatus, and storage medium29 Jan 2026US 2026/0029970 A1Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
Most cited
By later US patents
- Distributed printing448US 5,287,194 AXerox Corporation · 1994
- Cost metrics348US 5,337,258 AMicrosoft Corporation · 1994
- Method and system for interfacing with a computer output device288US 5,604,843 AMicrosoft Corporation · 1997
- Printing system wherein one of printer drivers through which print data is sent from a data processor to a printer is selected based on interpreters available on the printer191US 5,228,118 ABrother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha · 1993
- Network printing system for programming a print job by selecting a job ticket identifier associated with remotely stored predefined document processing control instructions180US 5,619,649 AXerox Corporation · 1997