G06K 15/028
By thermal printers
Official title: {by thermal printers}
G06K15/028 (By thermal printers) appears on 254 US grants and 150 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G06K- Granted patents
- 254
- Published applications
- 150
- Assignees
- 113
- Inventors
- 438
- Latest grant
- 18 Aug 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1977 | 2 | 0 |
| 1978 | 0 | 0 |
| 1979 | 1 | 0 |
| 1980 | 1 | 0 |
| 1981 | 1 | 0 |
| 1982 | 2 | 0 |
| 1983 | 3 | 0 |
| 1984 | 1 | 0 |
| 1985 | 5 | 0 |
| 1986 | 4 | 0 |
| 1987 | 3 | 0 |
| 1988 | 5 | 0 |
| 1989 | 8 | 0 |
| 1990 | 4 | 0 |
| 1991 | 6 | 0 |
| 1992 | 6 | 0 |
| 1993 | 10 | 0 |
| 1994 | 9 | 0 |
| 1995 | 5 | 0 |
| 1996 | 6 | 0 |
| 1997 | 8 | 0 |
| 1998 | 11 | 0 |
| 1999 | 4 | 0 |
| 2000 | 10 | 0 |
| 2001 | 3 | 5 |
| 2002 | 2 | 4 |
| 2003 | 10 | 6 |
| 2004 | 7 | 2 |
| 2005 | 8 | 5 |
| 2006 | 2 | 1 |
| 2007 | 2 | 0 |
| 2008 | 0 | 2 |
| 2009 | 1 | 2 |
| 2010 | 0 | 2 |
| 2011 | 1 | 2 |
| 2012 | 3 | 7 |
| 2013 | 3 | 5 |
| 2014 | 6 | 9 |
| 2015 | 11 | 13 |
| 2016 | 12 | 10 |
| 2017 | 10 | 13 |
| 2018 | 12 | 8 |
| 2019 | 8 | 6 |
| 2020 | 6 | 6 |
| 2021 | 6 | 7 |
| 2022 | 4 | 7 |
| 2023 | 7 | 8 |
| 2024 | 5 | 5 |
| 2025 | 6 | 9 |
| 2026 | 4 | 6 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Media processing device with multi-format support18 Aug 2026US 12,711,342 B2Zebra Technologies Corporation
- Voice-controlled, AI-enabled device and system for personalized sticker creation and interactive sharing28 Jul 2026US 12,694,251 B1Hapiko Inc.
- Package sortation system28 Jul 2026US 12,694,369 B2
- Control device, printer apparatus, and control method14 Apr 2026US 12,600,146 B2Seiko Instruments Inc.
- Printer, printing control method, and storage medium9 Dec 2025US 12,491,721 B2Kabushiki Kaisha Sato
- Information processing system and non-transitory computer readable medium1 Oct 2026US 2026/0303754 A1FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
- Image formation apparatus and control method10 Sep 2026US 2026/0264415 A1Etria Co., Ltd.
- Printer, storage medium, and printer control method3 Sep 2026US 2026/0257498 A1Etria Co., Ltd.
- Method and apparatus for implementing thermal printing25 Jun 2026US 2026/0175591 A1Feitian Technologies Co., Ltd.
- Methods, systems, apparatuses, and devices for facilitating creating labels for labeling intravenous infusion lines30 Apr 2026US 2026/0116112 A1Vigilant Software
Most cited
By later US patents
- Thermal printer supply having non-volatile memory94US 5,455,617 AEastman Kodak Company · 1995
- Non-volatile memory thermal printer cartridge75US 5,266,968 AEastman Kodak Company · 1993
- Method and system for controlling an electronic utility device using an electronic reading device68US 6,832,116 B1Telefonaktiebolaget'l M Ericsson (Publ) · 2004
- Laser-excited marking system65US 4,024,545 AMB Associates · 1977
- Thermal printer65US 5,164,742 AEastman Kodak Company · 1992