G06K 15/10
By matrix printers
Official title: by matrix printers {(G06K15/028 takes precedence)}
G06K15/10 (By matrix printers) appears on 2,092 US grants and 1,579 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G06K- Granted patents
- 2,092
- Published applications
- 1,579
- Assignees
- 285
- Inventors
- 2,534
- Latest grant
- 15 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 4 | 0 |
| 1977 | 6 | 0 |
| 1978 | 7 | 0 |
| 1979 | 15 | 0 |
| 1980 | 9 | 0 |
| 1981 | 16 | 0 |
| 1982 | 7 | 0 |
| 1983 | 12 | 0 |
| 1984 | 13 | 0 |
| 1985 | 16 | 0 |
| 1986 | 16 | 0 |
| 1987 | 20 | 0 |
| 1988 | 17 | 0 |
| 1989 | 15 | 0 |
| 1990 | 12 | 0 |
| 1991 | 11 | 0 |
| 1992 | 13 | 0 |
| 1993 | 7 | 0 |
| 1994 | 14 | 0 |
| 1995 | 16 | 0 |
| 1996 | 33 | 0 |
| 1997 | 39 | 0 |
| 1998 | 55 | 0 |
| 1999 | 72 | 0 |
| 2000 | 78 | 0 |
| 2001 | 85 | 12 |
| 2002 | 67 | 79 |
| 2003 | 68 | 56 |
| 2004 | 56 | 74 |
| 2005 | 49 | 93 |
| 2006 | 55 | 72 |
| 2007 | 75 | 61 |
| 2008 | 57 | 85 |
| 2009 | 52 | 75 |
| 2010 | 61 | 66 |
| 2011 | 75 | 67 |
| 2012 | 52 | 53 |
| 2013 | 71 | 35 |
| 2014 | 55 | 38 |
| 2015 | 67 | 61 |
| 2016 | 59 | 56 |
| 2017 | 56 | 72 |
| 2018 | 59 | 58 |
| 2019 | 66 | 51 |
| 2020 | 63 | 73 |
| 2021 | 51 | 85 |
| 2022 | 88 | 85 |
| 2023 | 94 | 57 |
| 2024 | 46 | 45 |
| 2025 | 33 | 39 |
| 2026 | 9 | 31 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Color management apparatus, color management method, and program15 Sep 2026US 12,737,579 B2FUJIFILM Corporation
- Adaptive ribbon speed control systems and methods8 Sep 2026US 12,728,657 B2Printronix, Inc.
- Image processing apparatus and control method thereof8 Sep 2026US 12,732,587 B2Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Printer, control method, and non-transitory computer-readable medium storing computer-readable instructions1 Sep 2026US 12,722,407 B2Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
- Liquid discharge apparatus and liquid discharge method7 Jul 2026US 12,673,505 B2Ricoh Company, Ltd.
- Image forming method, image forming system, and recording medium17 Sep 2026US 2026/0275629 A1Ricoh Company, Ltd.
- Print correction method and droplet ejection head therefor10 Sep 2026US 2026/0264416 A1Axalta Coating Systems IP Co., LLC
- System, usage assistance method, and server10 Sep 2026US 2026/0264434 A1Seiko Epson Corporation
- Information processing apparatus, control method therefor, and storage medium10 Sep 2026US 2026/0268108 A1Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Printer calibration mechanism27 Aug 2026US 2026/0249631 A1Ricoh Company, Ltd.
Most cited
By later US patents
- System for printing encrypted messages with bar-code representation223US 4,660,221 APitney Bowes Inc. · 1987
- System having a character generator for printing encrypted messages207US 4,637,051 APitney Bowes Inc. · 1987
- Method of extending the life of a printbar of a color ink jet printer170US 5,581,284 AXerox Corporation · 1996
- PWA inkjet printer element with resident memory164US 5,742,305 AHewlett-Packard Company · 1998
- Method and system for detecting nonfunctional elements in an ink jet printer162US 6,199,969 B1Encad, Inc. · 2001