G06K 15/102
Using ink jet print heads
Official title: {using ink jet print heads}
G06K15/102 (Using ink jet print heads) appears on 1,742 US grants and 1,503 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G06K- Granted patents
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- Published applications
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- 203
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- Latest grant
- 15 Sep 2026
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| 2026 | 8 | 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
- 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.
- Printing apparatus, printing method, and computer-readable storage medium5 May 2026US 12,617,200 B2Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
- 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
- Method of extending the life of a printbar of a color ink jet printer170US 5,581,284 AXerox Corporation · 1996
- Method and system for detecting nonfunctional elements in an ink jet printer162US 6,199,969 B1Encad, Inc. · 2001
- Spot deposition for liquid ink printing161US 4,748,453 AXerox Corporation · 1988
- Interlace printing process160US 4,967,203 AHewlett-Packard Company · 1990
- Microelectronic programmable device and methods of forming and programming the same137US 6,635,914 B2Axon Technologies Corporation · 2003