G06K 15/1809
Relating to the printing process
Official title: {relating to the printing process}
G06K15/1809 (Relating to the printing process) appears on 319 US grants and 379 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G06K- Granted patents
- 319
- Published applications
- 379
- Assignees
- 70
- Inventors
- 613
- Latest grant
- 18 Aug 2026
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| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1993 | 1 | 0 |
| 1994 | 0 | 0 |
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| 1996 | 2 | 0 |
| 1997 | 1 | 0 |
| 1998 | 2 | 0 |
| 1999 | 1 | 0 |
| 2000 | 0 | 0 |
| 2001 | 4 | 2 |
| 2002 | 3 | 8 |
| 2003 | 6 | 12 |
| 2004 | 5 | 10 |
| 2005 | 2 | 10 |
| 2006 | 4 | 13 |
| 2007 | 13 | 11 |
| 2008 | 8 | 5 |
| 2009 | 10 | 14 |
| 2010 | 4 | 7 |
| 2011 | 8 | 8 |
| 2012 | 10 | 21 |
| 2013 | 13 | 16 |
| 2014 | 16 | 17 |
| 2015 | 24 | 33 |
| 2016 | 20 | 28 |
| 2017 | 37 | 40 |
| 2018 | 25 | 17 |
| 2019 | 17 | 12 |
| 2020 | 11 | 11 |
| 2021 | 13 | 18 |
| 2022 | 11 | 25 |
| 2023 | 26 | 13 |
| 2024 | 9 | 9 |
| 2025 | 10 | 9 |
| 2026 | 2 | 10 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
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- Image forming apparatus1 Oct 2026US 2026/0299476 A1Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Droplet placement device, droplet placement method, and display device manufacturing method30 Jul 2026US 2026/0217038 A1Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing computer-readable instructions for terminal device, printer, and communication system30 Jul 2026US 2026/0220409 A1Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
- Image forming apparatus30 Jul 2026US 2026/0220410 A1Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
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Most cited
By later US patents
- Printing system for updating printing characteristics with a printing consumable68US 7,221,473 B2Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L. P. · 2007
- Image forming system, image forming apparatus and method of controlling the same56US 6,313,921 B1Canon Kabushiki Kaisha · 2001
- Printing control apparatus and method for changing a setting based on a change in another setting55US 7,408,674 B2Canon Kabushiki Kaisha · 2008
- System for identifying a substitute paper stock for unavailable paper stock when printing a job49US 5,229,814 AXerox Corporation · 1993
- Image processing system and image forming apparatus42US 6,614,546 B1Minolta Co., Ltd. · 2003