G06K 15/1856
Characterized by its workflow
Official title: {characterized by its workflow}
G06K15/1856 (Characterized by its workflow) appears on 910 US grants and 918 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G06K- Granted patents
- 910
- Published applications
- 918
- Assignees
- 157
- Inventors
- 1,353
- Latest grant
- 1 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1981 | 1 | 0 |
| 1982 | 0 | 0 |
| 1983 | 0 | 0 |
| 1984 | 0 | 0 |
| 1985 | 0 | 0 |
| 1986 | 1 | 0 |
| 1987 | 0 | 0 |
| 1988 | 2 | 0 |
| 1989 | 1 | 0 |
| 1990 | 1 | 0 |
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| 1992 | 3 | 0 |
| 1993 | 1 | 0 |
| 1994 | 3 | 0 |
| 1995 | 5 | 0 |
| 1996 | 7 | 0 |
| 1997 | 8 | 0 |
| 1998 | 7 | 0 |
| 1999 | 20 | 0 |
| 2000 | 11 | 0 |
| 2001 | 13 | 6 |
| 2002 | 22 | 25 |
| 2003 | 29 | 34 |
| 2004 | 18 | 70 |
| 2005 | 25 | 73 |
| 2006 | 49 | 38 |
| 2007 | 49 | 46 |
| 2008 | 36 | 52 |
| 2009 | 25 | 50 |
| 2010 | 41 | 44 |
| 2011 | 43 | 43 |
| 2012 | 43 | 64 |
| 2013 | 55 | 48 |
| 2014 | 71 | 28 |
| 2015 | 46 | 40 |
| 2016 | 36 | 39 |
| 2017 | 47 | 41 |
| 2018 | 27 | 40 |
| 2019 | 43 | 29 |
| 2020 | 44 | 25 |
| 2021 | 20 | 14 |
| 2022 | 17 | 16 |
| 2023 | 15 | 7 |
| 2024 | 11 | 14 |
| 2025 | 7 | 20 |
| 2026 | 7 | 12 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- G06K 15/1857Involving parallel processing in the same printing apparatus322
- G06K 15/1861Taking account of a limited available memory space or rasterization time228
- G06K 15/186Taking account of feedback from an output condition146
- G06K 15/1859Involving data processing distributed amongst different data processing apparatus111
Recent patents
- Printing apparatus and control method1 Sep 2026US 12,722,389 B2Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Printing apparatus, printing method, and non-transitory and computer-readable medium storing computer program25 Aug 2026US 12,718,042 B2Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
- Voice-controlled, AI-enabled device and system for personalized sticker creation and interactive sharing28 Jul 2026US 12,694,251 B1Hapiko Inc.
- Method for printing a test chart9 Jun 2026US 12,651,136 B2Canon Production Printing Holding B. V.
- Image processing device, printing system, and image processing program14 Apr 2026US 12,602,561 B2Seiko Epson Corporation
- Image processing mechanism17 Sep 2026US 2026/0278324 A1Ricoh Company, Ltd.
- Methods and printing system using sub-page parallel rendering25 Jun 2026US 2026/0178861 A1KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
- Printing apparatus, printing method, and non-transitory computer-readable recording medium storing printing program for printing apparatus18 Jun 2026US 2026/0170285 A1Konica Minolta, Inc.
- Printing system, print control device, and printing method11 Jun 2026US 2026/0161913 A1Seiko Epson Corporation
- Image forming system, and method and program for executing alternative processing21 May 2026US 2026/0141202 A1Konica Minolta, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Cost metrics348US 5,337,258 AMicrosoft Corporation · 1994
- Method and apparatus for reducing storage requirements for display data260US 5,638,498 AAdobe Systems Incorporated · 1997
- Method and apparatus for compressing and decompressing data prior to display204US 5,991,515 AAdobe Systems Incorporated · 1999
- Multiple print engine with virtual job routing160US 5,859,711 AT/R Systems · 1999
- Halftone computer imager131US 5,542,031 A1996