H04N 1/00538
Modular devices, i.e. allowing combinations of separate components, removal or replacement of
Official title: {Modular devices, i.e. allowing combinations of separate components, removal or replacement of components}
H04N1/00538 (Modular devices, i.e. allowing combinations of separate components, removal or replacement of) appears on 502 US grants and 438 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in H04N- Granted patents
- 502
- Published applications
- 438
- Assignees
- 130
- Inventors
- 797
- Latest grant
- 1 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1980 | 2 | 0 |
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| 1999 | 11 | 0 |
| 2000 | 13 | 0 |
| 2001 | 16 | 5 |
| 2002 | 13 | 15 |
| 2003 | 13 | 20 |
| 2004 | 18 | 41 |
| 2005 | 14 | 55 |
| 2006 | 50 | 20 |
| 2007 | 36 | 38 |
| 2008 | 22 | 16 |
| 2009 | 18 | 29 |
| 2010 | 28 | 20 |
| 2011 | 26 | 15 |
| 2012 | 11 | 9 |
| 2013 | 15 | 8 |
| 2014 | 16 | 6 |
| 2015 | 5 | 6 |
| 2016 | 6 | 13 |
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| 2018 | 16 | 23 |
| 2019 | 16 | 21 |
| 2020 | 18 | 9 |
| 2021 | 11 | 5 |
| 2022 | 4 | 10 |
| 2023 | 8 | 11 |
| 2024 | 9 | 10 |
| 2025 | 4 | 8 |
| 2026 | 3 | 5 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Sheet conveyance apparatus, image reading apparatus, and image forming apparatus1 Sep 2026US 12,726,576 B2Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Extended operation apparatus attachable to an image forming apparatus28 Apr 2026US 12,613,486 B2Ricoh Company, Ltd.
- Conveyance device that conveys sheets with different specifications21 Apr 2026US 12,606,403 B2KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
- Image forming apparatus14 Oct 2025US 12,443,121 B2Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
- Color map wrappers and packets7 Oct 2025US 12,437,173 B2Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L. P.
- Detachable scanning device27 Aug 2026US 2026/0254902 A1Kinpo Electronics, Inc.
- Expansion unit and image forming apparatus28 May 2026US 2026/0149778 A1Etria Co., Ltd.
- Apparatus including a plurality of housings and method for manufacturing the apparatus14 May 2026US 2026/0135957 A1Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Image forming apparatus and method for manufacturing image forming apparatus12 Mar 2026US 2026/0072393 A1Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Color map wrappers and packets8 Jan 2026US 2026/0010749 A1Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L. P.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Still video camera having a printer capable of printing a photographed image in a plurality of printing modes421US 5,493,409 AMinolta Camera Kabushiki Kaisha · 1996
- Digital assistant system including a host computer with a docking bay for the digital assistant wherein a heat sink is moved into contact with a docked digital assistant for cooling the digital assistant263US 5,689,654 AElonex F.P. Holdings, Ltd. · 1997
- Hand held mobile phone with integral internal printer with print media supply231US 6,405,055 B1Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd · 2002
- Manual copying apparatus218US 4,868,676 AShapr Kabushiki Kaisha · 1989
- Portable imaging device employing geographic information to facilitate image access and viewing217US 7,146,179 B22006