H04N 1/00551
Top covers or the like
Official title: {Top covers or the like}
H04N1/00551 (Top covers or the like) appears on 633 US grants and 653 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in H04N- Granted patents
- 633
- Published applications
- 653
- Assignees
- 114
- Inventors
- 1,078
- Latest grant
- 18 Aug 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1978 | 1 | 0 |
| 1979 | 0 | 0 |
| 1980 | 0 | 0 |
| 1981 | 0 | 0 |
| 1982 | 0 | 0 |
| 1983 | 0 | 0 |
| 1984 | 0 | 0 |
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| 1998 | 5 | 0 |
| 1999 | 10 | 0 |
| 2000 | 6 | 0 |
| 2001 | 3 | 3 |
| 2002 | 8 | 15 |
| 2003 | 15 | 13 |
| 2004 | 9 | 9 |
| 2005 | 6 | 20 |
| 2006 | 12 | 27 |
| 2007 | 8 | 29 |
| 2008 | 10 | 19 |
| 2009 | 12 | 16 |
| 2010 | 18 | 21 |
| 2011 | 23 | 32 |
| 2012 | 23 | 15 |
| 2013 | 36 | 20 |
| 2014 | 30 | 44 |
| 2015 | 46 | 38 |
| 2016 | 52 | 61 |
| 2017 | 49 | 53 |
| 2018 | 39 | 41 |
| 2019 | 46 | 26 |
| 2020 | 29 | 18 |
| 2021 | 20 | 23 |
| 2022 | 12 | 28 |
| 2023 | 33 | 28 |
| 2024 | 24 | 18 |
| 2025 | 8 | 18 |
| 2026 | 4 | 18 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Image forming apparatus including sheet discharge unit18 Aug 2026US 12,710,718 B2Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Image reading apparatus16 Jun 2026US 12,654,973 B2Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Apparatus provided with reading unit to read manuscript on reading surface and to change settings based on reading9 Jun 2026US 12,652,360 B2Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
- Document reading apparatus and image forming apparatus including hinge mechanism that supports a document conveyance unit3 Mar 2026US 12,568,177 B2Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Printing apparatus having sheet position control, control method, and computer-readable storage medium23 Dec 2025US 12,504,935 B2Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Electronic device1 Oct 2026US 2026/0303734 A1Seiko Epson Corporation
- Image forming apparatus, method, and recording medium20 Aug 2026US 2026/0244147 A1
- Image reading apparatus30 Jul 2026US 2026/0222504 A1Seiko Epson Corporation
- Printing apparatus and control method23 Jul 2026US 2026/0214179 A1Seiko Epson Corporation
- Image reading apparatus16 Jul 2026US 2026/0205549 A1Seiko Epson Corporation
Most cited
By later US patents
- Single automatic document feeder sensor for media leading edge and top cover being opened detection129US 7,139,108 B2Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L. P. · 2006
- Recording apparatus and ink cartridge72US 4,893,137 ACanon Kabushiki Kaisha · 1990
- Tilt hinge71US 5,894,633 AKatoh Electrical Machinery Co., Ltd. · 1999
- Portable image scanner having manual or automatic feed53US 5,644,663 ANisca Corporation · 1997
- Recording apparatus having an ink mist evacuation system49US 5,552,812 ACanon Kabushiki Kaisha · 1996