H04N 1/00557
Connection or assembly of components or elements
Official title: {Connection or assembly of components or elements (H04N1/00538 takes precedence)}
H04N1/00557 (Connection or assembly of components or elements) appears on 402 US grants and 440 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in H04N- Granted patents
- 402
- Published applications
- 440
- Assignees
- 72
- Inventors
- 553
- Latest grant
- 1 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 2 | 0 |
| 2001 | 3 | 1 |
| 2002 | 2 | 1 |
| 2003 | 3 | 1 |
| 2004 | 5 | 26 |
| 2005 | 8 | 22 |
| 2006 | 21 | 14 |
| 2007 | 14 | 15 |
| 2008 | 14 | 11 |
| 2009 | 12 | 16 |
| 2010 | 14 | 18 |
| 2011 | 24 | 16 |
| 2012 | 9 | 9 |
| 2013 | 15 | 12 |
| 2014 | 23 | 17 |
| 2015 | 20 | 30 |
| 2016 | 33 | 30 |
| 2017 | 26 | 26 |
| 2018 | 21 | 18 |
| 2019 | 19 | 14 |
| 2020 | 16 | 20 |
| 2021 | 18 | 23 |
| 2022 | 15 | 23 |
| 2023 | 25 | 25 |
| 2024 | 26 | 23 |
| 2025 | 10 | 16 |
| 2026 | 4 | 13 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Sheet conveyance apparatus, image reading apparatus, and image forming apparatus1 Sep 2026US 12,726,576 B2Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Image forming apparatus including sheet discharge unit18 Aug 2026US 12,710,718 B2Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Image forming apparatus, non-transitory computer readable medium storing image forming program, and information processing system24 Mar 2026US 12,587,602 B2FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
- Electronic device10 Mar 2026US 12,574,465 B2Seiko Epson Corporation
- Image forming apparatus14 Oct 2025US 12,443,121 B2Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
- Electronic device1 Oct 2026US 2026/0303734 A1Seiko Epson Corporation
- Medium conveying apparatus3 Sep 2026US 2026/0261620 A1Pfu Limited
- Detachable scanning device27 Aug 2026US 2026/0254902 A1Kinpo Electronics, Inc.
- Image forming apparatus20 Aug 2026US 2026/0241720 A1Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Image reading apparatus and image forming apparatus16 Jul 2026US 2026/0205548 A1Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
Most cited
By later US patents
- Communication device211US 7,127,271 B12006
- Ink cartridge for compact printer system119US 6,238,043 B1Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd · 2001
- Memory module for compact printer system109US 6,553,459 B1Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd · 2003
- Timer module for compact printer system103US 6,903,766 B1Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd · 2005
- Cylindrical camera module with pivot assembly102US 7,612,825 B2Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd · 2009