H04N 1/00567
Handling of original or reproduction media
Official title: {Handling of original or reproduction media, e.g. cutting, separating, stacking}
H04N1/00567 (Handling of original or reproduction media) appears on 3,744 US grants and 3,600 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in H04N- Granted patents
- 3,744
- Published applications
- 3,600
- Assignees
- 329
- Inventors
- 4,998
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 5 | 0 |
| 1977 | 1 | 0 |
| 1978 | 2 | 0 |
| 1979 | 2 | 0 |
| 1980 | 5 | 0 |
| 1981 | 4 | 0 |
| 1982 | 2 | 0 |
| 1983 | 2 | 0 |
| 1984 | 8 | 0 |
| 1985 | 10 | 0 |
| 1986 | 4 | 0 |
| 1987 | 17 | 0 |
| 1988 | 20 | 0 |
| 1989 | 19 | 0 |
| 1990 | 21 | 0 |
| 1991 | 25 | 0 |
| 1992 | 32 | 0 |
| 1993 | 27 | 0 |
| 1994 | 32 | 0 |
| 1995 | 32 | 0 |
| 1996 | 51 | 0 |
| 1997 | 36 | 0 |
| 1998 | 82 | 0 |
| 1999 | 60 | 0 |
| 2000 | 72 | 0 |
| 2001 | 61 | 22 |
| 2002 | 59 | 79 |
| 2003 | 72 | 120 |
| 2004 | 63 | 80 |
| 2005 | 60 | 171 |
| 2006 | 100 | 72 |
| 2007 | 87 | 120 |
| 2008 | 94 | 143 |
| 2009 | 85 | 154 |
| 2010 | 128 | 144 |
| 2011 | 153 | 108 |
| 2012 | 112 | 111 |
| 2013 | 128 | 137 |
| 2014 | 148 | 144 |
| 2015 | 174 | 122 |
| 2016 | 146 | 180 |
| 2017 | 134 | 206 |
| 2018 | 185 | 230 |
| 2019 | 230 | 212 |
| 2020 | 204 | 185 |
| 2021 | 170 | 208 |
| 2022 | 188 | 162 |
| 2023 | 176 | 142 |
| 2024 | 115 | 124 |
| 2025 | 57 | 111 |
| 2026 | 44 | 113 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- H04N 1/0057Conveying sheets before or after scanning2,334
- H04N 1/00631Ejecting or stacking697
- H04N 1/0062Removing sheets from a stack or inputting media608
- H04N 1/00649Control or synchronising different handling operations280
- H04N 1/00639Binding, stapling, folding or perforating252
- H04N 1/00628Separating211
- H04N 1/00665Details specific to handling of web-shaped media208
- H04N 1/0066Aligning or positioning related to handling179
All 14 subgroupsShow fewer
- H04N 1/00641Sorting, reordering or inverting153
- H04N 1/00663Indicating relating to handling of media129
- H04N 1/00657Compensating for different handling speeds of different apparatus or arrangements for handling111
- H04N 1/00644Counting or calculating67
- H04N 1/00655Apparatus in common for different handling operations58
- H04N 1/00647Decurling22
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Most cited
By later US patents
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- Hand held mobile phone with integral internal printer with print media supply231US 6,405,055 B1Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd · 2002
- Image scanner187US 4,996,604 ATokyo Electric Co., Ltd. · 1991
- Methods for sheet scheduling in an imaging system having an endless duplex paper path loop187US 5,095,342 AXerox Corporation · 1992
- Sensing device174US 6,870,966 B1Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd · 2005