H04N 1/00612
Path switches
Official title: {Path switches (H04N1/00575, H04N1/00623, H04N1/00633 take precedence)}
H04N1/00612 (Path switches) appears on 194 US grants and 182 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in H04N- Granted patents
- 194
- Published applications
- 182
- Assignees
- 48
- Inventors
- 394
- Latest grant
- 16 Jun 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1984 | 1 | 0 |
| 1985 | 0 | 0 |
| 1986 | 0 | 0 |
| 1987 | 0 | 0 |
| 1988 | 0 | 0 |
| 1989 | 0 | 0 |
| 1990 | 2 | 0 |
| 1991 | 2 | 0 |
| 1992 | 3 | 0 |
| 1993 | 1 | 0 |
| 1994 | 4 | 0 |
| 1995 | 2 | 0 |
| 1996 | 5 | 0 |
| 1997 | 0 | 0 |
| 1998 | 1 | 0 |
| 1999 | 4 | 0 |
| 2000 | 7 | 0 |
| 2001 | 8 | 0 |
| 2002 | 2 | 4 |
| 2003 | 5 | 3 |
| 2004 | 3 | 1 |
| 2005 | 3 | 4 |
| 2006 | 1 | 3 |
| 2007 | 1 | 13 |
| 2008 | 4 | 13 |
| 2009 | 3 | 15 |
| 2010 | 13 | 16 |
| 2011 | 8 | 12 |
| 2012 | 14 | 14 |
| 2013 | 18 | 16 |
| 2014 | 10 | 10 |
| 2015 | 17 | 3 |
| 2016 | 4 | 2 |
| 2017 | 6 | 9 |
| 2018 | 8 | 8 |
| 2019 | 5 | 3 |
| 2020 | 3 | 2 |
| 2021 | 2 | 7 |
| 2022 | 6 | 5 |
| 2023 | 9 | 9 |
| 2024 | 4 | 2 |
| 2025 | 4 | 6 |
| 2026 | 1 | 2 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
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- Automatic document feeder having upper scan module25 Jun 2026US 2026/0181085 A1Kinpo Electronics, Inc.
- Medium feeding device and recording apparatus18 Jun 2026US 2026/0172514 A1Seiko Epson Corporation
- Document conveying device16 Oct 2025US 2025/0320080 A1KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
- Scanning device having movable scanning module26 Jun 2025US 2025/0206566 A1Kinpo Electronics, Inc.
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Most cited
By later US patents
- Image recording apparatus57US 4,475,128 ACanon Kabushiki Kaisha · 1984
- Image forming apparatus37US 5,150,167 AMinolta Camera Kabushiki Kaisha · 1992
- Image formation apparatus and image formation system37US 6,330,422 B1Canon Kabushiki Kaisha · 2001
- High productivity method and apparatus for scanning simplex or duplex originals34US 5,298,937 AEastman Kodak Company · 1994
- Document scanning device31US 8,289,589 B2Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha · 2012