H04N 1/00639
Binding, stapling, folding or perforating
Official title: {Binding, stapling, folding or perforating, e.g. punching}
H04N1/00639 (Binding, stapling, folding or perforating) appears on 252 US grants and 279 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in H04N- Granted patents
- 252
- Published applications
- 279
- Assignees
- 64
- Inventors
- 500
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1988 | 1 | 0 |
| 1989 | 0 | 0 |
| 1990 | 0 | 0 |
| 1991 | 0 | 0 |
| 1992 | 0 | 0 |
| 1993 | 2 | 0 |
| 1994 | 2 | 0 |
| 1995 | 2 | 0 |
| 1996 | 1 | 0 |
| 1997 | 2 | 0 |
| 1998 | 0 | 0 |
| 1999 | 5 | 0 |
| 2000 | 3 | 0 |
| 2001 | 4 | 5 |
| 2002 | 9 | 8 |
| 2003 | 12 | 3 |
| 2004 | 3 | 2 |
| 2005 | 5 | 16 |
| 2006 | 5 | 7 |
| 2007 | 5 | 14 |
| 2008 | 5 | 15 |
| 2009 | 7 | 15 |
| 2010 | 7 | 13 |
| 2011 | 7 | 8 |
| 2012 | 12 | 4 |
| 2013 | 9 | 6 |
| 2014 | 7 | 4 |
| 2015 | 7 | 3 |
| 2016 | 4 | 14 |
| 2017 | 10 | 16 |
| 2018 | 15 | 10 |
| 2019 | 17 | 17 |
| 2020 | 18 | 22 |
| 2021 | 17 | 19 |
| 2022 | 14 | 13 |
| 2023 | 14 | 11 |
| 2024 | 10 | 16 |
| 2025 | 6 | 6 |
| 2026 | 5 | 12 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Medium processing device and image forming apparatus6 Oct 2026US 12,756,784 B2Ricoh Company, Ltd.
- Variable edge document encoding for secure document storage and retrieval15 Sep 2026US 12,737,568 B2Xerox Corporation
- Post-processing device and image forming apparatus21 Jul 2026US 12,686,586 B2FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
- Printing system, printing system control method, and storage medium24 Feb 2026US 12,563,151 B2Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Binding processing device, image forming system, binding processing method, and non-transitory computer-readable recording medium recording program3 Feb 2026US 12,542,857 B2FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
- Image forming system8 Oct 2026US 2026/0313055 A1Canon Finetech Nisca Inc.
- Medium processing apparatus and image forming system incorporating same10 Sep 2026US 2026/0270354 A1Etria Co., Ltd.
- Processing system, non-transitory recording medium, and binding mark detection system30 Jul 2026US 2026/0222502 A1Etria Co., Ltd.
- System and method for generating interactive displays and manufacturing print, cut, and fold products16 Jul 2026US 2026/0203003 A1Zazzle Inc.
- System and method for generating interactive displays and manufacturing print, cut, and fold products16 Jul 2026US 2026/0203453 A1Zazzle Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Image forming apparatus having an image orientation identifying device and a binding device110US 5,383,754 ARicoh Company, Ltd. · 1995
- Image forming apparatus49US 4,763,167 ACanon Kabushiki Kaisha · 1988
- Methods and apparatus for imaging documents40US 7,839,532 B2IPRO Tech, Inc. · 2010
- Sheet binding apparatus capable of performing two kinds of binding processes38US 5,592,280 ACanon Kabushiki Kaisha · 1997
- Image formation apparatus and image formation system37US 6,330,422 B1Canon Kabushiki Kaisha · 2001