H04N 1/0066
Aligning or positioning related to handling
Official title: {Aligning or positioning related to handling}
H04N1/0066 (Aligning or positioning related to handling) appears on 179 US grants and 193 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in H04N- Granted patents
- 179
- Published applications
- 193
- Assignees
- 53
- Inventors
- 365
- Latest grant
- 29 Sep 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 | 0 | 0 |
| 1994 | 0 | 0 |
| 1995 | 0 | 0 |
| 1996 | 0 | 0 |
| 1997 | 1 | 0 |
| 1998 | 0 | 0 |
| 1999 | 1 | 0 |
| 2000 | 3 | 0 |
| 2001 | 0 | 2 |
| 2002 | 2 | 0 |
| 2003 | 1 | 0 |
| 2004 | 0 | 0 |
| 2005 | 0 | 1 |
| 2006 | 0 | 2 |
| 2007 | 0 | 3 |
| 2008 | 0 | 2 |
| 2009 | 1 | 1 |
| 2010 | 1 | 1 |
| 2011 | 4 | 3 |
| 2012 | 1 | 3 |
| 2013 | 2 | 5 |
| 2014 | 5 | 2 |
| 2015 | 9 | 9 |
| 2016 | 7 | 7 |
| 2017 | 8 | 13 |
| 2018 | 11 | 33 |
| 2019 | 24 | 21 |
| 2020 | 24 | 18 |
| 2021 | 25 | 21 |
| 2022 | 22 | 14 |
| 2023 | 18 | 12 |
| 2024 | 3 | 4 |
| 2025 | 3 | 4 |
| 2026 | 2 | 12 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Image reading device including an image pattern portion and image forming apparatus29 Sep 2026US 12,750,450 B2Ricoh Company, Ltd.
- Reverse feed and re-feed of document in scanner23 Jun 2026US 12,662,342 B2Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L. P.
- Document reading device and image forming apparatus12 Aug 2025US 12,388,936 B2FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
- Image reading apparatus and image forming system8 Jul 2025US 12,355,929 B2FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
- Film transport apparatus controller and related methods25 Mar 2025US 12,262,137 B2Digital Check Corporation
- Medium loading device, feeding device, image reading device, and image forming device1 Oct 2026US 2026/0296070 A1Seiko Epson Corporation
- Image reading device and image forming apparatus24 Sep 2026US 2026/0292085 A1Ricoh Company, Ltd.
- Conveying device, image reading device, image forming apparatus, and conveying method27 Aug 2026US 2026/0254904 A1Etria Co., Ltd.
- Image forming apparatus and adjustment mark27 Aug 2026US 2026/0254905 A1Konica Minolta, Inc.
- Document reading device, image forming apparatus, and image forming system16 Jul 2026US 2026/0205552 A1Etria Co., Ltd.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Light beam scanning system43US 4,750,045 AFuji Photo Film Co., Ltd. · 1988
- Sheet processor mounted within sheet-discharge section of image forming apparatus, and image forming apparatus including the same32US 6,671,491 B1Canon Kabushiki Kaisha · 2003
- Image forming apparatus and method, a printer, a copying machine, a facsimile device set, and complex machine22US 6,470,169 B2Ricoh Company, Ltd. · 2002
- Image reading device18US 5,661,571 ACanon Kabushiki Kaisha · 1997
- Image forming apparatus with a two-sides image forming operation16US 6,411,795 B1Ricoh Company, Ltd. · 2002