H04N 1/00909
Cleaning arrangements or preventing or counter-acting contamination from dust or the like
Official title: {Cleaning arrangements or preventing or counter-acting contamination from dust or the like (cleaning in general, prevention of fouling in general B08B)}
H04N1/00909 (Cleaning arrangements or preventing or counter-acting contamination from dust or the like) appears on 233 US grants and 242 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in H04N- Granted patents
- 233
- Published applications
- 242
- Assignees
- 76
- Inventors
- 499
- Latest grant
- 14 Jul 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1985 | 1 | 0 |
| 1986 | 0 | 0 |
| 1987 | 0 | 0 |
| 1988 | 0 | 0 |
| 1989 | 2 | 0 |
| 1990 | 0 | 0 |
| 1991 | 4 | 0 |
| 1992 | 3 | 0 |
| 1993 | 0 | 0 |
| 1994 | 0 | 0 |
| 1995 | 3 | 0 |
| 1996 | 1 | 0 |
| 1997 | 3 | 0 |
| 1998 | 6 | 0 |
| 1999 | 6 | 0 |
| 2000 | 3 | 0 |
| 2001 | 7 | 6 |
| 2002 | 1 | 10 |
| 2003 | 9 | 6 |
| 2004 | 3 | 8 |
| 2005 | 4 | 9 |
| 2006 | 4 | 9 |
| 2007 | 11 | 10 |
| 2008 | 5 | 11 |
| 2009 | 10 | 12 |
| 2010 | 8 | 12 |
| 2011 | 10 | 12 |
| 2012 | 8 | 4 |
| 2013 | 14 | 5 |
| 2014 | 11 | 8 |
| 2015 | 7 | 9 |
| 2016 | 13 | 12 |
| 2017 | 10 | 13 |
| 2018 | 12 | 17 |
| 2019 | 15 | 8 |
| 2020 | 5 | 2 |
| 2021 | 4 | 11 |
| 2022 | 10 | 12 |
| 2023 | 7 | 10 |
| 2024 | 7 | 9 |
| 2025 | 5 | 8 |
| 2026 | 1 | 9 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Image forming apparatus and paper dust cleaning device14 Jul 2026US 12,681,426 B2KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
- Ultrasonic device7 Oct 2025US 12,438,993 B2Seiko Epson Corporation
- Image processing device and image processing method15 Jul 2025US 12,357,718 B2Medit Corp.
- Image forming device, image reading device, non-transitory recording medium storing computer-readable program, image forming method, and image processing device8 Jul 2025US 12,355,923 B2Konica Minolta, Inc.
- Image reading apparatus and image reading method1 Jul 2025US 12,348,690 B2Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Image forming device, cleaning-related information output method, and cleaning-related information output program1 Oct 2026US 2026/0303744 A1Konica Minolta, Inc.
- Image reading device1 Oct 2026US 2026/0303745 A1Seiko Epson Corporation
- Image reading device1 Oct 2026US 2026/0303746 A1Seiko Epson Corporation
- Image reading apparatus27 Aug 2026US 2026/0254908 A1Seiko Epson Corporation
- Image reading device6 Aug 2026US 2026/0224015 A1Seiko Epson Corporation
Most cited
By later US patents
- Linear light source240US 5,607,227 ASanyo Electric Co., Ltd. · 1997
- Contact type image sensor, producing method of the same, and information processing apparatus133US 5,489,995 ACanon Kabushiki Kaisha · 1996
- Image sensor containment system127US 5,838,495 AWelch Allyn, Inc. · 1998
- Dust protector for image exposure device and image forming apparatus utilizing the same42US 6,308,024 B1Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd. · 2001
- Machine optics and paper path cleaner38US 5,153,964 A1992