H04N 2201/0422
Media holders, covers, supports, backgrounds
Official title: Media holders, covers, supports, backgrounds; Arrangements to facilitate placing of the medium (H04N2201/0406 - H04N2201/0412, H04N2201/0434 take precedence)
H04N2201/0422 (Media holders, covers, supports, backgrounds) appears on 423 US grants and 310 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in H04N- Granted patents
- 423
- Published applications
- 310
- Assignees
- 146
- Inventors
- 808
- Latest grant
- 14 Jul 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1978 | 1 | 0 |
| 1979 | 0 | 0 |
| 1980 | 2 | 0 |
| 1981 | 2 | 0 |
| 1982 | 0 | 0 |
| 1983 | 1 | 0 |
| 1984 | 4 | 0 |
| 1985 | 2 | 0 |
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| 1994 | 5 | 0 |
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| 1996 | 14 | 0 |
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| 1998 | 25 | 0 |
| 1999 | 16 | 0 |
| 2000 | 17 | 0 |
| 2001 | 23 | 2 |
| 2002 | 10 | 13 |
| 2003 | 7 | 25 |
| 2004 | 10 | 15 |
| 2005 | 12 | 30 |
| 2006 | 14 | 32 |
| 2007 | 8 | 22 |
| 2008 | 22 | 13 |
| 2009 | 21 | 21 |
| 2010 | 10 | 17 |
| 2011 | 21 | 27 |
| 2012 | 15 | 17 |
| 2013 | 20 | 6 |
| 2014 | 20 | 10 |
| 2015 | 19 | 13 |
| 2016 | 12 | 7 |
| 2017 | 11 | 11 |
| 2018 | 4 | 10 |
| 2019 | 11 | 3 |
| 2020 | 2 | 1 |
| 2021 | 2 | 3 |
| 2022 | 3 | 3 |
| 2023 | 1 | 5 |
| 2024 | 1 | 2 |
| 2025 | 4 | 2 |
| 2026 | 1 | 0 |
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.
- Document reading device and image forming apparatus12 Aug 2025US 12,388,936 B2FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
- Image reading apparatus and image forming apparatus comprising a reading portion, a first cover, a second cover and holding mechanism configured to prevent the first cover from moving to a second closed position and hold the first cover in the second open position17 Jun 2025US 12,335,446 B2Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Document reading device and image forming apparatus10 Jun 2025US 12,328,420 B2FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
- Image reading device8 Apr 2025US 12,273,492 B2Pfu Limited
- Image reading apparatus and image forming apparatus21 Aug 2025US 2025/0267222 A1Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Image reading apparatus and image forming apparatus having inclined surface for easy document removal27 Feb 2025US 2025/0071224 A1Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Image forming apparatus and paper dust cleaning device12 Sep 2024US 2024/0305730 A1KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
- Image reading apparatus and image forming apparatus21 Mar 2024US 2024/0098195 A1Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Image reading apparatus and image forming apparatus16 Nov 2023US 2023/0370558 A1Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
Most cited
By later US patents
- Method and apparatus for linking designated portions of a received document image with an electronic address300US 5,838,458 A1998
- Apparatus for optically scanning images using transmissive and reflective light sources123US 5,814,809 AMicrotek International Inc. · 1998
- Dual electronic camera, previewing, and control96US 4,714,962 A1987
- Method and apparatus for a dynamically variable scanner, copier or facsimile secondary reflective surface69US 6,219,158 B1Hewlett-Packard Company · 2001
- Multi-functional camera with graphics editor and form stand65US 5,581,299 A1996