Guards, shields or dust excluders

Guards, shields or dust excluders · Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC)

Separating, mixing, shaping, printing, and transporting materials.

Related technology areas

Mapped technology topics for this CPC code.

CPC classification statistics
MetricValue
CPC codeB41J29/12
Official titleGuards, shields or dust excluders
Display labelGuards, shields or dust excluders
Total patents145

Filing trend

Year-over-year patent counts classified under this CPC code.

Filing activity over the last five years is declining.

Patents filed per year
YearPatents
20153
20164
201712
201818
201920
202014
202114
202214
202314
202415
202511
20266

Representative patents

Representative publications under this CPC code from precomputed stats, or recent filings when stats are unavailable.

Frequently asked questions

Answers are generated from the same data shown on this page.

What is CPC B41J29/12?
CPC B41J29/12 is the Cooperative Patent Classification code for “Guards, shields or dust excluders.”
How many patents are filed under CPC B41J29/12 (Guards, shields or dust excluders)?
Our database includes 145 publications tagged with this CPC code.
Is patent activity under CPC B41J29/12 growing?
Publication counts under this code: 15 in 2024 vs 11 in 2025 (latest complete years).