Printing device, printing system, and control method of a printing device
US-2017348987-A1 · Dec 7, 2017 · US
Reducing or saving of used resources, e.g. avoiding waste of consumables or improving usage of hardware resources
Reducing or saving of used resources, e.g. avoiding waste of consumables or improving usage of hardware resources · Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC)
Computing, optics, measurement, and control technologies.
Related technology areas
Mapped technology topics for this CPC code.
| Metric | Value |
|---|---|
| CPC code | G06F3/1218 |
| Official title | {Reducing or saving of used resources, e.g. avoiding waste of consumables or improving usage of hardware resources} |
| Display label | Reducing or saving of used resources, e.g. avoiding waste of consumables or improving usage of hardware resources |
| Total patents | 271 |
Filing trend
Year-over-year patent counts classified under this CPC code.
Filing activity over the last five years is stable.
| Year | Patents |
|---|---|
| 2015 | 27 |
| 2016 | 23 |
| 2017 | 26 |
| 2018 | 26 |
| 2019 | 34 |
| 2020 | 28 |
| 2021 | 19 |
| 2022 | 21 |
| 2023 | 24 |
| 2024 | 25 |
| 2025 | 16 |
| 2026 | 2 |
Representative patents
Representative publications under this CPC code from precomputed stats, or recent filings when stats are unavailable.
Information processing apparatus, method of controlling the same, and storage medium, for transmitting packet despite blockage
US-9826047-B2 · Nov 21, 2017 · US
Server apparatus, image forming system, and non-transitory computer-readable storage medium
US-2017257496-A1 · Sep 7, 2017 · US
Information processing apparatus, information processing system, and control method
US-2017255428-A1 · Sep 7, 2017 · US
Printable image data generation in large-scale printing
US-2017212713-A1 · Jul 27, 2017 · US
Power conservation in an image forming apparatus by delaying activation of a printing drum
US-2017161597-A1 · Jun 8, 2017 · US
Image forming apparatus, system, control method, and storage medium for printing received print data
US-9665319-B2 · May 30, 2017 · US
System and method of sorting print jobs for a plurality of print service providers
US-9645778-B2 · May 9, 2017 · US
Portable terminal apparatus, cooperative image processing system, method for displaying screen data, and recording medium
US-9606755-B2 · Mar 28, 2017 · US
Image forming apparatus
US-9535383-B2 · Jan 3, 2017 · US
System, relay server apparatus, information processing method and computer-readable medium
US-9507789-B2 · Nov 29, 2016 · US
Power conservation in an image forming apparatus by delaying activation of a printing drum
US-9501728-B1 · Nov 22, 2016 · US
Method for controlling communication apparatus, and program
US-9477432-B2 · Oct 25, 2016 · US
Information processing device, information processing system, control method, and storage medium
US-9465562-B2 · Oct 11, 2016 · US
Image forming device and device, system, recording medium with program codes for managing consumables in image forming device
US-2016286059-A1 · Sep 29, 2016 · US
Image forming apparatus and method for restoration printing on masked print
US-9451124-B2 · Sep 20, 2016 · US
Network discovery using unicast communications
US-9442679-B2 · Sep 13, 2016 · US
Pull printing system including printing data transmitter that transmits pull printing data and storage medium
US-2016255208-A1 · Sep 1, 2016 · US
Information processing apparatus, method of controlling the same, and storage medium
US-2016246553-A1 · Aug 25, 2016 · US
Power conservation in an image forming apparatus by delaying activation of a printing drum
US-9389813-B1 · Jul 12, 2016 · US
Frequently asked questions
Answers are generated from the same data shown on this page.
- What is CPC G06F3/1218?
- CPC G06F3/1218 is the Cooperative Patent Classification code for “Reducing or saving of used resources, e.g. avoiding waste of consumables or improving usage of hardware resources.”
- How many patents are filed under CPC G06F3/1218 (Reducing or saving of used resources, e.g. avoiding waste of consumables or improving usage of hardware resources)?
- Our database includes 271 publications tagged with this CPC code.
- Is patent activity under CPC G06F3/1218 growing?
- Publication counts under this code: 25 in 2024 vs 16 in 2025 (latest complete years).