Fargo Electronics, Inc.
🏢 View company profile →81Patents
2Active
81Granted
38Portfolio score
Filing activity: Sep 14, 1993 → Mar 8, 2007 · 2 expiring within 5 years
Most-cited patents
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US5755519A | Printer ribbon identification sensor | Performing Operations; Transporting | 195 | Expired |
| US6386772B1 | Method and apparatus for communicating between printer or laminator and supplies | Performing Operations; Transporting | 158 | Expired |
| US6694884B2 | Method and apparatus for communicating between printer and card supply | Performing Operations; Transporting | 69 | Expired |
| US6758616B2 | Identification card printer | Performing Operations; Transporting | 57 | Expired |
| US6362893B1 | Security printing and unlocking mechanism for high security printers | Physics | 55 | Expired |
| US6264296A | Ink jet identification card printer with lamination station | Performing Operations; Transporting | 54 | Expired |
| US6261012A | Printer having an intermediate transfer film | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 51 | Expired |
| US5807461A | Lamination technique | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 47 | Expired |
| US7018117B2 | Identification card printer ribbon cartridge | Performing Operations; Transporting | 45 | Expired |
| US5980011A | Identification card printer | Performing Operations; Transporting | 45 | Expired |
| US5941522A | Printer with auxiliary operation | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 42 | Expired |
| US6298783A | Printhead alignment device and method of use | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 35 | Expired |
| USD446544S | Card printer housing | General | 29 | Expired |
| US6390697B1 | Printhead mounting guide frame | Performing Operations; Transporting | 29 | Expired |
| US5378072A | Transfer materials supplier | Performing Operations; Transporting | 27 | Expired |
| US6554044B2 | Laminator peel-off bar | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 27 | Expired |
| US5823692A | Optical registration system for label printer cutter attachment | Performing Operations; Transporting | 27 | Expired |
| US6146032A | Refractive overlaminate panel technique | Performing Operations; Transporting | 25 | Expired |
| US5480242A | Transfer materials supplier | Performing Operations; Transporting | 25 | Expired |
| US6412991B1 | Identification code for color thermal print ribbon | Performing Operations; Transporting | 24 | Expired |
| US6685312B2 | Ink jet card printer | Performing Operations; Transporting | 24 | Expired |
| US6932527B2 | Card cartridge | Performing Operations; Transporting | 24 | Expired |
| US6279901A | Identification card inverter that maintains the card support plane | Performing Operations; Transporting | 24 | Expired |
| US7344325B2 | Identification card printer having ribbon cartridge with cleaner roller | Performing Operations; Transporting | 21 | Expired |
| US6729719B2 | Identification card printer formed from a sheet feed printer | Performing Operations; Transporting | 21 | Expired |
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Counts and citation impact are objective bibliographic measures.