Inventor · Barcelona, ES

Xavier Bruch

34Patents
10h-index
46Co-inventors
71Inventor score

Filing activity: Dec 14, 1998 → Jul 31, 2014

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US6270187A Method and apparatus for hiding errors in single-pass incremental printing Performing Operations; Transporting 58 Expired
US6238112A Method of printing to automatically compensate for malfunctioning inkjet nozzles Performing Operations; Transporting 45 Expired
US6814422B2 Method of servicing a pen when mounted in a printing device Performing Operations; Transporting 20 Expired
USD430600S Printhead service station unit General 20 Expired
US6517184B1 Method of servicing a pen when mounted in a printing device Performing Operations; Transporting 19 Expired
US6203135A Independent servicing of multiple inkjet printheads Performing Operations; Transporting 18 Expired
US6568787B1 Apparatus and method for accurately positioning inkjet printheads Performing Operations; Transporting 16 Expired
US6565179B1 Method of detecting the end of life of a pen Performing Operations; Transporting 14 Expired
US6481822B2 Independent servicing of multiple inkjet printheads Performing Operations; Transporting 12 Expired
US7261388B2 Error reduction by print masks Physics 10 Expired
US6533384B1 System and method for selective printhead based servicing operations Performing Operations; Transporting 10 Expired
US6938971B2 Method of servicing a pen when mounted in a printing device Performing Operations; Transporting 9 Expired
US6557971B1 Method for servicing an inkjet printhead Performing Operations; Transporting 9 Expired
US6742864B2 Waste ink removal system Performing Operations; Transporting 9 Expired
US6513904B1 Method for servicing an inkjet printhead Performing Operations; Transporting 9 Expired
US6439688B1 Technique for printing a bar code while conserving colorant Physics 8 Expired
US6752483B1 Method for detecting drops in printer device Performing Operations; Transporting 8 Expired
US6530640B1 Focused ink drop detection Performing Operations; Transporting 8 Expired
US6652064B2 Method for improving image quality on plots Performing Operations; Transporting 7 Expired
US6517183B2 Method for detecting drops in printer device Performing Operations; Transporting 7 Expired
US6575545B2 Impact reduction of slew decap by multi-dotting Performing Operations; Transporting 7 Expired
US6604807B1 Method and apparatus for detecting anomalous nozzles in an ink jet printer device Performing Operations; Transporting 7 Expired
US7014295B2 System and method for producing efficient ink drop overlap filled with a pseudo hexagonal grid pattern Performing Operations; Transporting 5 Expired
US6554392B2 System and method for managing an auxiliary spittoon in a printer Performing Operations; Transporting 5 Expired
US6682164B2 Method and apparatus for adaptive servicing of inkjet printers Performing Operations; Transporting 4 Expired

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.