Patents
US patents through Dec 31, 2025 · PatentsView, from the USPTO’s Open Data Portal · read Oct 27, 2026
67 patents granted to the 5 names below, as the owner printed on each patent when it was granted. A later sale, a lapse or an expiry is not read, so this is what was granted to Cimpress PLC’s names, not what it holds today.
Patents granted
67
63 utility, 4 design, 1976 to Dec 31, 2025
Granted in 2025
8
Against 4 in 2024 and 4 in 2023
Applications published
61
2 of them in 2025
Names they are printed under
5
a subsidiary
By yearGrantedApplications published
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Each pair is one calendar year. Applications are published about eighteen months after filing, so the newest years read low.
What they are aboutgrants since 2021
Computer technology25
IT methods for management3
Telecommunications1
The main technology area of each patent, in the World Intellectual Property Organization’s 35 fields.
Under which name5 counted
CIMPRESS SCHWEIZ GMBH a subsidiary
CH, as the owner printed on each patent
19 publishedCIMPRESS SCHWEIZ GMBH a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in CH
36 publishedNATIONAL PEN CO., LLC a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
3 publishedCimpress USA Incorporated a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
3 publishedBuild-A-Sign, Inc. a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
0 publishedNames not counted (2)
VISTAPRINT N.V.
Most of its patents print BM; this name counts in IE, US. 3 granted and 9 published under it are not counted.
VISTAPRINT N.V.
Most of its patents print BM; this name counts in IE, US. 0 granted and 1 published under it are not counted.
Newest grantseach row opens the USPTO’s own copy
| Granted | Patent | Title | Field | Owner as printed |
|---|
| Oct 14, 2025 | 12,444,105 | Techniques for visually rendering a set of characters and other elements in a visual design | Computer technology | CIMPRESS SCHWEIZ GMBH |
| Jul 29, 2025 | 12,374,029 | Technologies for rendering items and elements thereof within a design studio | Computer technology | CIMPRESS SCHWEIZ GMBH |
| May 13, 2025 | 12,299,786 | Machine learning technologies for assessing text legibility in electronic documents | Computer technology | CIMPRESS SCHWEIZ GMBH |
| Apr 15, 2025 | 12,277,634 | Technology for managing graphic design using metadata relationships | Computer technology | CIMPRESS SCHWEIZ GMBH |
| Mar 25, 2025 | 12,260,584 | Technologies for detecting crop marks in electronic documents using reference images | Computer technology | CIMPRESS SCHWEIZ GMBH |
| Mar 11, 2025 | 12,248,979 | Method and system for product design and visualization | Computer technology | CIMPRESS SCHWEIZ GMBH |
| Feb 4, 2025 | 12,217,377 | Technologies for rendering portions of editable product designs | Computer technology | CIMPRESS SCHWEIZ GMBH |
| Jan 14, 2025 | 12,198,265 | Technologies for rendering items within a user interface using various rendering effects | Computer technology | CIMPRESS SCHWEIZ GMBH |
| Nov 26, 2024 | 12,154,310 | Technologies for automatically determining and displaying salient portions of images | Computer technology | CIMPRESS SCHWEIZ GMBH |
| Aug 27, 2024 | 12,073,450 | Methods and apparatus to translate and manage product data | IT methods for management | CIMPRESS SCHWEIZ GMBH |
Newest applications publishedan application is a clue, never a plan
| Published | Application | Title | Field | Owner as printed |
|---|
| Jun 26, 2025 | 2025/0209665 | TECHNOLOGIES FOR DETECTING CROP MARKS IN ELECTRONIC DOCUMENTS USING REFERENCE IMAGES | Computer technology | CIMPRESS SCHWEIZ GMBH |
| Feb 20, 2025 | 2025/0061684 | Technologies for Automatically Determining and Displaying Salient Portions of Images | Computer technology | CIMPRESS SCHWEIZ GMBH |
| Mar 7, 2024 | 2024/0078746 | TECHNOLOGIES FOR RENDERING ITEMS WITHIN A USER INTERFACE USING VARIOUS RENDERING EFFECTS | Computer technology | CIMPRESS SCHWEIZ GMBH · patent 12,198,265 granted from it |
| Feb 15, 2024 | 2024/0054744 | Technologies for Rendering Portions of Editable Product Designs | Computer technology | CIMPRESS SCHWEIZ GMBH · patent 12,217,377 granted from it |
| Nov 2, 2023 | 2023/0353689 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SYNCHRONIZING DOCUMENT EDITS USING APPLICATION STATE VARIABLES | Telecommunications | CIMPRESS SCHWEIZ GMBH |
| Aug 3, 2023 | 2023/0245361 | TECHNOLOGY FOR MANAGING GRAPHIC DESIGN USING METADATA RELATIONSHIPS | Computer technology | CIMPRESS SCHWEIZ GMBH · patent 12,277,634 granted from it |
| Aug 3, 2023 | 2023/0244825 | TECHNOLOGIES FOR DIGITALLY RENDERING THREE DIMENSIONAL DESIGNS FOR FOLDABLE PRODUCTS | Computer technology | CIMPRESS SCHWEIZ GMBH |
| Jul 13, 2023 | 2023/0222718 | TECHNIQUES FOR VISUALLY RENDERING A SET OF CHARACTERS AND OTHER ELEMENTS IN A VISUAL DESIGN | Computer technology | CIMPRESS SCHWEIZ GMBH · patent 12,444,105 granted from it |
| Dec 29, 2022 | 2022/0414976 | TECHNOLOGIES FOR RENDERING ITEMS AND ELEMENTS THEREOF WITHIN A DESIGN STUDIO | Computer technology | CIMPRESS SCHWEIZ GMBH · patent 12,374,029 granted from it |
| Nov 17, 2022 | 2022/0366645 | TECHNOLOGIES FOR RENDERING ITEMS WITHIN A USER INTERFACE USING VARIOUS RENDERING EFFECTS | Computer technology | CIMPRESS SCHWEIZ GMBH · patent 11,810,247 granted from it |
What it applied for, 2024 to 2025: Computer technology 4.
A patent is counted where the owner printed on it when it was granted carries the company’s own name, a former name, the name of a subsidiary its annual report lists, or its own name with a patent-holding phrase (Technology Licensing, Intellectual Property and the like), once the legal form, case and punctuation are set aside, and prints a country that name counts in. PatentsView’s data are published under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 licence. Source: PatentsView's granted patents and pre-grant publications, disambiguated, from the USPTO's Open Data Portal, through Dec 31, 2025, read Oct 27, 2026.