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B41B 15/12

Character carriers; Cleaning devices therefor

Full Title

Photographic composing machines with movable character carriers for composing lines of characters prior to photography > Details > Character carriers; Cleaning devices therefor

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  • B41B 15/14 with a single character, or with combinations of different styles of a single character
  • B41B 15/16 with combinations of different characters
  • B41B 15/18 with parts of characters for building up complex characters, e.g. oriental characters

Top Applicants

Top 10 applicants by patent filingsfor class B41, 2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT

  1. SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION 8,446
  2. SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION JP 8,438
  3. HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY US 7,828
  4. CANON JP 5,419
  5. CANON 4,156
  6. BROTHER INDUSTRIES JP 3,763
  7. BROTHER INDUSTRIES 2,779
  8. RICOH COMPANY JP 2,717
  9. FUJIFILM JP 2,423
  10. RICOH COMPANY 1,739