CPC Subgroup
B41B 7/16 the lines of matrices being composed and justified by machine operation, e.g. line type casting machines, "intertype" machines
Full Title
Kinds or types of apparatus for mechanical composition in which the type is cast or moulded from matrices > operating with separate matrices for individual characters or spaces which are selected and assembled (details B41B11/00) > in which a justified line is composed of matrices and a type line is cast in one piece > the lines of matrices being composed and justified by machine operation, e.g. line type casting machines, "intertype" machines
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Child Classifications
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- B41B 7/18 the matrices being guided by wires, e.g. "typograph" machines
Top Applicants
Top 10 applicants by patent filingsfor class B41, 2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT
- SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION 8,446
- SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION JP 8,438
- HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY US 7,828
- CANON JP 5,419
- CANON 4,156
- BROTHER INDUSTRIES JP 3,763
- BROTHER INDUSTRIES 2,779
- RICOH COMPANY JP 2,717
- FUJIFILM JP 2,423
- RICOH COMPANY 1,739