CPC Main Group
B41C 1/00 Forme preparation
Filing statistics
CPC B41C 1/00 belongs to the parent subclass B41C, which recorded 4,882 patent applications worldwide between 2013 and 2023. Annual filings declined from 536 in 2013 to 232 in 2023 (-57%), peaking at 537 applications in 2016. The most active applicants in class B41 are SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION (8,446 applications), SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION (8,438 applications) and HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY (7,828 applications).
Source: EPO PATSTAT, worldwide filings
11 direct subcodes
Child Classifications
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- B41C 1/02 Engraving; Heads therefor (recording on record carriers, heads therefor G11B)
- B41C 1/055 Thermographic processes for producing printing formes (B41C1/02 takes precedence; )
- B41C 1/06 Transferring (B41C1/10, B41C1/18 take precedence)
- B41C 1/08 by embossing, e.g. with a typewriter (typewriters adapted therefor B41J3/38)
- B41C 1/10 for lithographic printing; Master sheets for transferring a lithographic image to the forme (neutralising or similar differentiation treatments of lithographic printing formes B41N3/08)
- B41C 1/12 Multicolour formes
- B41C 1/14 for stencil-printing or silk-screen printing
- B41C 1/16 Formes with areas rendered ink-resistant by covering with an amalgam; Printing plates for amalgam printing
- B41C 1/18 Curved printing formes or printing cylinders
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