Reproduction or duplicating of printing formes

Filing statistics

CPC B41C 3/00 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

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B41C 3/02 Stereotyping (casting stereotype plates B41D3/00)
B41C 3/04 to produce rubber printing blocks
B41C 3/06 to produce printing blocks from plastics
B41C 3/08 Electrotyping; Application of backing layers thereon

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