Preparing or treating stereotype matrices

Filing statistics

CPC B41D 1/00 belongs to the parent subclass B41D, which recorded 104 patent applications worldwide between 2013 and 2023. Annual filings declined from 11 in 2013 to 1 in 2019 (-91%), peaking at 37 applications in 2015. 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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Child Classifications

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B41D 1/02 using brushes
B41D 1/04 using cylinders or rollers
B41D 1/06 using presses, e.g. toggle or like lever-and-link type presses
B41D 1/10 Performing secondary operations on matrices

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