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CPC Main Group
B41F 1/00

Platen presses, i.e. presses in which printing is effected by at least one essentially-flat pressure-applying member co-operating with a flat type-bed

9 direct subcodes

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  • B41F 1/02 Hand-operated platen presses
  • B41F 1/16 for offset printing
  • B41F 1/18 for lithography
  • B41F 1/20 for perfecting sheets, i.e. for printing on both sides of sheets
  • B41F 1/22 specially adapted for printing heads, e.g. letter heads
  • B41F 1/24 specially adapted for proof printing

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