CPC Main Group
B41F 17/00 Printing apparatus or machines of special types or for particular purposes, not otherwise provided for
14 direct subcodes
Child Classifications
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- B41F 17/02 for printing books or manifolding sets
- B41F 17/04 for printing calendars
- B41F 17/08 for printing on filamentary or elongated articles, or on articles with cylindrical surfaces
- B41F 17/24 for printing on flat surfaces of polyhedral articles
- B41F 17/28 for printing on curved surfaces of conical or frusto-conical articles
- B41F 17/30 for printing on curved surfaces of essentially spherical, or part-spherical, articles
- B41F 17/36 for printing on tablets, pills, or like small articles
- B41F 17/38 for printing on knitted fabrics
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