CPC Subgroup
B41F 31/02 Ducts, containers, supply or metering devices
Full Title
Inking arrangements or devices (inking units for platen presses B41F1/40; inking units for cylinder presses B41F3/81) > Ducts, containers, supply or metering devices
10 direct subcodes
Child Classifications
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- B41F 31/03 Ink agitators
- B41F 31/04 with duct-blades or like metering devices
- B41F 31/06 Troughs or like reservoirs with immersed or partly immersed, rollers or cylinders
- B41F 31/08 with ink ejecting means, e.g. pumps, nozzles
- B41F 31/10 Applications of feed or duct rollers (messenger or moving transfer rollers B41F31/14)
- B41F 31/13 Means for driving fountain rollers
- B41F 31/14 Applications of messenger or other moving transfer rollers
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