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CPC Main Group
B41J 1/00

Typewriters or selective printing mechanisms characterised by the mounting, arrangement or disposition of the types or dies

8 direct subcodes

Child Classifications

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  • B41J 1/02 with separate or detached types or dies
  • B41J 1/16 with types or dies arranged in stationary or sliding cases or frames or upon flexible strips, plates, bars or rods
  • B41J 1/18 with types or dies strung on wires or rods
  • B41J 1/20 with types or dies mounted on endless bands or the like
  • B41J 1/60 with types or dies on spherical, truncated-spherical, or like surfaces

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