CPC Main Group
B41J 35/00 Other apparatus or arrangements associated with, or incorporated in, ink-ribbon mechanisms
Filing statistics
CPC B41J 35/00 belongs to the parent subclass B41J, which recorded 118,311 patent applications worldwide between 2013 and 2023. Annual filings declined from 9,148 in 2013 to 8,613 in 2023 (-6%), peaking at 12,968 applications in 2018. 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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- B41J 35/02 Frames or holders for unwound short lengths of ink ribbons
- B41J 35/04 Ink-ribbon guides
- B41J 35/16 Multicolour arrangements
- B41J 35/20 Ink-ribbon shifts, e.g. for exposing print, for case-shift adjustment, for rendering ink ribbon inoperative
- B41J 35/22 Mechanisms permitting the selective use of a plurality of ink ribbons
- B41J 35/24 Mechanisms specially adapted for feeding impression-transfer materials of foil form
- B41J 35/26 Ink-ribbon shields or backings
- B41J 35/28 Detachable carriers or holders for ink-ribbon mechanisms
- B41J 35/30 Manifolding or like arrangements
- B41J 35/36 Alarms, indicators, or feed disabling devices responsive to ink ribbon breakage or exhaustion
- B41J 35/38 Feeding the ink ribbon to waste after use
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