CPC Main Group
B41L 15/00 Letterpress printing apparatus specially adapted for office or other commercial purposes (in general B41F; printing plates or foils, materials theref or B41N1/00)
Filing statistics
CPC B41L 15/00 belongs to the parent subclass B41L, which recorded 534 patent applications worldwide between 2013 and 2023. Annual filings declined from 54 in 2013 to 20 in 2023 (-63%), peaking at 86 applications in 2017. 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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Child Classifications
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- B41L 15/02 with flat printing surfaces, e.g. with flat type-beds, surfaces made of thin sheet material or moulded from plastics or rubber
- B41L 15/06 with curved printing surfaces, e.g. cylinders
- B41L 15/10 for multicolour printing; for perfecting
- B41L 15/12 Driving gear; Control thereof
- B41L 15/14 Attachments, e.g. for punching, cutting, severing
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