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B41L 45/02

using printing plates

Full Title

Kinds or types of addressing machines or of like series-printing machines > using printing plates

2 direct subcodes

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  • B41L 45/04 composed on type-setting machines
  • B41L 45/06 for addressing combined with other operations, e.g. franking, collating documents

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