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B41M 1/14

Multicolour printing

Full Title

Inking and printing with a printer's forme > Multicolour printing

3 direct subcodes

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  • B41M 1/16 using different inks which flow into one another to produce iridescent effects
  • B41M 1/18 Printing one ink over another
  • B41M 1/20 by applying differently-coloured inks simultaneously to different parts of the printing surface

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