CPC Subgroup
B41M 5/26 Thermography (B41M5/20, B41M5/24 take precedence);
Full Title
Duplicating or marking methods; Sheet materials for use therein (by using light-sensitive materials G03; electrography, magnetography G03G ) > Thermography (B41M5/20, B41M5/24 take precedence);
10 direct subcodes
Child Classifications
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- B41M 5/28 using thermochromic compounds or layers containing liquid crystals, microcapsules, bleachable dyes or heat- decomposable compounds, e.g. gas- liberating
- B41M 5/30 using chemical colour formers (B41M5/34 takes precedence)
- B41M 5/34 Multicolour thermography
- B41M 5/36 using a polymeric layer, which may be particulate and which is deformed or structurally changed with modification of its' properties, e.g. of its' optical hydrophobic-hydrophilic, solubility or permeability properties
- B41M 5/382 Contact thermal transfer or sublimation processes (sublistatic printing using a pre-formed image B41M5/035; ink-, dye- or pigment-receptive coatings B41M5/52)
- B41M 5/398 Processes based on the production of stickiness patterns using powders
- B41M 5/40 characterised by the base , intermediate, or covering layers, ; Heat, radiation filtering or absorbing means or layers; combined with other image registration layers or compositions; Special originals for reproduction by thermography
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