CPC Subclass Not Allocatable
B43L ARTICLES FOR WRITING OR DRAWING UPON; ACCESSORIES FOR WRITING OR DRAWING (workshop equipment for marking-out work B25H7/00; teaching hand-writing or drawing G09B11/00)
Description
B43L covers materials and accessories used in conjunction with writing and drawing implements, rather than the implements themselves. This includes writing papers, drawing surfaces, erasers, sharpeners, ink bottles, and similar consumable or auxiliary items that support the writing and drawing process. The classification encompasses both traditional substrates (paper, parchment) and accessories that facilitate or enhance writing activities. Related implement classes such as B43K (pens and pencils) and B43M (typewriters and similar machines) are classified separately.
15 direct subcodes
Child Classifications
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- B43L 1/00 Repeatedly-usable boards or tablets for writing or drawing (drawing-boards B43L5/00)
- B43L 11/00 Non-circular-curve-drawing instruments (curve rulers or templets B43L13/20)
- B43L 12/00 Means to prevent slippage
- B43L 13/00 Drawing instruments, or writing or drawing appliances or accessories not otherwise provided for (stencils for surface decoration B44D)
- B43L 15/00 Supports for attachment to hands or arms for facilitating writing or drawing
- B43L 17/00 Blotters (blotting pads B43L3/00; combined with writing implements B43K29/04; making blotting paper D21F11/14)
- B43L 19/00 Erasers, rubbers, or erasing devices; Holders therefor (rubbers or erasing knives combined with writing implements B43K29/02, B43K29/18)
- B43L 21/00 Blackboard or slate cleaning devices
- B43L 23/00 Sharpeners for pencils or leads (grinding or cutting tools in general B24; B26; combined with writing implements B43K29/06)
- B43L 25/00 Ink receptacles (liquid receptacles in general B65D, e.g. B65D1/00)
- B43L 27/00 Ink stands
- B43L 3/00 Writing or drawing underlays, e.g. blotting pads (blotters B43L17/00; )
- B43L 5/00 Drawing boards (drawing desks or tables A47B27/00, A47B85/02; stands for drawing-boards A47B97/04)
- B43L 7/00 Straightedges (guides; curve rulers or templets B43L13/20; straightedges characterised by the provision of indicia or the like for measuring, e.g. rulers or tapes with measuring scales or marks for direct reading, G01B)
- B43L 9/00 Circular curve-drawing or like instruments (curve rulers or templets B43L13/00)
Top Applicants
Top 10 applicants by patent filingsfor class B43, 2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT
- SOCIETE BIC FR 422
- MITSUBISHI PENCIL COMPANY JP 381
- PILOT CORPORATION JP 299
- MITSUBISHI PENCIL COMPANY 213
- PILOT CORPORATION 100
- WACOM COMPANY JP 89
- STAEDTLER MARS & COMPANY DE 87
- KOTOBUKI JP 82
- CRAYOLA US 78
- SANFORD US 73