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B41B 23/00

Auxiliary devices for modifying, mixing or correcting text or layout in connection with photographic or photoelectronic composing

Introduced: September 1968

Title

Titles differ between systems:

IPC: Auxiliary devices for modifying, mixing, or correcting text or layout in connection with photographic or photoelectronic composing

CPC: Auxiliary devices for modifying, mixing or correcting text or layout in connection with photographic or photoelectronic composing

Full Title

Full titles differ between systems:

IPC:

Auxiliary devices for modifying, mixing, or correcting text or layout in connection with photographic or photoelectronic composing

CPC:

Auxiliary devices for modifying, mixing or correcting text or layout in connection with photographic or photoelectronic composing

IPC and CPC are identically structured here. All 3 subcodes exist in both systems.

Child Classifications

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  • B41B 23/02 for mixing by line-by-line projection of parts of texts from a number of films on to another IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
  • B41B 23/04 for facilitating hand correction of texts IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
  • B41B 23/06 for correcting texts by removing incorrect lines from one film and splicing-in corrected lines from another film IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC

Top Applicants

Top Applicants (IPC)

Class B41,2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT

  1. SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION 14,672
  2. CANON 14,153
  3. RICOH COMPANY 8,049
  4. SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION JP 8,044
  5. HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY US 7,312
  6. BROTHER INDUSTRIES 6,887
  7. KYOCERA DOCUMENT SOLUTIONS 5,463
  8. CANON JP 5,001
  9. KONICA MINOLTA CORPORATION 4,512
  10. BROTHER INDUSTRIES JP 3,681

Top Applicants (CPC)

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