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B41B 27/28

Control, indicating, or safety devices for individual operations or machine elements (in devices for supplying molten metal B41B11/86, B41B11/88; for light sources B41B21/08)

Introduced: September 1968

Title

Titles differ between systems:

IPC: Control, indicating, or safety devices for individual operations or machine elements

CPC: Control, indicating, or safety devices for individual operations or machine elements (in devices for supplying molten metal B41B11/86, B41B11/88; for light sources B41B21/08)

Full Title

Full titles differ between systems:

IPC:

Control, indicating, or safety devices or systems for composing machines of various kinds or types > Control, indicating, or safety devices for individual operations or machine elements

CPC:

Control, indicating, or safety devices or systems for composing machines of various kinds or types (computers in general G06F) > Control, indicating, or safety devices for individual operations or machine elements (in devices for supplying molten metal B41B11/86, B41B11/88; for light sources B41B21/08)

IPC and CPC are identically structured here. All 9 subcodes exist in both systems.

2 shared codes have differing titles between IPC and CPC.

Child Classifications

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  • B41B 27/30 for arresting or varying speed of one operation in response to failure or variation in speed of another operation IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
  • B41B 27/38 for measuring length of composed lines; for reading composed characters IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
  • B41B 27/40 for proof-printing operations IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
  • B41B 27/41 Printing mechanisms coupled to typographical composing machines IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
  • B41B 27/42 for controlling selection or shifting of matrix magazines IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
  • B41B 27/48 for deleting errors or inserting corrections (means for cancelling or correcting errors in typewriters or selective printing mechanisms B41J29/26) IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
  • B41B 27/50 operated by coupled machines 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