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B41B 27/48

for deleting errors or inserting corrections (means for cancelling or correcting errors in typewriters or selective printing mechanisms B41J29/26)

Introduced: September 1968

Title

Titles differ between systems:

IPC: for deleting errors or inserting corrections

CPC: for deleting errors or inserting corrections (means for cancelling or correcting errors in typewriters or selective printing mechanisms B41J29/26)

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 > for deleting errors or inserting corrections

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) > for deleting errors or inserting corrections (means for cancelling or correcting errors in typewriters or selective printing mechanisms B41J29/26)

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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