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B41B 7/04

for casting individual characters or spaces, e.g. type casting machines

Introduced: September 1968

Title

Titles differ between systems:

IPC: for casting individual characters or spaces, e.g. "monotype" machines

CPC: for casting individual characters or spaces, e.g. type casting machines

Full Title

Full titles differ between systems:

IPC:

Kinds or types of apparatus for mechanical composition in which the type is cast or moulded from matrices > operating with fixed combinations of matrices > for casting individual characters or spaces, e.g. "monotype" machines

CPC:

Kinds or types of apparatus for mechanical composition in which the type is cast or moulded from matrices > operating with fixed combinations of matrices (details B41B9/00) > for casting individual characters or spaces, e.g. type casting machines

No child classifications to compare. This is a leaf node in both 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