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B41B 7/16

the lines of matrices being composed and justified by machine operation, e.g. line type casting machines, "intertype" machines

Introduced: September 1968

Title

Titles differ between systems:

IPC: the lines of matrices being composed and justified by machine operation, e.g. "linotype", "intertype" machines

CPC: the lines of matrices being composed and justified by machine operation, e.g. line type casting machines, "intertype" 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 separate matrices for individual characters or spaces which are selected and assembled > in which a justified line is composed of matrices and a type line is cast in one piece > the lines of matrices being composed and justified by machine operation, e.g. "linotype", "intertype" machines

CPC:

Kinds or types of apparatus for mechanical composition in which the type is cast or moulded from matrices > operating with separate matrices for individual characters or spaces which are selected and assembled (details B41B11/00) > in which a justified line is composed of matrices and a type line is cast in one piece > the lines of matrices being composed and justified by machine operation, e.g. line type casting machines, "intertype" machines

IPC and CPC are identically structured here. All 1 subcodes exist in both systems.

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  • B41B 7/18 the matrices being guided by wires, e.g. "typograph" 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