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B41F 17/34

on articles with surface irregularities, e.g. fruits, nuts

Introduced: September 1968

Title

Titles differ between systems:

IPC: on articles with surface irregularities, e.g. fruit, nuts

CPC: on articles with surface irregularities, e.g. fruits, nuts

Full Title

Full titles differ between systems:

IPC:

Printing apparatus or machines of special types or for particular purposes, not otherwise provided for > for printing on curved surfaces of essentially spherical, or part-spherical, articles > on articles with surface irregularities, e.g. fruit, nuts

CPC:

Printing apparatus or machines of special types or for particular purposes, not otherwise provided for > for printing on curved surfaces of essentially spherical, or part-spherical, articles > on articles with surface irregularities, e.g. fruits, nuts

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