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B41F 33/00

Indicating, counting, warning, control or safety devices (arrangements of counting devices in platen presses B41F1/00 in cylinder presses B41F3/84; ink supply or metering devices B41F31/02)

Introduced: September 1968

Title

Titles differ between systems:

IPC: Indicating, counting, warning, control or safety devices

CPC: Indicating, counting, warning, control or safety devices (arrangements of counting devices in platen presses B41F1/00 in cylinder presses B41F3/84; ink supply or metering devices B41F31/02)

Full Title

Full titles differ between systems:

IPC:

Indicating, counting, warning, control or safety devices

CPC:

Indicating, counting, warning, control or safety devices (arrangements of counting devices in platen presses B41F1/00 in cylinder presses B41F3/84; ink supply or metering devices B41F31/02)

CPC subdivides this area 3x more granularly than IPC with 9 additional codes.

9 codes are CPC-only extensions.

2 shared codes have differing titles between IPC and CPC.

Child Classifications

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  • B41F 33/0009 CPC only CPC only
  • B41F 33/0018 CPC only CPC only
  • B41F 33/0027 CPC only CPC only
  • B41F 33/0054 CPC only CPC only
  • B41F 33/0063 CPC only CPC only
  • B41F 33/0072 CPC only CPC only
  • B41F 33/0081 CPC only CPC only
  • B41F 33/009 CPC only CPC only
  • B41F 33/16 Programming systems for automatic control of sequence of operations IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
  • B41F 33/18 Web break detection (B41F33/04 takes precedence) since 1995 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