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:
Indicating, counting, warning, control or safety devices
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 33/02 Arrangements of indicating devices, e.g. counters +1 CPC IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- B41F 33/04 Tripping devices or stop-motions ( ; cylinder-tripping devices of rotary presses or machines B41F13/24; arrangements for tripping inking rollers B41F31/30) +1 CPC IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- 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
- SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION 14,672
- CANON 14,153
- RICOH COMPANY 8,049
- SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION JP 8,044
- HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY US 7,312
- BROTHER INDUSTRIES 6,887
- KYOCERA DOCUMENT SOLUTIONS 5,463
- CANON JP 5,001
- KONICA MINOLTA CORPORATION 4,512
- BROTHER INDUSTRIES JP 3,681
Top Applicants (CPC)
Class B41,2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT
- SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION 8,446
- SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION JP 8,438
- HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY US 7,828
- CANON JP 5,419
- CANON 4,156
- BROTHER INDUSTRIES JP 3,763
- BROTHER INDUSTRIES 2,779
- RICOH COMPANY JP 2,717
- FUJIFILM JP 2,423
- RICOH COMPANY 1,739