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DIFF Subgroup
B41F 9/10

Doctors, scrapers, or like devices

Introduced: September 1968

Title

Titles differ between systems:

IPC: with doctors, scrapers, or like devices

CPC: Doctors, scrapers, or like devices

Full Title

Full titles differ between systems:

IPC:

Rotary intaglio printing presses > Details > Wiping mechanisms > with doctors, scrapers, or like devices

CPC:

Rotary intaglio printing presses > Details > Wiping mechanisms > Doctors, scrapers, or like devices

Of 9 combined children, 0 exist in both systems.

9 codes are CPC-only extensions.

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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