B41J 2/00 Typewriters or selective printing mechanisms characterised by the printing or marking process for which they are designed (mounting, arrangement or disposition of types or dies B41J1/00)
Introduced: January 1990
Title
Titles differ between systems:
IPC: Typewriters or selective printing mechanisms characterised by the printing or marking process for which they are designed
CPC: Typewriters or selective printing mechanisms characterised by the printing or marking process for which they are designed (mounting, arrangement or disposition of types or dies B41J1/00)
Full Title
Full titles differ between systems:
Typewriters or selective printing mechanisms characterised by the printing or marking process for which they are designed
Typewriters or selective printing mechanisms characterised by the printing or marking process for which they are designed (mounting, arrangement or disposition of types or dies B41J1/00)
Additional Content IPC
Mounting, arrangement or disposition of types or dies
IPC and CPC are identically structured here. All 8 subcodes exist in both systems.
6 shared codes have differing titles between IPC and CPC.
IPC defines codes here since 1990.
Child Classifications
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- B41J 2/005 characterised by bringing liquid or particles selectively into contact with a printing material (printing by selective application of impact or pressure on a printing or impression-transfer material B41J2/22) since 1990 +3 CPC IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- B41J 2/22 characterised by selective application of impact or pressure on a printing material or impression-transfer material since 1990 IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- B41J 2/315 characterised by selective application of heat to a heat sensitive printing or impression-transfer material (B41J2/385, B41J2/435 take precedence) since 1990 IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- B41J 2/385 characterised by selective supply of electric current or selective application of magnetism to a printing or impression-transfer material (B41J2/005 takes precedence) since 1990 +1 CPC IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- B41J 2/435 characterised by selective application of radiation to a printing material or impression-transfer material since 1990 IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- B41J 2/485 characterised by the process of building-up characters applicable to two or more kinds of printing or marking processes since 1990 IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- B41J 2/52 Arrangement for printing a discrete number of tones, not covered by group B41J2/205, e.g. applicable to two or more kinds of printing or marking process (B41J2/525 takes precedence) since 1990 IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- B41J 2/525 Arrangement for multi-colour printing, not covered by group B41J2/21, e.g. applicable to two or more kinds of printing or marking process since 1990 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