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DIFF Subgroup
B41J 5/48

on external storages

Introduced: September 1968

Title

Titles differ between systems:

IPC: the storage being on external storages

CPC: on external storages

Full Title

Full titles differ between systems:

IPC:

Devices or arrangements for controlling character selection > Character or syllable selection controlled by recorded information > characterised by the kind of storage of recorded information > the storage being on external storages

CPC:

Devices or arrangements for controlling character selection (methods or arrangements for sensing record carriers G06K7/00) > Character or syllable selection controlled by recorded information > characterised by storage of recorded information > on external storages

IPC and CPC are identically structured here. All 2 subcodes exist in both systems.

Child Classifications

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  • B41J 5/50 on a single storage IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
  • B41J 5/51 on more than one separate storage, e.g. on additional correction strips or tapes since 1980 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