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B41J 7/54

Selecting arrangements including combinations, permutation, summation, or aggregation means

Introduced: September 1968

Title

Titles differ between systems:

IPC: Selecting arrangements including combination, permutation, summation, or aggregation means

CPC: Selecting arrangements including combinations, permutation, summation, or aggregation means

Full Title

Full titles differ between systems:

IPC:

Type-selecting or type-actuating mechanisms > Selecting arrangements including combination, permutation, summation, or aggregation means

CPC:

Type-selecting or type-actuating mechanisms (index setting B41J5/02) > Selecting arrangements including combinations, permutation, summation, or aggregation means

IPC and CPC are identically structured here. All 3 subcodes exist in both systems.

Child Classifications

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  • B41J 7/66 Movable members, e.g. pins, displaceable according to a code IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
  • B41J 7/68 with means for selectively closing an electric circuit for type presentation 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