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B41L 47/14

Devices or arrangements for storing or handling plates

Introduced: September 1968

Full Title

Full titles differ between systems:

IPC:

Details of addressing machines or like series-printing machines > Devices or arrangements for storing or handling plates

CPC:

Details of addressographs or like series-printing machines (common details of printing machines B41F21/00 - B41F35/00) > Devices or arrangements for storing or handling plates

IPC and CPC are identically structured here. All 4 subcodes exist in both systems.

Child Classifications

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  • B41L 47/16 Magazines IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
  • B41L 47/18 Devices for feeding the plates in their plane IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
  • B41L 47/20 Devices for feeding the plates otherwise than in their plane, e.g. transversely thereto IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
  • B41L 47/22 with means for presenting plates for repeated printing operations 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