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B41L 47/26

for conveying or positioning single sheetlike articles, e.g. envelopes

Introduced: September 1968

Title

Titles differ between systems:

IPC: for conveying or positioning single sheet-like articles, e.g. envelopes

CPC: for conveying or positioning single sheetlike articles, e.g. envelopes

Full Title

Full titles differ between systems:

IPC:

Details of addressing machines or like series-printing machines > Mechanisms for conveying copy material through addressing machines or like series-printing machines > for conveying or positioning single sheet-like articles, e.g. envelopes

CPC:

Details of addressographs or like series-printing machines (common details of printing machines B41F21/00 - B41F35/00) > Mechanisms for conveying copy material through addressographs or like series-printing machines (in general B65;) > for conveying or positioning single sheetlike articles, e.g. envelopes

No child classifications to compare. This is a leaf node in both 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