DIFF Subgroup
B41L 47/42 Printing mechanisms
Introduced: September 1968
Full Title
Full titles differ between systems:
IPC:
Details of addressing machines or like series-printing machines > Printing mechanisms
CPC:
Details of addressographs or like series-printing machines (common details of printing machines B41F21/00 - B41F35/00) > Printing mechanisms
IPC and CPC are identically structured here. All 6 subcodes exist in both systems.
1 shared codes have differing titles between IPC and CPC.
Child Classifications
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- B41L 47/50 using multiple impression-members or -surfaces, e.g. for printing series of addresses with standing context, for printing from selected parts of printing surfaces (applications of counting, numbering, or dating apparatus B41L49/02) IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- B41L 47/52 with movable counter-pressure plates for printing from selected areas of printing surfaces IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- B41L 47/54 with means for automatically reciprocating printing plate transversely to enable addresses to be printed in columns side by side 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