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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 47/44 using flat platens IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
  • B41L 47/46 using line-contact members, e.g. rollers, cylinders IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
  • B41L 47/48 with inking or ink-ribbon devices IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
  • 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

  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