Arrangements or devices for selecting, or for facilitating selection of, text or image to be printed

Introduced: September 1968

Full Title

Full titles differ between systems:

IPC:

Details of addressing machines or like series-printing machines > Arrangements or devices for selecting, or for facilitating selection of, text or image to be printed

CPC:

Details of addressographs or like series-printing machines (common details of printing machines B41F21/00 - B41F35/00) > Arrangements or devices for selecting, or for facilitating selection of, text or image to be printed

IPC and CPC are identically structured here. All 2 subcodes exist in both systems.

1 shared codes have differing titles between IPC and CPC.

Child Classifications

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B41L 47/60 Markings applied to printing plates, e.g. code marks, colours, clips, perforations, edge notches, projections IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
B41L 47/62 Selecting devices, e.g. cams, windows, positions indicators 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