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B41L 5/00

Autographic registers or like manifolding apparatus using movable strips or webs (movable strip writing or reading apparatus B42D19/00)

Introduced: September 1968

Title

Titles differ between systems:

IPC: Autographic registers or like apparatus for manifolding by means of pressure-sensitive layers, using movable strips or webs

CPC: Autographic registers or like manifolding apparatus using movable strips or webs (movable strip writing or reading apparatus B42D19/00)

Full Title

Full titles differ between systems:

IPC:

Autographic registers or like apparatus for manifolding by means of pressure-sensitive layers, using movable strips or webs

CPC:

Autographic registers or like manifolding apparatus using movable strips or webs (movable strip writing or reading apparatus B42D19/00)

IPC and CPC are identically structured here. All 6 subcodes exist in both systems.

2 shared codes have differing titles between IPC and CPC.

Child Classifications

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  • B41L 5/02 with means for limiting movements of webs fed by hand IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
  • B41L 5/10 with mechanisms for feeding the pressure-sensitive web or webs separately from the other webs, e.g. transversely IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
  • B41L 5/12 with means for indicating exhaustion of web supply IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
  • B41L 5/14 with auxiliary means for printing, perforating, or severing the web IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
  • B41L 5/16 Accessories, e.g. drawers for storing forms, for money (cash registers G07G) 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