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B41M 1/00

Inking and printing with a printer's forme

Introduced: September 1968

IPC and CPC are identically structured here. All 10 subcodes exist in both systems.

3 shared codes have differing titles between IPC and CPC.

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  • B41M 1/10 Intaglio printing IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
  • B41M 1/22 Metallic printing; Printing with powdered inks IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
  • B41M 1/24 combined with embossing (printing machines for carrying out printing operations combined with embossing B41F19/02) IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
  • B41M 1/40 Printing on bodies of particular shapes, e.g. golf balls, candles, wine corks IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
  • B41M 1/42 Printing without contact between forme and surface to be printed, e.g. by using electrostatic fields since 1974 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