DIFF Main Group
B41M 7/00 After-treatment of prints, e.g. heating, irradiating,
Introduced: September 1968
Title
Titles differ between systems:
IPC: After-treatment of printed works, e.g. heating, irradiating
CPC: After-treatment of prints, e.g. heating, irradiating,
Full Title
Full titles differ between systems:
IPC:
After-treatment of printed works, e.g. heating, irradiating
CPC:
After-treatment of prints, e.g. heating, irradiating,
CPC subdivides this area 11x more granularly than IPC with 10 additional codes.
10 codes are CPC-only extensions.
1 shared codes have differing titles between IPC and CPC.
Child Classifications
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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