B42B PERMANENTLY ATTACHING TOGETHER SHEETS, QUIRES OR SIGNATURES OR PERMANENTLY ATTACHING OBJECTS THERETO (nailing or stapling in general B25C, B27F; machines for both collating or gathering and permanently attaching together sheets or signatures B42C1/12; temporarily attaching sheets together B42F)
Introduced: September 1968
Description
B42B covers methods and apparatus for permanently joining sheets, quires, or signatures together, as well as attaching objects to paper materials. This includes binding techniques such as stitching, sewing, gluing, and other fastening processes used in bookbinding and document assembly. The classification encompasses both the mechanical processes and the equipment used to perform these permanent attachments in production of bound documents and publications.
Title
Titles differ between systems:
IPC: PERMANENTLY ATTACHING TOGETHER SHEETS, QUIRES, OR SIGNATURES, OR PERMANENTLY ATTACHING OBJECTS THERETO
CPC: PERMANENTLY ATTACHING TOGETHER SHEETS, QUIRES OR SIGNATURES OR PERMANENTLY ATTACHING OBJECTS THERETO (nailing or stapling in general B25C, B27F; machines for both collating or gathering and permanently attaching together sheets or signatures B42C1/12; temporarily attaching sheets together B42F)
Full Title
Full titles differ between systems:
PERMANENTLY ATTACHING TOGETHER SHEETS, QUIRES, OR SIGNATURES, OR PERMANENTLY ATTACHING OBJECTS THERETO
PERMANENTLY ATTACHING TOGETHER SHEETS, QUIRES OR SIGNATURES OR PERMANENTLY ATTACHING OBJECTS THERETO (nailing or stapling in general B25C, B27F; machines for both collating or gathering and permanently attaching together sheets or signatures B42C1/12; temporarily attaching sheets together B42F)
IPC and CPC are identically structured here. All 5 subcodes exist in both systems.
3 shared codes have differing titles between IPC and CPC.
Child Classifications
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- B42B 2/00 Permanently attaching together sheets, quires or signatures by stitching with filamentary material, e.g. textile threads (discontinuously B42B4/00) since 1974 IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- B42B 4/00 Permanently attaching together sheets, quires or signatures by discontinuous stitching with filamentary material, e.g. wire since 1974 IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- B42B 5/00 Permanently attaching together sheets, quires or signatures otherwise than by stitching (by deformation thereof B31F; by adhesive peculiar to bookbinding B42C9/00) IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- B42B 7/00 Permanently attaching objects, e.g. map sections, to sheets IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- B42B 9/00 Devices common to machines for carrying out the processes according to more than one of the preceding main groups (auxiliary equipment in making paper articles B31F; auxiliary equipment in printing machines B41; conveyors in general B65G; ) IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
Top Applicants
Top Applicants (IPC)
Class B42,2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT
- GIESECKE+DEVRIENT CURRENCY TECHNOLOGY DE 898
- BUNDESDRUCKEREI DE 865
- DE LA RUE INTERNATIONAL GB 810
- SICPA HOLDING CH 784
- DNP (DAINIPPON PRINTING COMPANY) 634
- TOPPAN PRINTING COMPANY 486
- TOPPAN PRINTING COMPANY JP 411
- G&D (GIESECKE & DEVRIENT) DE 398
- CCL SECURE AU 334
- NATIONAL PRINTING BUREAU 313
Top Applicants (CPC)
Class B42,2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT
- SICPA HOLDING CH 1,317
- GIESECKE+DEVRIENT CURRENCY TECHNOLOGY DE 949
- BUNDESDRUCKEREI DE 881
- DE LA RUE INTERNATIONAL GB 870
- TOPPAN PRINTING COMPANY JP 455
- G&D (GIESECKE & DEVRIENT) DE 421
- CCL SECURE AU 343
- OVD KINEGRAM CH 308
- OBERTHUR FIDUCIAIRE FR 251
- CRANE COMPANY US 204