DIFF Subgroup
B42B 2/02 Machines for stitching with thread
Introduced: July 1974
Full Title
Full titles differ between systems:
IPC:
Permanently attaching together sheets, quires, or signatures by stitching with filamentary material, e.g. textile threads > Machines for stitching with thread
CPC:
Permanently attaching together sheets, quires or signatures by stitching with filamentary material, e.g. textile threads (discontinuously B42B4/00) > Machines for stitching with thread
IPC and CPC are identically structured here. All 3 subcodes exist in both systems.
IPC defines codes here since 1974.
Child Classifications
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- B42B 2/08 with devices for forming safety knots or with tying mechanisms since 1974 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