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B42F 13/12

with pillars, posts, rods, or tubes (B42F13/30 takes precedence)

Introduced: September 1968

Title

Titles differ between systems:

IPC: with pillars, posts, rods, or tubes

CPC: with pillars, posts, rods, or tubes (B42F13/30 takes precedence)

Full Title

Full titles differ between systems:

IPC:

Filing appliances with means for engaging perforations or slots > with pillars, posts, rods, or tubes

CPC:

Filing appliances with means for engaging perforations or slots (B42F17/00 takes precedence; indexing features B42F21/00) > with pillars, posts, rods, or tubes (B42F13/30 takes precedence)

IPC and CPC are identically structured here. All 1 subcodes exist in both systems.

1 shared codes have differing titles between IPC and CPC.

Child Classifications

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  • B42F 13/14 with clamping or locking means (pressure bars B42F13/36) IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC

Top Applicants

Top Applicants (IPC)

Class B42,2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT

  1. GIESECKE+DEVRIENT CURRENCY TECHNOLOGY DE 898
  2. BUNDESDRUCKEREI DE 865
  3. DE LA RUE INTERNATIONAL GB 810
  4. SICPA HOLDING CH 784
  5. DNP (DAINIPPON PRINTING COMPANY) 634
  6. TOPPAN PRINTING COMPANY 486
  7. TOPPAN PRINTING COMPANY JP 411
  8. G&D (GIESECKE & DEVRIENT) DE 398
  9. CCL SECURE AU 334
  10. NATIONAL PRINTING BUREAU 313

Top Applicants (CPC)

Class B42,2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT

  1. SICPA HOLDING CH 1,317
  2. GIESECKE+DEVRIENT CURRENCY TECHNOLOGY DE 949
  3. BUNDESDRUCKEREI DE 881
  4. DE LA RUE INTERNATIONAL GB 870
  5. TOPPAN PRINTING COMPANY JP 455
  6. G&D (GIESECKE & DEVRIENT) DE 421
  7. CCL SECURE AU 343
  8. OVD KINEGRAM CH 308
  9. OBERTHUR FIDUCIAIRE FR 251
  10. CRANE COMPANY US 204