DIFF Main Group
B43K 1/00 Nibs (continuously adjustable nibs B43K17/00); Writing-points (for indicating or recording apparatus G01D15/16)
Introduced: September 1968
Title
Titles differ between systems:
IPC: Nibs; Writing- points
CPC: Nibs (continuously adjustable nibs B43K17/00); Writing-points (for indicating or recording apparatus G01D15/16)
Full Title
Full titles differ between systems:
IPC:
Nibs; Writing- points
CPC:
Nibs (continuously adjustable nibs B43K17/00); Writing-points (for indicating or recording apparatus G01D15/16)
Of 8 combined children, 6 exist in both systems.
2 codes are CPC-only extensions.
Child Classifications
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- B43K 1/01 with ink reservoirs, e.g. funnel-shaped since 1995 +1 CPC IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
Top Applicants
Top Applicants (IPC)
Class B43,2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT
- PILOT CORPORATION 1,100
- MITSUBISHI PENCIL COMPANY 818
- SOCIETE BIC FR 380
- MITSUBISHI PENCIL COMPANY JP 371
- PILOT CORPORATION JP 273
- DELI GROUP COMPANY 249
- SHANGHAI M&G STATIONERY 176
- PENTEL 169
- ZEBRA PEN CORPORATION 153
- GUANGZHOU SHIRUI ELECTRICAL TECHNOLOGY COMPANY 124
Top Applicants (CPC)
Class B43,2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT
- SOCIETE BIC FR 422
- MITSUBISHI PENCIL COMPANY JP 381
- PILOT CORPORATION JP 299
- MITSUBISHI PENCIL COMPANY 213
- PILOT CORPORATION 100
- WACOM COMPANY JP 89
- STAEDTLER MARS & COMPANY DE 87
- KOTOBUKI JP 82
- CRAYOLA US 78
- SANFORD US 73