DIFF Main Group
B43K 13/00 Devices for removing nibs; Devices for cleaning nibs, e.g. by wiping (ink receptacles with pen-wiping means B43L25/12)
Introduced: September 1968
Title
Titles differ between systems:
IPC: Devices for removing nibs; Devices for cleaning nibs, e.g. by wiping
CPC: Devices for removing nibs; Devices for cleaning nibs, e.g. by wiping (ink receptacles with pen-wiping means B43L25/12)
Full Title
Full titles differ between systems:
IPC:
Devices for removing nibs; Devices for cleaning nibs, e.g. by wiping
CPC:
Devices for removing nibs; Devices for cleaning nibs, e.g. by wiping (ink receptacles with pen-wiping means B43L25/12)
Of 2 combined children, 1 exist in both systems.
1 codes are CPC-only extensions.
IPC defines codes here since 1995.
Child Classifications
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- B43K 13/02 for cleaning nibs, e.g. ink reservoirs therein since 1995 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