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DIFF Subgroup
B43M 11/06

Hand-held devices

Introduced: September 1968

Full Title

Full titles differ between systems:

IPC:

Hand or desk devices of the office or personal type for applying liquid, other than ink, by contact to surfaces, e.g. for applying adhesive > Hand-held devices

CPC:

Hand or desk devices of the office or personal type for applying liquid, other than ink, by contact to surfaces, e.g. for applying adhesive (combined with envelope-closing devices B43M5/02; reservoir brushes A46B11/00; devices for applying liquids or other fluent materials to surfaces in general B05C; liquid receptacles B65D) > Hand-held devices

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

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Top Applicants

Top Applicants (IPC)

Class B43,2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT

  1. PILOT CORPORATION 1,100
  2. MITSUBISHI PENCIL COMPANY 818
  3. SOCIETE BIC FR 380
  4. MITSUBISHI PENCIL COMPANY JP 371
  5. PILOT CORPORATION JP 273
  6. DELI GROUP COMPANY 249
  7. SHANGHAI M&G STATIONERY 176
  8. PENTEL 169
  9. ZEBRA PEN CORPORATION 153
  10. GUANGZHOU SHIRUI ELECTRICAL TECHNOLOGY COMPANY 124

Top Applicants (CPC)

Class B43,2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT

  1. SOCIETE BIC FR 422
  2. MITSUBISHI PENCIL COMPANY JP 381
  3. PILOT CORPORATION JP 299
  4. MITSUBISHI PENCIL COMPANY 213
  5. PILOT CORPORATION 100
  6. WACOM COMPANY JP 89
  7. STAEDTLER MARS & COMPANY DE 87
  8. KOTOBUKI JP 82
  9. CRAYOLA US 78
  10. SANFORD US 73