IPC Subgroup
B41B 17/04 with a carrier for all characters in at least one fount
Introduced: September 1968
Last revised: January 2006
Full Title
Photographic composing machines having fixed or movable character carriers and without means for composing lines prior to photography > with a carrier for all characters in at least one fount
Classification Context
- Section:
- PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- Class:
- PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
- Subclass:
- MACHINES OR ACCESSORIES FOR MAKING, SETTING, OR DISTRIBUTING TYPE; TYPE; PHOTOGRAPHIC OR PHOTOELECTRONIC COMPOSING DEVICES
5 direct subcodes
Child Classifications
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- B41B 17/06 with an adjustable carrier
- B41B 17/08 with a fixed carrier
- B41B 17/1 with a continuously-movable carrier
- B41B 17/12 with means for moving the optical path for photographing characters, e.g. intermittently
- B41B 17/16 with means for moving the film in its plane for photographing characters in succession
Top Applicants
Top 10 applicants by patent filingsfor class B41, 2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT
- SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION 14,672
- CANON 14,153
- RICOH COMPANY 8,049
- SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION JP 8,044
- HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY US 7,312
- BROTHER INDUSTRIES 6,887
- KYOCERA DOCUMENT SOLUTIONS 5,463
- CANON JP 5,001
- KONICA MINOLTA CORPORATION 4,512
- BROTHER INDUSTRIES JP 3,681