IPC Main Group
B41C 1/00 Forme preparation
Introduced: September 1968
Last revised: January 2006
Classification Context
- Section:
- PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- Class:
- PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
- Subclass:
- PROCESSES FOR THE MANUFACTURE OR REPRODUCTION OF PRINTING SURFACES
9 direct subcodes
Child Classifications
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- B41C 1/02 Engraving; Heads therefor
- B41C 1/055 Thermographic processes for producing formes
- B41C 1/06 Transferring
- B41C 1/08 by embossing, e.g. with a typewriter
- B41C 1/1 for lithographic printing; Master sheets for transferring a lithographic image to the forme
- B41C 1/12 Multicolour formes
- B41C 1/14 for stencil printing or silk-screen printing
- B41C 1/16 Formes with areas rendered ink-resistant by covering with an amalgam; Printing plates for amalgam printing
- B41C 1/18 Curved printing formes or printing cylinders
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