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B41C 1/1

for lithographic printing; Master sheets for transferring a lithographic image to the forme

Introduced: September 1968

Last revised: January 2006

Full Title

Forme preparation > for lithographic printing; Master sheets for transferring a lithographic image to the forme

Classification Context

Section:
PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
Class:
PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
Subclass:
PROCESSES FOR THE MANUFACTURE OR REPRODUCTION OF PRINTING SURFACES

Filing statistics

IPC B41C 1/1 belongs to the parent subclass B41C, which recorded 6,318 patent applications worldwide between 2013 and 2023. Annual filings declined from 551 in 2013 to 458 in 2023 (-17%), peaking at 731 applications in 2020. The most active applicants in class B41 are SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION (14,672 applications), CANON (14,153 applications) and RICOH COMPANY (8,049 applications).

Source: EPO PATSTAT, worldwide filings

Related Keywords

processes for preparing printing surfaces for LITHOGRAPHICprocesses for preparing printing surfaces for OFFSET

Top Applicants

Top 10 applicants by patent filingsfor class B41, 2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT

  1. SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION 14,672
  2. CANON 14,153
  3. RICOH COMPANY 8,049
  4. SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION JP 8,044
  5. HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY US 7,312
  6. BROTHER INDUSTRIES 6,887
  7. KYOCERA DOCUMENT SOLUTIONS 5,463
  8. CANON JP 5,001
  9. KONICA MINOLTA CORPORATION 4,512
  10. BROTHER INDUSTRIES JP 3,681