IPC Main Group
B41F 27/00 Devices for attaching printing elements or formes to supports
Introduced: September 1968
Last revised: January 2006
Classification Context
- Section:
- PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- Class:
- PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
- Subclass:
- PRINTING MACHINES OR PRESSES
7 direct subcodes
Child Classifications
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- B41F 27/02 Magnetic devices
- B41F 27/04 for attaching printing elements to flat type-beds
- B41F 27/06 for attaching printing elements to forme cylinders
- B41F 27/08 for attaching printing formes to flat type-beds
- B41F 27/1 for attaching non-deformable curved printing formes to forme cylinders
- B41F 27/12 for attaching flexible printing formes
- B41F 27/14 for attaching printing formes to intermediate supports, e.g. adapter members
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