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IPC Subgroup
B41L 47/36

for conveying sheets or webs for tabulating purposes; Tabulating mechanisms combined with sheet or web conveyors

Introduced: September 1968

Last revised: January 2006

Full Title

Details of addressing machines or like series-printing machines > Mechanisms for conveying copy material through addressing machines or like series-printing machines > for conveying sheets or webs for tabulating purposes; Tabulating mechanisms combined with sheet or web conveyors

Classification Context

Section:
PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
Class:
PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
Subclass:
APPARATUS OR DEVICES FOR MANIFOLDING, DUPLICATING OR PRINTING FOR OFFICE OR OTHER COMMERCIAL PURPOSES; ADDRESSING MACHINES OR LIKE SERIES-PRINTING MACHINES

2 direct subcodes

Child Classifications

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  • B41L 47/38 with clamping means for head or margin
  • B41L 47/4 with means for automatically reciprocating sheet or web transversely to enable addresses to be printed in columns side by side

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