B41M 5/124 using pressure to make a masked colour visible, e.g. to make a coloured support visible, to create an opaque or transparent pattern, or to form colour by uniting colour-forming components
Introduced: January 1990
Last revised: January 2006
Full Title
Duplicating or marking methods; Sheet materials for use therein > using pressure to make a masked colour visible, e.g. to make a coloured support visible, to create an opaque or transparent pattern, or to form colour by uniting colour-forming components
Classification Context
- Section:
- PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- Class:
- PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
- Subclass:
- PRINTING, DUPLICATING, MARKING, OR COPYING PROCESSES; COLOUR PRINTING
Filing statistics
IPC B41M 5/124 belongs to the parent subclass B41M, which recorded 51,201 patent applications worldwide between 2013 and 2023. Annual filings declined from 4,742 in 2013 to 3,298 in 2023 (-30%), peaking at 5,357 applications in 2018. 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
3 direct subcodes
Child Classifications
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- B41M 5/128 Desensitisers; Compositions for fault correction, detection or identification of the layers
- B41M 5/132 Chemical colour-forming components; Additives or binders therefor
- B41M 5/165 characterised by the use of microcapsules; Special solvents for incorporating the ingredients
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