BOOKBINDING

Introduced: September 1968

Classification Context

Section:: PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
Class:: BOOKBINDING; ALBUMS; FILES; SPECIAL PRINTED MATTER
Subclass:: BOOKBINDING

Description

B42C covers machines, apparatus, and processes for binding books and similar documents, including stitching, sewing, gluing, and casing operations. This subclass encompasses equipment for collating sheets, folding signatures, assembling gathered sections, and attaching covers to form bound volumes. It includes both manual and automated bookbinding machinery, as well as techniques for reinforcing spines and edges. Related finishing operations such as trimming and edge decoration are included when integral to the binding process.

Related Keywords

BOOK(S) bindingmaking BOOK(S)

11 direct subcodes

Child Classifications

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B42C 1/00 Collating or gathering sheets combined with processes permanently attaching together sheets or signatures or for interposing inserts
B42C 11/00 Casing-in
B42C 13/00 Bookbinding presses; Joint-creasing equipment for bookbinding; Drying or setting devices for books
B42C 15/00 Jacketing books
B42C 17/00 Rebinding books
B42C 19/00 Multi-step processes for making books
B42C 3/00 Making booklets, pads, or form sets from multiple webs
B42C 5/00 Preparing the edges or backs of leaves or signatures for binding
B42C 7/00 Manufacturing bookbinding cases or covers of loose-leaf binders
B42C 9/00 Applying glue or adhesive peculiar to bookbinding
B42C 99/00 Subject matter not provided for in other groups of this subclass

Top Applicants

Top 10 applicants by patent filingsfor class B42, 2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT

GIESECKE+DEVRIENT CURRENCY TECHNOLOGY DE 898
BUNDESDRUCKEREI DE 865
DE LA RUE INTERNATIONAL GB 810
SICPA HOLDING CH 784
DNP (DAINIPPON PRINTING COMPANY) 634
TOPPAN PRINTING COMPANY 486
TOPPAN PRINTING COMPANY JP 411
G&D (GIESECKE & DEVRIENT) DE 398
CCL SECURE AU 334
NATIONAL PRINTING BUREAU 313