B42D 1/00 Books or other bound products
Introduced: September 1968
Last revised: January 2006
Classification Context
- Section:
- PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- Class:
- BOOKBINDING; ALBUMS; FILES; SPECIAL PRINTED MATTER
- Subclass:
- BOOKS; BOOK COVERS; LOOSE LEAVES; PRINTED MATTER CHARACTERISED BY IDENTIFICATION OR SECURITY FEATURES; PRINTED MATTER OF SPECIAL FORMAT OR STYLE NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; DEVICES FOR USE THEREWITH AND NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; MOVABLE-STRIP WRITING OR READING APPARATUS
Filing statistics
IPC B42D 1/00 belongs to the parent subclass B42D, which recorded 34,717 patent applications worldwide between 2013 and 2023. Annual filings declined from 3,364 in 2013 to 1,798 in 2023 (-47%), peaking at 3,980 applications in 2016. The most active applicants in class B42 are GIESECKE+DEVRIENT CURRENCY TECHNOLOGY (898 applications), BUNDESDRUCKEREI (865 applications) and DE LA RUE INTERNATIONAL (810 applications).
Source: EPO PATSTAT, worldwide filings
Additional Content
Picture books with additional toy effects Educational or demonstration appliances, e.g. textbooks for teaching foreign languages , e.g.
Related Keywords
5 direct subcodes
Child Classifications
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- B42D 1/02 in which the fillings and covers are connected by end papers
- B42D 1/04 in which the fillings and the spine portions of the covers are secured integrally, e.g. paper-backs
- B42D 1/06 in which the fillings and covers are united by other means
- B42D 1/08 Albums
- B42D 1/1 Files with adhesive strips for mounting papers
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