B65H 45/12 Folding articles or webs with application of pressure to define or form crease lines
Introduced: September 1968
Last revised: January 2006
Full Title
Folding thin material > Folding articles or webs with application of pressure to define or form crease lines
Classification Context
- Section:
- PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- Class:
- CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
- Subclass:
- HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
Filing statistics
IPC B65H 45/12 belongs to the parent subclass B65H, which recorded 387,782 patent applications worldwide between 2013 and 2023. Annual filings grew from 15,473 in 2013 to 53,694 in 2023 (+247%), peaking at 56,827 applications in 2020. The most active applicants in class B65 are CANON (3,755 applications), SGCC(STATE GRID CORPORATION OF CHINA) (3,721 applications) and YOSHINO KOGYOSHO COMPANY (3,659 applications).
Source: EPO PATSTAT, worldwide filings
9 direct subcodes
Child Classifications
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- B65H 45/14 Buckling folders
- B65H 45/16 Rotary folders
- B65H 45/18 Oscillating or reciprocating blade folders
- B65H 45/2 Zig-zag folders
- B65H 45/22 Longitudinal folders, i.e. for folding moving sheet material parallel to the direction of movement
- B65H 45/24 Interfolding sheets, e.g. cigarette or toilet papers
- B65H 45/26 Folding in combination with unpiling
- B65H 45/28 Folding in combination with cutting
- B65H 45/3 Folding in combination with creasing, smoothing, or application of adhesive
Top Applicants
Top 10 applicants by patent filingsfor class B65, 2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT
- CANON 3,755
- SGCC(STATE GRID CORPORATION OF CHINA) 3,721
- YOSHINO KOGYOSHO COMPANY 3,659
- DNP (DAINIPPON PRINTING COMPANY) 3,573
- KRONES DE 3,114
- P&G (PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY) US 2,777
- TOPPAN PRINTING COMPANY 2,720
- SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION 2,574
- KYOCERA DOCUMENT SOLUTIONS 2,371
- RICOH COMPANY 2,349