CPC technology class · B43
B43M — Bureau Accessories
Bureau accessories not otherwise provided for. 167 US utility patents granted 2015–2025, with the leading assignees and year-by-year filing trajectory.
- 167
- US patents granted
- B43
- Parent CPC class
- 20
- Active assignees
- -23%
- 5-yr velocity
CPC subclass B43M — BUREAU ACCESSORIES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR — covers 167 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025 according to USPTO PatentsView records. This subclass sits within the broader CPC class B43 (WRITING OR DRAWING IMPLEMENTS; BUREAU ACCESSORIES), one of roughly 250 top-level technology categories in the Cooperative Patent Classification system jointly maintained by the USPTO and the European Patent Office. At the subclass level, four-character codes like B43M give the most practical resolution for tracking a specific technology domain without losing sight of adjacent filings. Every grant here has been classified by a USPTO examiner based on the technical disclosure in the patent specification.
The competitive landscape in B43M is shaped by 20 distinct companies actively filing in this space. BIOMED PACKAGING SYSTEMS, INC. leads with 16 patents, followed by RISO KAGAKU CORPORATION at 350 grants and DMT Solutions Global Corporation at 17. Concentration at the top of the leaderboard indicates whether this technology area is dominated by a handful of incumbents or fragmented across many filers — a useful signal for investors evaluating competitive moats and for product teams mapping freedom-to-operate risk.
Filing trajectory matters as much as static counts. The yearly series on this page plots grants from 2015 through 2025, highlighting whether innovation in B43M is accelerating, plateauing, or cooling. Technology areas with rising post-2020 activity often reflect emerging markets or new platform shifts, while declining filings can signal mature domains where incremental improvement has slowed. Researchers, licensing professionals, and competitive-intelligence teams use these patterns — together with the top-assignee distribution — to decide where to invest, where to license, and where to avoid entanglement. All counts on this page come directly from USPTO PatentsView and reflect US granted utility patents only.
Is B43M innovation accelerating?
US utility-patent grants per year in B43M, 2015–2025 — recent five years are down 23% versus 2015–2019.
Who leads B43M?
The 12 most active assignees in BUREAU ACCESSORIES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR — wider bars mean more grants
- Biomed Packaging Syst… 20
BIOMED PACKAGING SYSTEMS, INC.
20 patents
- Riso Kagaku
RISO KAGAKU CORPORATION
350 patents
- Dmt Solutions Global 17
DMT Solutions Global Corporation
17 patents
- Societe Bic
SOCIETE BIC
167 patents
- Boewe Systec 11
BOEWE SYSTEC GMBH
11 patents
- Pitney Bowes 46
Pitney Bowes Inc.
46 patents
- Quadient France 41
QUADIENT TECHNOLOGIES FRANCE
41 patents
- Opex 76
OPEX Corporation
76 patents
- Neopost 51
NEOPOST TECHNOLOGIES
51 patents
- Kokuyo 42
KOKUYO CO., LTD.
42 patents
- Tombow Pencil 19
TOMBOW PENCIL CO., LTD.
19 patents
- Kern 10
KERN AG
10 patents
What this shows Biomed Packaging Syst… is the most active filer in B43M, holding 16 of the 167 patents in this class. Concentration at the top signals how contestable this technology area is for new entrants.
View data table
| Rank | Company | Patents in B43M |
|---|---|---|
| #1 | BIOMED PACKAGING SYSTEMS, INC. | 20 |
| #2 | RISO KAGAKU CORPORATION | 350 |
| #3 | DMT Solutions Global Corporation | 17 |
| #4 | SOCIETE BIC | 167 |
| #5 | BOEWE SYSTEC GMBH | 11 |
| #6 | Pitney Bowes Inc. | 46 |
| #7 | QUADIENT TECHNOLOGIES FRANCE | 41 |
| #8 | OPEX Corporation | 76 |
| #9 | NEOPOST TECHNOLOGIES | 51 |
| #10 | KOKUYO CO., LTD. | 42 |
| #11 | TOMBOW PENCIL CO., LTD. | 19 |
| #12 | KERN AG | 10 |
| #13 | FERAG AG | 95 |
| #14 | MUELLER MARTINI HOLDING AG | 60 |
| #15 | KOTOBUKI & CO., LTD. | 39 |
| #16 | Bell and Howell, LLC | 14 |
| #17 | BÖWE SYSTEC GmbH | 7 |
| #18 | Sanford L.P. | 131 |
| #19 | Francotyp-Postalia GmbH | 39 |
| #20 | ARROW INTERNATIONAL LLC | 24 |
About This Class
CPC subclass B43M belongs to class B43.
167 patents were granted in this class between 2015 and 2025.
20 companies actively patent in this space.
Classification System
Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC) is a hierarchical patent classification system used by the USPTO and EPO.
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