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D05C 11/00

Devices for guiding, feeding, handling, or treating the threads in embroidering machines; Machine needles; Operating or control mechanisms therefor

Filing statistics

CPC D05C 11/00 belongs to the parent subclass D05C, which recorded 5,025 patent applications worldwide between 2013 and 2023. Annual filings grew from 212 in 2013 to 334 in 2023 (+58%), peaking at 734 applications in 2017. The most active applicants in class D05 are JACK SEWING MACHINE COMPANY (670 applications), JUKI CORPORATION (427 applications) and BROTHER INDUSTRIES (299 applications).

Source: EPO PATSTAT, worldwide filings

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Child Classifications

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  • D05C 11/16 Arrangements for repeating thread patterns or for changing threads
  • D05C 11/18 Shuttles
  • D05C 11/20 Arrangements for cutting the needle or lower threads
  • D05C 11/22 Arrangements for cutting-out broken threads
  • D05C 11/24 incorporating devices for dyeing or impregnating the threads

Top Applicants

Top 10 applicants by patent filingsfor class D05, 2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT

  1. JACK SEWING MACHINE COMPANY 670
  2. JUKI CORPORATION 427
  3. BROTHER INDUSTRIES 299
  4. BROTHER INDUSTRIES JP 255
  5. JANOME SEWING MACHINE COMPANY JP 224
  6. BULLMER ELECTROMECHANICAL TECHNOLOGY COMPANY 184
  7. GUANGDONG ESQUEL TEXTILES COMPANY 168
  8. JUKI CORPORATION JP 159
  9. COLOREEL GROUP SE 139
  10. GUILIN ESQUEL TEXTILES COMPANY 132