D06B TREATING TEXTILE MATERIALS USING LIQUIDS, GASES OR VAPOURS (mechanical treatment of natural fibrous or filamentary material to obtain fibres or filaments D01B)
Description
D06B covers processes and apparatus for treating textiles through contact with liquids, gases, or vapours, including washing, bleaching, dyeing, and chemical finishing operations. This subclass encompasses wet processing methods such as immersion, spraying, and circulation treatment, as well as gaseous treatments like steaming and fumigation. The classification includes machinery for applying treatment media, controlling treatment conditions, and removing excess liquids or gases from textile materials. Related finishing operations involving mechanical deformation (pressing, calendering) are classified elsewhere in D06.
Filing statistics
CPC subclass D06B recorded 26,218 patent applications worldwide between 2013 and 2023. Annual filings grew from 759 in 2013 to 2,139 in 2023 (+182%), peaking at 3,959 applications in 2020. The most active applicants in class D06 are LG ELECTRONICS (7,955 applications), QINGDAO HAIER WASHING MACHINE COMPANY (7,190 applications) and HAIER SMART HOME (5,471 applications).
Source: EPO PATSTAT, worldwide filings
13 direct subcodes
Child Classifications
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- D06B 1/00 Applying liquids, gases or vapours onto textile materials to effect treatment, e.g. washing, dyeing, bleaching, sizing or impregnating (mercerising D06B7/00; solvent-treatment D06B9/00; treatment of selected parts of textile materials D06B11/00; with aid of vibration D06B13/00)
- D06B 11/00 Treatment of selected parts of textile materials, e.g. partial dyeing
- D06B 13/00 Treatment of textile materials with liquids, gases or vapours with aid of vibration
- D06B 15/00 Removing liquids, gases or vapours from textile materials in association with treatment of the materials by liquids, gases or vapours
- D06B 17/00 Storing of textile materials in association with the treatment of the materials by liquids, gases or vapours (carriers or supports specially adapted therefor D06B23/04)
- D06B 19/00 Treatment of textile materials by liquids, gases or vapours, not provided for in groups D06B1/00 - D06B17/00
- D06B 21/00 Successive treatments of textile materials by liquids, gases or vapours
- D06B 23/00 Component parts, details, or accessories of apparatus or machines, specially adapted for the treating of textile materials, not restricted to a particular kind of apparatus, provided for in groups D06B1/00 - D06B21/00
- D06B 2700/00 Treating of textile materials, e.g. bleaching, dyeing, mercerising, impregnating, washing; Fulling of fabrics
- D06B 3/00 Passing of textile materials through liquids, gases or vapours to effect treatment, e.g. washing, dyeing, bleaching, sizing, impregnating (mercerising D06B7/00; solvent-treatment D06B9/00; treatment of selected parts of textile materials D06B11/00; with aid of vibration D06B13/00)
- D06B 5/00 Forcing liquids, gases or vapours through textile materials to effect treatment, e.g. washing, dyeing, bleaching, sizing impregnating (mercerising D06B7/00; solvent-treatment D06B9/00; treatment of selected parts of textile materials D06B11/00; with aid of vibration D06B13/00)
- D06B 7/00 Mercerising, e.g. lustring by mercerising
- D06B 9/00 Solvent-treatment of textile materials
Top Applicants
Top 10 applicants by patent filingsfor class D06, 2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT
- LG ELECTRONICS KR 7,955
- QINGDAO HAIER WASHING MACHINE COMPANY 7,190
- HAIER SMART HOME 5,471
- QINGDAO HAIER WASHING MACHINE COMPANY CN 2,962
- BSH (BOSCH UND SIEMENS HAUSGERAETE) DE 2,870
- WUXI LITTLE SWAN COMPANY 2,869
- SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS COMPANY KR 2,731
- MIELE DE 1,371
- WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION US 1,285
- ELECTROLUX APPLIANCES SE 1,261