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

Filing statistics

CPC D06B 23/00 belongs to the parent subclass D06B, which 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

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D06B 23/02 Rollers
D06B 23/04 Carriers or supports for textile materials to be treated
D06B 23/06 Guiding means for preventing filaments, yarns or threads from sticking together
D06B 23/08 Untwisting devices
D06B 23/10 Devices for dyeing samples (D06B23/12 takes precedence)
D06B 23/12 Means for taking samples from textile materials during or after treatment
D06B 23/14 Containers, e.g. vats
D06B 23/20 Arrangements of apparatus for treating processing-liquids, -gases or -vapours, e.g. purification, filtration or distillation
D06B 23/24 Means for regulating the amount of treating material picked up by the textile material during its treatment
D06B 23/30 Means for cleaning apparatus or machines, or parts thereof

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