CPC Main Group
D06N 3/00 Artificial leather, oilcloth or material obtained by covering fibrous webs with macromolecular material, e.g. resins, rubber or derivatives thereof
Filing statistics
CPC D06N 3/00 belongs to the parent subclass D06N, which recorded 18,854 patent applications worldwide between 2013 and 2023. Annual filings grew from 1,137 in 2013 to 1,493 in 2023 (+31%), peaking at 2,348 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
10 direct subcodes
Child Classifications
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- D06N 3/02 with cellulose derivatives
- D06N 3/04 with macromolecular compounds obtained by reactions only involving carbon-to-carbon unsaturated bonds
- D06N 3/12 with macromolecular compounds obtained otherwise than by reactions only involving carbon-to-carbon unsaturated bonds
- D06N 3/16 with oil varnishes
- D06N 3/18 with two layers of different macromolecular materials (D06N3/08 takes precedence);
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