B44D PAINTING OR ARTISTIC DRAWING, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; PRESERVING PAINTINGS; SURFACE TREATMENT TO OBTAIN SPECIAL ARTISTIC SURFACE EFFECTS OR FINISHES (surface treatment in general, see the relevant places, e.g. applying liquids or other fluent materials B05)
Introduced: September 1968
Description
B44D covers painting techniques, artistic drawing methods, and surface treatments applied to create decorative or artistic effects not classified elsewhere in the B44 decorative arts division. This includes processes for preserving paintings, applying special finishes to achieve aesthetic surface effects, and techniques for creating artistic surfaces through mechanical, chemical, or physical treatment methods. The classification encompasses both traditional artistic approaches and industrial methods for achieving decorative surface finishes, excluding technologies classified in more specific B44 subclasses such as B44B (engraving, etching) or B44C (painting apparatus). It serves as a residual category for artistic and decorative surface creation techniques that do not fit within other specialized decorative arts classifications.
Title
Titles differ between systems:
IPC: PAINTING OR ARTISTIC DRAWING, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; PRESERVING PAINTINGS; SURFACE TREATMENT TO OBTAIN SPECIAL ARTISTIC SURFACE EFFECTS OR FINISHES
CPC: PAINTING OR ARTISTIC DRAWING, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; PRESERVING PAINTINGS; SURFACE TREATMENT TO OBTAIN SPECIAL ARTISTIC SURFACE EFFECTS OR FINISHES (surface treatment in general, see the relevant places, e.g. applying liquids or other fluent materials B05)
Full Title
Full titles differ between systems:
PAINTING OR ARTISTIC DRAWING, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; PRESERVING PAINTINGS; SURFACE TREATMENT TO OBTAIN SPECIAL ARTISTIC SURFACE EFFECTS OR FINISHES
PAINTING OR ARTISTIC DRAWING, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; PRESERVING PAINTINGS; SURFACE TREATMENT TO OBTAIN SPECIAL ARTISTIC SURFACE EFFECTS OR FINISHES (surface treatment in general, see the relevant places, e.g. applying liquids or other fluent materials B05)
IPC and CPC are identically structured here. All 4 subcodes exist in both systems.
2 shared codes have differing titles between IPC and CPC.
Child Classifications
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- B44D 2/00 Special techniques in artistic painting or drawing, e.g. oil painting, water painting, pastel painting, relief painting since 1974 +3 CPC IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- B44D 3/00 Accessories or implements for use in connection with painting or artistic drawing, not otherwise provided for (hand tools for applying liquids, e.g. paints, to surfaces B05C17/00, implements for finishing work on buildings, other than painting, E04F21/00); Methods or devices for colour determination, selection, or synthesis, e.g. use of colour tables (colorimetry G01J3/00) +2 CPC IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- B44D 5/00 Surface treatment to obtain special artistic surface effects or finishes (pretreatment or after-treatment of surface coated by applying liquids B05D3/00; obtaining special surface effects by applying liquids or other fluent materials to surfaces B05D5/00; surface shaping of plastics, e.g. embossing, B29C59/00) IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
Top Applicants
Top Applicants (IPC)
Class B44,2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT
- FLOORING TECHNOLOGIES MT 248
- UNILIN BE 248
- DNP (DAINIPPON PRINTING COMPANY) 244
- FLOORING INDUSTRIES LIMITED LU 196
- VAELINGE INNOVATION SE 188
- XINXIANG UNIVERSITY 174
- AKZENTA PANEELE + PROFILE DE 171
- LEONHARD KURZ STIFTUNG & COMPANY DE 169
- DNP (DAINIPPON PRINTING COMPANY) JP 163
- 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY (MINNESOTA MINING AND MANUFACTURING INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY) US 149
Top Applicants (CPC)
Class B44,2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT
- DNP (DAINIPPON PRINTING COMPANY) JP 316
- FLOORING TECHNOLOGIES MT 291
- UNILIN BE 269
- FLOORING INDUSTRIES LIMITED LU 225
- LEONHARD KURZ STIFTUNG & COMPANY DE 208
- 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY (MINNESOTA MINING AND MANUFACTURING INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY) US 195
- AKZENTA PANEELE + PROFILE DE 187
- SICPA HOLDING CH 169
- TOPPAN PRINTING COMPANY JP 144
- HUECK RHEINISCHE DE 138