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D01B 1/16

with devices dependent on a bending action to break or loosen fibre-bearing materials (crushing rollers D01B1/22)

Introduced: September 1968

Title

Titles differ between systems:

IPC: with devices dependent on a bending action to break or loosen fibre-bearing materials

CPC: with devices dependent on a bending action to break or loosen fibre-bearing materials (crushing rollers D01B1/22)

Full Title

Full titles differ between systems:

IPC:

Mechanical separation of fibres from plant material, e.g. seeds, leaves, stalks > Separating vegetable fibres from stalks or leaves > Breaking or scutching, e.g. of flax; Decorticating > with devices dependent on a bending action to break or loosen fibre-bearing materials

CPC:

Mechanical separation of fibres from plant material, e.g. seeds, leaves, stalks > Separating vegetable fibres from stalks or leaves > Breaking or scutching, e.g. of flax; Decorticating > with devices dependent on a bending action to break or loosen fibre-bearing materials (crushing rollers D01B1/22)

No child classifications to compare. This is a leaf node in both IPC and CPC.

Top Applicants

Top Applicants (IPC)

Class D01,2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT

  1. NATIONAL DONG HWA UNIVERSITY 1,242
  2. MASCHINENFABRIK RIETER CH 1,162
  3. TORAY INDUSTRIES JP 1,093
  4. TORAY INDUSTRIES 802
  5. JIANGNAN UNIVERSITY 771
  6. WUHAN TEXTILE UNIVERSITY 663
  7. SINOPEC (CHINA PETROCHEMICAL CORPORATION) 653
  8. CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES 559
  9. LENZING AT 525
  10. MURATA MACHINERY 492

Top Applicants (CPC)

Class D01,2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT

  1. TORAY INDUSTRIES JP 1,268
  2. MASCHINENFABRIK RIETER CH 1,200
  3. NATIONAL DONG HWA UNIVERSITY 955
  4. LENZING AT 602
  5. P&G (PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY) US 594
  6. WUHAN TEXTILE UNIVERSITY 494
  7. TRUETZSCHLER & COMPANY DE 453
  8. KOLON INDUSTRIES KR 433
  9. OERLIKON TEXTILE & COMPANY DE 430
  10. CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES 412