D02 YARNS; MECHANICAL FINISHING OF YARNS OR ROPES; WARPING OR BEAMING
Description
Class D02 encompasses the production, processing, and preparation of yarns and ropes through mechanical means. It covers yarn formation techniques, mechanical finishing operations such as twisting, plying, and texturizing, as well as rope manufacturing. The class also includes warping and beaming operations—preparatory processes that arrange yarns onto beams for weaving, knitting, or other downstream textile production. This classification excludes chemical or thermal finishing of yarns (covered elsewhere in Section D) and focuses specifically on mechanical transformations and yarn preparation for subsequent textile manufacturing stages.
IPC and CPC are identically structured here. All 3 subcodes exist in both systems.
3 shared codes have differing titles between IPC and CPC.
Child Classifications
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- D02G CRIMPING OR CURLING FIBRES, FILAMENTS, THREADS, OR YARNS; YARNS OR THREADS heading IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- D02J FINISHING OR DRESSING OF FILAMENTS, YARNS, THREADS, CORDS, ROPES OR THE LIKE (curling or crimping D02G; by treatment with liquids, gases or vapours D06B; finishing other than by liquid treatment, of yarns in warp or sheet form D06C; for chemical matters, see D06L, D06M, D06P, D06Q; treatment during rope-making, apparatus for treating ropes auxiliary to rope-making D07B) heading IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
Top Applicants
Top Applicants (IPC)
2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT
- JIANGNAN UNIVERSITY 383
- TORAY INDUSTRIES JP 349
- TORAY INDUSTRIES 281
- OERLIKON TEXTILE & COMPANY DE 224
- CONTINENTAL REIFEN DE 208
- NATIONAL DONG HWA UNIVERSITY 203
- KOLON INDUSTRIES KR 188
- WUHAN TEXTILE UNIVERSITY 184
- COMPAGNIE GENERALE DES ETABLISSEMENTS MICHELIN FR 176
- TMT MACHINERY 155
Top Applicants (CPC)
2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT
- TORAY INDUSTRIES JP 443
- OERLIKON TEXTILE & COMPANY DE 242
- KOLON INDUSTRIES KR 232
- CONTINENTAL REIFEN DE 204
- JIANGNAN UNIVERSITY 193
- COMPAGNIE GENERALE DES ETABLISSEMENTS MICHELIN FR 178
- TMT MACHINERY 168
- NATIONAL DONG HWA UNIVERSITY 163
- WUHAN TEXTILE UNIVERSITY 153
- P&G (PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY) US 131