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D04B 15/94

Driving-gear not otherwise provided for

Introduced: September 1968

Full Title

Full titles differ between systems:

IPC:

Details of, or auxiliary devices incorporated in, weft knitting machines, restricted to machines of this kind > Driving-gear not otherwise provided for

CPC:

Details of, or auxiliary devices incorporated in, weft knitting machines, restricted to machines of this kind (details or auxiliary devices not so restricted D04B35/00) > Driving-gear not otherwise provided for

IPC and CPC are identically structured here. All 3 subcodes exist in both systems.

Child Classifications

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  • D04B 15/96 in flat-bed knitting machines IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
  • D04B 15/98 in straight-bar knitting machines IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
  • D04B 15/99 electrically controlled IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC

Top Applicants

Top Applicants (IPC)

Class D04,2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT

  1. P&G (PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY) US 887
  2. KIMBERLY-CLARK CORPORATION US 727
  3. TORAY INDUSTRIES JP 692
  4. NIKE US 633
  5. SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION 537
  6. TORAY INDUSTRIES 528
  7. NIKE INNOVATE US 522
  8. 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY (MINNESOTA MINING AND MANUFACTURING INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY) US 479
  9. NATIONAL DONG HWA UNIVERSITY 439
  10. NINGBO CIXING COMPANY 425

Top Applicants (CPC)

Class D04,2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT

  1. P&G (PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY) US 1,303
  2. TORAY INDUSTRIES JP 899
  3. KIMBERLY-CLARK CORPORATION US 856
  4. NIKE INNOVATE US 852
  5. NIKE US 749
  6. 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY (MINNESOTA MINING AND MANUFACTURING INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY) US 569
  7. SHIMA SEIKI MANUFACTURING JP 469
  8. SAINT-GOBAIN ISOVER FR 468
  9. REIFENHAEUSER & COMPANY MASCHINENFABRIK DE 462
  10. NIKE INNOVATE NL 363