DIFF Subgroup
D04C 3/02 with spool carriers guided by track plates or by bobbin heads exclusively
Introduced: September 1968
Full Title
Braiding or lacing machines > with spool carriers guided by track plates or by bobbin heads exclusively
IPC and CPC are identically structured here. All 13 subcodes exist in both systems.
2 shared codes have differing titles between IPC and CPC.
Child Classifications
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- D04C 3/04 with spool carriers guided and reciprocating in non-endless paths IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- D04C 3/06 with spool carriers moving always in the same direction in endless paths IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- D04C 3/20 Arrangement of bobbin heads and guides or track plates in the machine IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- D04C 3/22 Guides or track plates (with means for controlling spool carriers D04C3/24) IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- D04C 3/24 Devices for controlling spool carriers to obtain patterns, e.g. devices on guides or track plates IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
Top Applicants
Top Applicants (IPC)
Class D04,2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT
- P&G (PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY) US 887
- KIMBERLY-CLARK CORPORATION US 727
- TORAY INDUSTRIES JP 692
- NIKE US 633
- SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION 537
- TORAY INDUSTRIES 528
- NIKE INNOVATE US 522
- 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY (MINNESOTA MINING AND MANUFACTURING INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY) US 479
- NATIONAL DONG HWA UNIVERSITY 439
- NINGBO CIXING COMPANY 425
Top Applicants (CPC)
Class D04,2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT
- P&G (PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY) US 1,303
- TORAY INDUSTRIES JP 899
- KIMBERLY-CLARK CORPORATION US 856
- NIKE INNOVATE US 852
- NIKE US 749
- 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY (MINNESOTA MINING AND MANUFACTURING INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY) US 569
- SHIMA SEIKI MANUFACTURING JP 469
- SAINT-GOBAIN ISOVER FR 468
- REIFENHAEUSER & COMPANY MASCHINENFABRIK DE 462
- NIKE INNOVATE NL 363