D04H 1/482 in combination with shrinkage
Introduced: January 2012
Full Title
Full titles differ between systems:
Non-woven fabrics formed wholly or mainly of staple fibres or like relatively short fibres > from fleeces or layers composed of fibres without existing or potential cohesive properties > the fleeces or layers being consolidated by mechanical means, e.g. by rolling > by needling or like operations to cause entanglement of fibres > in combination with at least one other method of consolidation > in combination with shrinkage
Non-woven fabrics formed wholly or mainly of staple fibres or like relatively short fibres > from fleeces or layers composed of fibres without existing or potential cohesive properties > the fleeces or layers being consolidated by mechanical means, e.g. by rolling > by needling or like operations to cause entanglement of fibres (D04H1/45 takes precedence; needling machines D04H18/00) > in combination with at least one other method of consolidation > in combination with shrinkage
No child classifications to compare. This is a leaf node in both 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