D05 SEWING; EMBROIDERING; TUFTING
Description
Class D05 covers sewing, embroidering, and tufting machinery, techniques, and processes. This includes sewing machines and their components (needles, bobbins, feed mechanisms), embroidery methods and equipment for decorative stitching, and tufting apparatus for creating pile fabrics and carpets. The class encompasses both the machines used to perform these operations and the mechanical systems that control stitch formation, thread tension, and fabric feed. Related textile finishing and decoration processes that integrate sewing, embroidering, or tufting are included within this class scope.
Of 3 combined children, 2 exist in both systems.
1 codes are CPC-only extensions.
2 shared codes have differing titles between IPC and CPC.
Child Classifications
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- D05B SEWING (appliances for the tailoring trade A41H; sewing tables A47B29/00; sewing in bookbinding B42B2/00; sewing machines modified for knitting D04B39/08) heading IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- D05C EMBROIDERING; TUFTING (making non-woven fabrics D04H; sewing D05B) heading IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- D05D INDEXING SCHEME ASSOCIATED WITH SUBCLASSES D05B AND D05C, RELATING TO SEWING, EMBROIDERING AND TUFTING heading +6 CPC CPC only CPC only
Top Applicants
Top Applicants (IPC)
2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT
- JACK SEWING MACHINE COMPANY 1,314
- JUKI CORPORATION 537
- ZHEJIANG MAQI SEWING MACHINE COMPANY 534
- GUANGDONG ESQUEL TEXTILES COMPANY 526
- BROTHER INDUSTRIES 481
- BULLMER ELECTROMECHANICAL TECHNOLOGY COMPANY 466
- ZHEJIANG ZOJE SEWING MACHINE COMPANY 406
- GUILIN ESQUEL TEXTILES COMPANY 402
- TIANJIN RICHPEACE COMPUTERIZED MACHINERY COMPANY 352
- JACK TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. 298
Top Applicants (CPC)
2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT
- JACK SEWING MACHINE COMPANY 670
- JUKI CORPORATION 427
- BROTHER INDUSTRIES 299
- BROTHER INDUSTRIES JP 255
- JANOME SEWING MACHINE COMPANY JP 224
- BULLMER ELECTROMECHANICAL TECHNOLOGY COMPANY 184
- GUANGDONG ESQUEL TEXTILES COMPANY 168
- JUKI CORPORATION JP 159
- COLOREEL GROUP SE 139
- GUILIN ESQUEL TEXTILES COMPANY 132