D06 TREATMENT OF TEXTILES OR THE LIKE; LAUNDERING; FLEXIBLE MATERIALS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
Description
Class D06 covers mechanical, chemical, and thermal treatment processes applied to textiles and related flexible materials, including laundering, washing, bleaching, dyeing, and finishing operations. This classification encompasses equipment, methods, and systems for textile processing such as cleaning machines, drying apparatus, pressing equipment, and chemical treatment installations. It also includes treatment of leather, furs, and other flexible materials that do not fall within specialized textile categories. Adjacent classes handle raw fiber preparation (D01), yarn and thread production (D02-D05), and specific textile products like clothing or nets (D04, other sections).
IPC and CPC are identically structured here. All 11 subcodes exist in both systems.
5 shared codes have differing titles between IPC and CPC.
Child Classifications
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- D06B TREATING TEXTILE MATERIALS USING LIQUIDS, GASES OR VAPOURS (mechanical treatment of natural fibrous or filamentary material to obtain fibres or filaments D01B) heading since 1974 +1 CPC IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- D06C FINISHING, DRESSING, TENTERING OR STRETCHING TEXTILE FABRICS heading +1 CPC IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- D06F LAUNDERING, DRYING, IRONING, PRESSING OR FOLDING TEXTILE ARTICLES heading +3 CPC −3 IPC IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- D06G MECHANICAL OR PRESSURE CLEANING OF CARPETS, RUGS, SACKS, HIDES, OR OTHER SKIN OR TEXTILE ARTICLES OR FABRICS; TURNING INSIDE-OUT FLEXIBLE TUBULAR OR OTHER HOLLOW ARTICLES heading IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- D06H MARKING, INSPECTING, SEAMING OR SEVERING TEXTILE MATERIALS (seaming by sewing D05B) heading +1 CPC IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- D06J PLEATING, KILTING OR GOFFERING TEXTILE FABRICS OR WEARING APPAREL (by sewing D05B) heading IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- D06L DRY-CLEANING, WASHING OR BLEACHING FIBRES, FILAMENTS, THREADS, YARNS, FABRICS, FEATHERS OR MADE-UP FIBROUS GOODS; BLEACHING LEATHER OR FURS heading IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- D06M TREATMENT, NOT PROVIDED FOR ELSEWHERE IN CLASS D06, OF FIBRES, THREADS, YARNS, FABRICS, FEATHERS OR FIBROUS GOODS MADE FROM SUCH MATERIALS heading +4 CPC −1 IPC IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- D06N WALL, FLOOR, OR LIKE COVERING MATERIALS, e.g. LINOLEUM, OILCLOTH, ARTIFICIAL LEATHER, ROOFING FELT, CONSISTING OF A FIBROUS WEB COATED WITH A LAYER OF MACROMOLECULAR MATERIAL; FLEXIBLE SHEET MATERIAL NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR heading +7 CPC IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- D06P DYEING OR PRINTING TEXTILES; DYEING LEATHER, FURS OR SOLID MACROMOLECULAR SUBSTANCES IN ANY FORM heading IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- D06Q DECORATING TEXTILES (textile threads, filaments, yarns or tow, glued on macromolecular material D06N7/00) heading IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
Top Applicants
Top Applicants (IPC)
2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT
- QINGDAO HAIER WASHING MACHINE COMPANY 10,520
- HAIER SMART HOME 8,532
- LG ELECTRONICS KR 7,853
- WUXI LITTLE SWAN COMPANY 5,749
- QINGDAO HAIER WASHING MACHINE COMPANY CN 2,905
- BSH (BOSCH UND SIEMENS HAUSGERAETE) DE 2,785
- SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS COMPANY KR 2,662
- GREE ELECTRIC APPLIANCES 1,701
- PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY 1,391
- MIELE DE 1,374
Top Applicants (CPC)
2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT
- LG ELECTRONICS KR 7,955
- QINGDAO HAIER WASHING MACHINE COMPANY 7,190
- HAIER SMART HOME 5,471
- QINGDAO HAIER WASHING MACHINE COMPANY CN 2,962
- BSH (BOSCH UND SIEMENS HAUSGERAETE) DE 2,870
- WUXI LITTLE SWAN COMPANY 2,869
- SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS COMPANY KR 2,731
- MIELE DE 1,371
- WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION US 1,285
- ELECTROLUX APPLIANCES SE 1,261