through moving materials of indefinite length

Introduced: July 1974

Full Title

Full titles differ between systems:

IPC:

Forcing liquids, gases, or vapours through textile materials to effect treatment, e.g. washing, dyeing, bleaching, sizing, impregnating > through moving materials of indefinite length

CPC:

Forcing liquids, gases or vapours through textile materials to effect treatment, e.g. washing, dyeing, bleaching, sizing impregnating (mercerising D06B7/00; solvent-treatment D06B9/00; treatment of selected parts of textile materials D06B11/00; with aid of vibration D06B13/00) > through moving materials of indefinite length

IPC and CPC are identically structured here. All 4 subcodes exist in both systems.

1 shared codes have differing titles between IPC and CPC.

IPC defines codes here since 1974.

Child Classifications

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D06B 5/04 through slivers or rovings since 1974 IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
D06B 5/06 through yarns, threads or filaments since 1974 IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
D06B 5/08 through fabrics since 1974 IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
D06B 5/10 using centrifugal force since 1974 IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC

Top Applicants

Top Applicants (IPC)

Class D06,2013–2023, 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)

Class D06,2013–2023, 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