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D06B 5/24

through articles, e.g. stockings

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 materials of definite length > through articles, e.g. stockings

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 materials of definite length > through articles, e.g. stockings

No child classifications to compare. This is a leaf node in both IPC and CPC.

Top Applicants

Top Applicants (IPC)

Class D06,2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT

  1. QINGDAO HAIER WASHING MACHINE COMPANY 10,520
  2. HAIER SMART HOME 8,532
  3. LG ELECTRONICS KR 7,853
  4. WUXI LITTLE SWAN COMPANY 5,749
  5. QINGDAO HAIER WASHING MACHINE COMPANY CN 2,905
  6. BSH (BOSCH UND SIEMENS HAUSGERAETE) DE 2,785
  7. SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS COMPANY KR 2,662
  8. GREE ELECTRIC APPLIANCES 1,701
  9. PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY 1,391
  10. MIELE DE 1,374

Top Applicants (CPC)

Class D06,2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT

  1. LG ELECTRONICS KR 7,955
  2. QINGDAO HAIER WASHING MACHINE COMPANY 7,190
  3. HAIER SMART HOME 5,471
  4. QINGDAO HAIER WASHING MACHINE COMPANY CN 2,962
  5. BSH (BOSCH UND SIEMENS HAUSGERAETE) DE 2,870
  6. WUXI LITTLE SWAN COMPANY 2,869
  7. SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS COMPANY KR 2,731
  8. MIELE DE 1,371
  9. WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION US 1,285
  10. ELECTROLUX APPLIANCES SE 1,261