DIFF Main Group
D06H 7/00 Apparatus or processes for cutting, or otherwise severing, specially adapted for the cutting, or otherwise severing, of textile materials
Introduced: September 1968
Additional Content IPC
Severing for making buttonholes Trimming seamed edges, shearing surfaces of fabrics ,
Of 10 combined children, 9 exist in both systems.
1 codes are CPC-only extensions.
3 shared codes have differing titles between IPC and CPC.
Child Classifications
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- D06H 7/14 Cutting fabrics by cutting the weft or warp threads while making special provision to avoid cutting warp or weft threads, respectively, adjacent to the cut IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- D06H 7/16 specially adapted for cutting lace or embroidery (shearing, e.g. cutting loose threads, D06C) 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