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D06J

PLEATING, KILTING OR GOFFERING TEXTILE FABRICS OR WEARING APPAREL (by sewing D05B)

Introduced: September 1968

Description

D06J covers mechanical and thermal processes for creating permanent or temporary pleats, kilts, and goffered patterns in textile fabrics and finished garments. This classification includes equipment and methods for forming, setting, and finishing these decorative or structural fabric formations through pressing, folding, and heat treatment. Processes for both natural and synthetic fibers fall within this scope, as do techniques applied to finished wearing apparel. Adjacent classes cover general textile treatment (D06B–D06H) and finishing processes not specifically involving pleating operations.

Title

Titles differ between systems:

IPC: PLEATING, KILTING OR GOFFERING TEXTILE FABRICS OR WEARING APPAREL

CPC: PLEATING, KILTING OR GOFFERING TEXTILE FABRICS OR WEARING APPAREL (by sewing D05B)

Full Title

Full titles differ between systems:

IPC:

PLEATING, KILTING OR GOFFERING TEXTILE FABRICS OR WEARING APPAREL

CPC:

PLEATING, KILTING OR GOFFERING TEXTILE FABRICS OR WEARING APPAREL (by sewing D05B)

Additional Content IPC

Glossary

goffer (also gauffer) goffer goffers (n) an iron or tool used for pressing ridges or narrow pleats; (n) an ornamental frill made by pressing pleats; (n) a series of pleats, crimps or flutes; (v) to make wavy, flute or crimp with heated goffering iron. kilt pleat kilt pleats A perpendicular arrangement of flat, single plaits, each plait being folded so as to cover half the breadth of the preceding one pleat pleats A fold in cloth made by doubling the material upon itself and then pressing it into place

Limiting references

Pleating or kilting textile fabrics or wearing apparel, by sewing

IPC and CPC are identically structured here. All 1 subcodes exist in both systems.

1 shared codes have differing titles between IPC and CPC.

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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