IPC Main Group
B44C 1/00 Processes, not specifically provided for elsewhere, for producing decorative surface effects
Introduced: September 1968
Last revised: January 2006
Classification Context
- Section:
- PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- Class:
- DECORATIVE ARTS
- Subclass:
- PRODUCING DECORATIVE EFFECTS; MOSAICS; TARSIA WORK; PAPERHANGING
10 direct subcodes
Child Classifications
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- B44C 1/02 Pyrography
- B44C 1/04 Producing precipitations
- B44C 1/1 Applying flat material, e.g. leaflets, pieces of fabrics
- B44C 1/16 for applying transfer pictures or the like
- B44C 1/18 Applying ornamental structures, e.g. shaped bodies consisting of plastic material
- B44C 1/2 Applying plastic materials and superficially modelling the surface of these materials
- B44C 1/22 Removing surface-material, e.g. by engraving, by etching
- B44C 1/24 Pressing or stamping ornamental design on surfaces
- B44C 1/26 Inlaying with ornamental structures, e.g. niello work, tarsia work
- B44C 1/28 Uniting ornamental elements on a support, e.g. mosaics
Top Applicants
Top 10 applicants by patent filingsfor class B44, 2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT
- FLOORING TECHNOLOGIES MT 248
- UNILIN BE 248
- DNP (DAINIPPON PRINTING COMPANY) 244
- FLOORING INDUSTRIES LIMITED LU 196
- VAELINGE INNOVATION SE 188
- XINXIANG UNIVERSITY 174
- AKZENTA PANEELE + PROFILE DE 171
- LEONHARD KURZ STIFTUNG & COMPANY DE 169
- DNP (DAINIPPON PRINTING COMPANY) JP 163
- 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY (MINNESOTA MINING AND MANUFACTURING INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY) US 149