IPC Main Group
D04H 5/00 Non woven fabrics formed of mixtures of relatively short fibres and yarns or like filamentary material of substantial length
Introduced: September 1968
Last revised: January 2012
Classification Context
- Section:
- TEXTILES; PAPER
- Class:
- BRAIDING; LACE-MAKING; KNITTING; TRIMMINGS; NON-WOVEN FABRICS
- Subclass:
- MAKING TEXTILE FABRICS, e.g. FROM FIBRES OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL; FABRICS MADE BY SUCH PROCESSES OR APPARATUS, e.g. FELTS, NON-WOVEN FABRICS; COTTON-WOOL; WADDING
5 direct subcodes
Child Classifications
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- D04H 5/02 strengthened or consolidated by mechanical methods, e.g. needling
- D04H 5/04 strengthened or consolidated by applying or incorporating chemical or thermo-activatable bonding agents in solid or liquid form
- D04H 5/06 strengthened or consolidated by welding-together thermoplastic fibres, filaments, or yarns
- D04H 5/08 characterised by the method of forming fleeces or layers, e.g. reorientation of fibres or yarns
- D04H 5/12 Glass fibres
Top Applicants
Top 10 applicants by patent filingsfor class D04, 2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT
- P&G (PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY) US 887
- KIMBERLY-CLARK CORPORATION US 727
- TORAY INDUSTRIES JP 692
- NIKE US 633
- SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION 537
- TORAY INDUSTRIES 528
- NIKE INNOVATE US 522
- 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY (MINNESOTA MINING AND MANUFACTURING INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY) US 479
- NATIONAL DONG HWA UNIVERSITY 439
- NINGBO CIXING COMPANY 425