IPC Main Group
D05B 3/00 Sewing apparatus or machines with mechanism for lateral movement of the needle or the work or both for making ornamental pattern seams, for sewing buttonholes, for reinforcing openings or for fastening articles, e.g. buttons, by sewing
Introduced: September 1968
Last revised: January 2006
Classification Context
- Section:
- TEXTILES; PAPER
- Class:
- SEWING; EMBROIDERING; TUFTING
- Subclass:
- SEWING
Related Keywords
attaching BUTTON(S) by sewing
6 direct subcodes
Child Classifications
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- D05B 3/02 with mechanisms for needle-bar movement
- D05B 3/04 with mechanisms for work feed
- D05B 3/06 for sewing buttonholes
- D05B 3/1 for making piped openings
- D05B 3/12 for fastening articles by sewing
- D05B 3/24 formed by general-purpose sewing machines modified by attachments, e.g. by detachable devices
Top Applicants
Top 10 applicants by patent filingsfor class D05, 2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT
- JACK SEWING MACHINE COMPANY 1,314
- JUKI CORPORATION 537
- ZHEJIANG MAQI SEWING MACHINE COMPANY 534
- GUANGDONG ESQUEL TEXTILES COMPANY 526
- BROTHER INDUSTRIES 481
- BULLMER ELECTROMECHANICAL TECHNOLOGY COMPANY 466
- ZHEJIANG ZOJE SEWING MACHINE COMPANY 406
- GUILIN ESQUEL TEXTILES COMPANY 402
- TIANJIN RICHPEACE COMPUTERIZED MACHINERY COMPANY 352
- JACK TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. 298