IPC Main Group
D05B 55/00 Needle holders for sewing machines; Needle bars for sewing machines
Introduced: September 1968
Last revised: January 2006
Classification Context
- Section:
- TEXTILES; PAPER
- Class:
- SEWING; EMBROIDERING; TUFTING
- Subclass:
- SEWING
Filing statistics
IPC D05B 55/00 belongs to the parent subclass D05B, which recorded 47,234 patent applications worldwide between 2013 and 2023. Annual filings grew from 2,503 in 2013 to 5,042 in 2023 (+101%), peaking at 5,680 applications in 2019. The most active applicants in class D05 are JACK SEWING MACHINE COMPANY (1,314 applications), JUKI CORPORATION (537 applications) and ZHEJIANG MAQI SEWING MACHINE COMPANY (534 applications).
Source: EPO PATSTAT, worldwide filings
6 direct subcodes
Child Classifications
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- D05B 55/02 Devices for fastening needles to needle bars
- D05B 55/04 Devices for inserting needles
- D05B 55/06 Needle guides; Needle protectors
- D05B 55/08 Driving arrangements for curved needles
- D05B 55/1 Needle bars for multiple-needle sewing machines
- D05B 55/14 Needle-bar drives
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