Applying liquids, gases or vapours on to textile materials to effect treatment, e.g. washing, dyeing, bleaching, sizing or impregnating

Introduced: July 1974

Last revised: January 2006

Classification Context

Section:: TEXTILES; PAPER
Class:: TREATMENT OF TEXTILES OR THE LIKE; LAUNDERING; FLEXIBLE MATERIALS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
Subclass:: TREATING TEXTILE MATERIALS USING LIQUIDS, GASES OR VAPOURS

Filing statistics

IPC D06B 1/00 belongs to the parent subclass D06B, which recorded 67,125 patent applications worldwide between 2013 and 2023. Annual filings grew from 2,102 in 2013 to 7,845 in 2023 (+273%), peaking at 10,942 applications in 2020. The most active applicants in class D06 are QINGDAO HAIER WASHING MACHINE COMPANY (10,520 applications), HAIER SMART HOME (8,532 applications) and LG ELECTRONICS (7,853 applications).

Source: EPO PATSTAT, worldwide filings

Additional Content

Mercerising Solvent-treatment Treatment of selected parts of textile materials With aid of vibration

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Child Classifications

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D06B 1/02 by spraying or projecting
D06B 1/04 by pouring or allowing to flow on to the surface of the textile material
D06B 1/08 from outlets being in, or almost in, contact with the textile material
D06B 1/1 by contact with a member carrying the treating material

Top Applicants

Top 10 applicants by patent filingsfor class D06, 2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT

QINGDAO HAIER WASHING MACHINE COMPANY 10,520
HAIER SMART HOME 8,532
LG ELECTRONICS KR 7,853
WUXI LITTLE SWAN COMPANY 5,749
QINGDAO HAIER WASHING MACHINE COMPANY CN 2,905
BSH (BOSCH UND SIEMENS HAUSGERAETE) DE 2,785
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS COMPANY KR 2,662
GREE ELECTRIC APPLIANCES 1,701
PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY 1,391
MIELE DE 1,374