IPC Main Group
D06B 3/00 Passing of textile materials through liquids, gases, or vapours to effect treatment, e.g. washing, dyeing, bleaching, sizing, 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
8 direct subcodes
Child Classifications
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- D06B 3/02 of fibres, slivers, or rovings
- D06B 3/04 of yarns, threads, or filaments
- D06B 3/1 of fabrics
- D06B 3/24 of fabrics in roped form
- D06B 3/28 of fabrics propelled by, or with the aid of, jets of the treating material
- D06B 3/3 of articles, e.g. stockings
- D06B 3/32 of open-width materials backwards and forwards between beaming rollers during treatment; Jiggers
- D06B 3/34 Driving arrangements of machines or apparatus
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