Shearing, clipping or cropping surfaces of textile fabrics; Pile cutting; Trimming seamed edges

Introduced: September 1968

Last revised: January 2006

Classification Context

Section:: TEXTILES; PAPER
Class:: TREATMENT OF TEXTILES OR THE LIKE; LAUNDERING; FLEXIBLE MATERIALS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
Subclass:: FINISHING, DRESSING, TENTERING OR STRETCHING TEXTILE FABRICS

Filing statistics

IPC D06C 13/00 belongs to the parent subclass D06C, which recorded 40,235 patent applications worldwide between 2013 and 2023. Annual filings grew from 1,348 in 2013 to 5,414 in 2023 (+302%), peaking at 6,403 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

Making patterns or design on fabrics

Related Keywords

cutting of PILE(S) on textile fabricsSHEARING of surfaces of textile fabrics

6 direct subcodes

Child Classifications

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D06C 13/02 Arrangements for detecting the presence of a seam in the fabric to lift the shearing blade
D06C 13/04 Shearing lace or embroidery, e.g. cutting loose threads
D06C 13/06 Removing floats
D06C 13/08 Cutting pile loops
D06C 13/1 Splitting double pile fabrics
D06C 13/12 Trimming hosiery or seamed edges of fabrics

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