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D06J 1/00

Pleating, kilting, or goffering textile fabrics or wearing apparel

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:
PLEATING, KILTING OR GOFFERING TEXTILE FABRICS OR WEARING APPAREL

Filing statistics

IPC D06J 1/00 belongs to the parent subclass D06J, which recorded 569 patent applications worldwide between 2013 and 2023. Annual filings grew from 16 in 2013 to 48 in 2023 (+200%), peaking at 108 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

3 direct subcodes

Child Classifications

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  • D06J 1/1 continuously and longitudinally to the direction of feed
  • D06J 1/12 Forms of pleats or the like

Top Applicants

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

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