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D06N 7/00

Flexible sheet materials not otherwise provided for, e.g. textile threads, filaments, yarns or tow, glued on macromolecular material

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:
WALL, FLOOR, OR LIKE COVERING MATERIALS, e.g. LINOLEUM, OILCLOTH, ARTIFICIAL LEATHER, ROOFING FELT, CONSISTING OF A FIBROUS WEB COATED WITH A LAYER OF MACROMOLECULAR MATERIAL; FLEXIBLE SHEET MATERIAL NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR

Filing statistics

IPC D06N 7/00 belongs to the parent subclass D06N, which recorded 20,490 patent applications worldwide between 2013 and 2023. Annual filings grew from 1,409 in 2013 to 1,801 in 2023 (+28%), peaking at 2,422 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

Paper-based or board-based flexible structures being applied by the user for surface covering, e. g. wallpaper

Related Keywords

flexible sheet material not provided for elsewhere

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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