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CPC technology class · D06

D06B — Treating Textile Materials Using Liquids

Treating textile materials using liquids, gases or vapours. 640 US utility patents granted 2015–2025, with the leading assignees and year-by-year filing trajectory.

640
US patents granted
D06
Parent CPC class
20
Active assignees
+90%
5-yr velocity
Top assignee: Levi Strauss & Co. (80 patents)

CPC subclass D06B — TREATING TEXTILE MATERIALS USING LIQUIDS, GASES OR VAPOURS — covers 640 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025 according to USPTO PatentsView records. This subclass sits within the broader CPC class D06 (TREATMENT OF TEXTILES OR THE LIKE; LAUNDERING; FLEXIBLE MATERIALS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR), one of roughly 250 top-level technology categories in the Cooperative Patent Classification system jointly maintained by the USPTO and the European Patent Office. At the subclass level, four-character codes like D06B give the most practical resolution for tracking a specific technology domain without losing sight of adjacent filings. Every grant here has been classified by a USPTO examiner based on the technical disclosure in the patent specification.

The competitive landscape in D06B is shaped by 20 distinct companies actively filing in this space. Levi Strauss & Co. leads with 80 patents, followed by MIMAKI ENGINEERING CO., LTD. at 348 grants and Jeanologia, S. L. at 11. Concentration at the top of the leaderboard indicates whether this technology area is dominated by a handful of incumbents or fragmented across many filers — a useful signal for investors evaluating competitive moats and for product teams mapping freedom-to-operate risk.

Filing trajectory matters as much as static counts. The yearly series on this page plots grants from 2015 through 2025, highlighting whether innovation in D06B is accelerating, plateauing, or cooling. Technology areas with rising post-2020 activity often reflect emerging markets or new platform shifts, while declining filings can signal mature domains where incremental improvement has slowed. Researchers, licensing professionals, and competitive-intelligence teams use these patterns — together with the top-assignee distribution — to decide where to invest, where to license, and where to avoid entanglement. All counts on this page come directly from USPTO PatentsView and reflect US granted utility patents only.

Is D06B innovation accelerating?

US utility-patent grants per year in D06B, 2015–2025 — recent five years are up 90% versus 2015–2019.

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Who leads D06B?

The 12 most active assignees in TREATING TEXTILE MATERIALS USING LIQUIDS, GASES OR VAPOURS — wider bars mean more grants

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What this shows Levi Strauss & is the most active filer in D06B, holding 80 of the 640 patents in this class. Concentration at the top signals how contestable this technology area is for new entrants.

Source USPTO PatentsView — granted utility patents As of 2015–2025 grant years
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Top patent holders in CPC subclass D06B
Rank Company Patents in D06B
#1 Levi Strauss & Co. 85
#2 MIMAKI ENGINEERING CO., LTD. 348
#3 Jeanologia, S. L. 11
#4 COLOREEL GROUP AB 6
#5 Sanko Tekstil Isletmeleri San. Ve Tic. A.S. 69
#6 BRASKEM AMERICA, INC. 61
#7 The North Face Apparel Corp. 55
#8 Welspun India Limited 30
#9 NANTONG TEXTILE & SILK INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE 14
#10 Superba S.A.S. 7
#11 INDIGO MILL DESIGNS, INC. 5
#12 Dover Europe Sàrl 96
#13 RevoLaze, LLC 10
#14 Tintoria Piana, US Inc. 9
#15 Memjet Technology Limited 255
#16 Deckers Outdoor Corporation 157
#17 CONVATEC TECHNOLOGIES INC. 106
#18 MICROBAN PRODUCTS COMPANY 47
#19 5.11, Inc. 36
#20 Natural Fiber Welding, Inc. 23

About This Class

CPC subclass D06B belongs to class D06.

640 patents were granted in this class between 2015 and 2025.

20 companies actively patent in this space.

Classification System

Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC) is a hierarchical patent classification system used by the USPTO and EPO.

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is CPC class D06B?
CPC subclass D06B covers TREATING TEXTILE MATERIALS USING LIQUIDS, GASES OR VAPOURS. It belongs to CPC class D06 (TREATMENT OF TEXTILES OR THE LIKE; LAUNDERING; FLEXIBLE MATERIALS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR). The Cooperative Patent Classification is a hierarchical system used by the USPTO and European Patent Office to categorize patents by technology.
How many patents have been filed in D06B?
640 US utility patents were granted in CPC subclass D06B between 2015 and 2025, based on USPTO PatentsView data.
Which company holds the most patents in D06B?
Levi Strauss & Co. leads D06B with 80 patents, making it the most active assignee in this technology area.
How is patent data for D06B collected?
Patent data comes from USPTO PatentsView, a public research dataset maintained by the United States Patent and Trademark Office. It covers all US granted utility patents and assigns CPC codes based on the technology described in each patent.
What is the difference between CPC class and subclass?
A CPC class (e.g., D06) is a broad technology category. Subclasses like D06B provide finer granularity within that category. PlainPatent organizes data at the subclass level (4-character codes) for the most useful view of technology domains.

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