CPC technology class · D06

D06P - Dyeing Or Printing Textiles

Dyeing or printing textiles; dyeing leather, furs or solid macromolecular substances in any form. 1,234 US utility patents granted 2015–2025, with the leading assignees and year-by-year grant trajectory.

Compiled by PlainPatent · May 15, 2026

1,234
US patents granted: #4/11
in D06: 9.3%
D06 class share: +68%
5-yr velocity

The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Dyeing Or Printing Textiles ranks #429 of 670 CPC technology areas - 1,234 US patents granted since 2015, with recorded grant volume up 68% over five years.

#429
of 670 CPC technology areas: 1,234
US patents granted, 2015–2025: Seiko Epson
leading assignee (88): +68%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

How D06P's grant cadence moved

Between 2020–2024, D06P recorded 685 grants versus 407 in 2015–2019 (+68% equal-window velocity). Across complete years, output peaked in 2023 at 144 grants and bottomed in 2016 at 66 (+118% peak-over-trough). Lead assignee Levi Strauss & Co. holds 5.8% of the class ; the top three share 9.6%.

Leaderboard read

D06P concentration, lead at 5.8%

Levi Strauss & Co. leads this historical grant record at 5.8% of D06P - foreign corporation assignees hold 53% of class grants (239 of 451). Figures describe granted US utility patents in this CPC subclass, not current investment or legal strength.

Leader's share: 5.8%
Top three share: 9.6%
Lead over #2: 46

Where D06P sits inside D06

Among 11 subclasses in D06 (Treatment OF Textiles OR THE LIKE; LAUNDERING; Flexible Materials NOT Otherwise Provided FOR), D06P ranks #4 and holds 9.3% of the parent class's 13,295 recorded grants. Sibling chips below are the other subclasses in the same parent class, not the nationwide volume/lead-share peers further down.

D06F 6,009 D06M 3,083 D06N 1,265 D06B 640 D06C 476 D06L 225 D06H 206 D06Q 135

Rising assignees active in D06P

Company-wide grant multiples (2022–2024 vs 2019–2021) among assignees with ≥5 patents in this subclass. Growth is company-wide; class patent counts are subclass-specific.

#1 Indigo Mill Designs, Inc. 4.00x 1 → 4 company-wide · 5 in D06P
#2 Levi Strauss & Co. 2.85x 20 → 57 company-wide · 72 in D06P
#3 Natural Fiber Welding, Inc. 2.80x 5 → 14 company-wide · 8 in D06P
#4 Modern Meadow, Inc. 1.50x 6 → 9 company-wide · 9 in D06P
#5 Innospec Limited 1.38x 16 → 22 company-wide · 5 in D06P

D06P grants by year, peak 2023 (144)

US utility-patent grants per year in D06P, 2015–2025 - recent five years are up 68% versus 2015–2019.

Levi Strauss &

72
Kornit Digital

26
Dystar Colours…

21
Mimaki Engineering

19
Agfa

17
Sanko Tekstil…

15
Huntsman International

13
Riso Kagaku

11
Avery Dennison Retail…

9
Modern Meadow

9
Nidek

8
Natural Fiber Welding

8

What this shows Seiko Epson is the most active filer in D06P, holding 88 of the 1,234 patents in this class. Concentration at the top signals how contestable this technology area is for new entrants.

View data table

Top patent holders in CPC subclass D06P
Rank	Company	Patents in D06P
#1	Levi Strauss & Co.	72
#2	Kornit Digital Ltd.	26
#3	Dystar Colours Distribution GMBH	21
#4	Mimaki Engineering Co., Ltd.	19
#5	Agfa NV	17
#6	Sanko Tekstil Isletmeleri San. Ve Tic. A.S.	15
#7	Huntsman International LLC	13
#8	Riso Kagaku Corporation	11
#9	Avery Dennison Retail Information Services LLC	9
#10	Modern Meadow, Inc.	9
#11	Nidek Co., Ltd.	8
#12	Natural Fiber Welding, Inc.	8
#13	L.I.F.E. Corporation S.A.	8
#14	Sun Chemical Corporation	7
#15	Landa Corporation Ltd.	6
#16	Mitsubishi Paper Mills Limited	6
#17	The North Face Apparel Corp.	6
#18	RevoLaze, LLC	6
#19	Dover Europe Sàrl	5
#20	Innospec Limited	5

Footprint here vs. claim strategy

Each dot is a leading D06P assignee, placed by how many patents it holds in this class (horizontal) against its company-wide average claims per patent (vertical) - a read on whether the class is led by broad-but-shallow filers or focused deep-claim players.

Top 14 D06P assignees by class footprint. Bubble size = patents in D06P. Source: USPTO PatentsView (claim depth is company-wide across all classes).

Classes near D06P's 1,234-grant footprint

Nationwide nearest neighbors for D06P (#429 of 670 by volume ; lead share 7.1%) - not the D06 parent-class siblings above.

Nearest by grant volume

B04B 1,233 C05G 1,232 C08C 1,240 B09B 1,226

Nearest by lead-assignee share

A61N 7.1% F24F 7.1% F23D 7.1% B60Q 7.1%

Questions about D06P

Which company holds the most patents in D06P?

Seiko Epson Corporation leads D06P with 88 patents (5.8% of the subclass). By PatentsView assignee type, foreign corporations account for 53% of class grants.

Which D06P assignees grew fastest recently?

Among assignees with ≥5 grants in D06P, Indigo Mill Designs, Inc. shows the highest company-wide grant multiple (4.00x: 1 grants in 2019–2021 → 4 in 2022–2024) while holding 5 patents in this subclass. Growth is company-wide, not class-only.

How does D06P compare inside parent class D06?

Inside D06 (Treatment OF Textiles OR THE LIKE; LAUNDERING; Flexible Materials NOT Otherwise Provided FOR), D06P ranks #4 of 11 subclasses by grant volume and holds 9.3% of the parent class total. The largest sibling is D06F (6,009 grants).

What to do with this data

D06P in context - here's where to go next.

Levi Strauss & Co. leads D06P with 72 grants in this class. See full portfolio
D06P ranks #429 of 670 by grant volume among all tracked CPC technology areas. See the ranking
Inside parent class D06, the largest sibling subclass is D06F with 6,009 grants. Explore D06F

Figures reflect USPTO PatentsView grant data through 2026-05-15; pending applications not yet granted are not counted.

Methodology - D06P figures are USPTO PatentsView granted-utility totals for this subclass (1,234 grants in the tracked window).

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