D01D 5/22
Formation of filaments, threads, or the like: with a crimped or curled
Official title: with a crimped or curled structure; with a special structure to simulate wool (producing crimped or curled effects in filaments or threads after formation D02G1/00)
D01D5/22 (Formation of filaments, threads, or the like: with a crimped or curled) appears on 188 US grants and 174 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in D01D- Granted patents
- 188
- Published applications
- 174
- Assignees
- 125
- Inventors
- 456
- Latest grant
- 28 Jul 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1976 | 3 | 0 |
| 1977 | 1 | 0 |
| 1978 | 2 | 0 |
| 1979 | 3 | 0 |
| 1980 | 3 | 0 |
| 1981 | 6 | 0 |
| 1982 | 8 | 0 |
| 1983 | 3 | 0 |
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| 2001 | 3 | 3 |
| 2002 | 6 | 8 |
| 2003 | 4 | 3 |
| 2004 | 4 | 2 |
| 2005 | 3 | 2 |
| 2006 | 2 | 2 |
| 2007 | 0 | 1 |
| 2008 | 0 | 3 |
| 2009 | 1 | 2 |
| 2010 | 1 | 4 |
| 2011 | 1 | 3 |
| 2012 | 2 | 4 |
| 2013 | 2 | 7 |
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| 2017 | 2 | 3 |
| 2018 | 4 | 10 |
| 2019 | 2 | 12 |
| 2020 | 4 | 14 |
| 2021 | 8 | 9 |
| 2022 | 1 | 20 |
| 2023 | 9 | 17 |
| 2024 | 14 | 9 |
| 2025 | 11 | 19 |
| 2026 | 6 | 3 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Use of polymer composition on making soft nonwoven fabrics28 Jul 2026US 12,692,630 B2Borealis AG
- Method for producing a crimped composite thread16 Jun 2026US 12,655,544 B2Oerlikon Textile GmbH & Co.KG
- Cellulose acetate band, and method for producing cellulose acetate band31 Mar 2026US 12,590,387 B2Daicel Corporation
- Nonwoven fabric having a single layer with a plurality of different fiber types, and an apparatus, system, and method for producing same10 Mar 2026US 12,571,143 B2Fitesa Simpsonville, Inc.
- Method of manufacturing yarn and yarn obtained in that manner17 Feb 2026US 12,553,154 B2Aladdin Manufacturing Corporation
- Method of manufacturing yarn and yarn obtained in that manner4 Jun 2026US 2026/0152876 A1Aladdin Manufacturing Corporation
- Artificial down filling material12 Mar 2026US 2026/0069049 A1Inter IKEA Systems B.V.
- False-twist textured yarn, and clothes, woven knitted product, twist yarn, and composite false-twist textured yarn including same8 Jan 2026US 2026/0009167 A1Toray Industries, Inc.
- Lyocell material with modified cross section, cigarette filter, and manufacturing method therefor18 Dec 2025US 2025/0380735 A1Kolon Industries, Inc.
- Stretch-processed yarn, fiber product, composite spinneret, and composite fiber production method6 Nov 2025US 2025/0341033 A1Toray Industries, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Soft nonwoven fabric of filaments506US 5,108,820 AMitsui Petrochemical Industries, Ltd. · 1992
- Fibers capable of spontaneously transporting fluids182US 5,972,505 AEastman Chemical Company · 1999
- Process of making a crimped multicomponent fiber web114US 6,454,989 B1Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc. · 2002
- Undrawn, tough, durably melt-bonded, macrodenier, thermoplastic, multicomponent filaments69US 5,811,186 AMinnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company · 1998
- Melt spinning process67US 4,376,743 AFiber Industries, Inc. · 1983