D04H
Making textile fabrics
Official title: MAKING TEXTILE FABRICS, e.g. FROM FIBRES OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL (weaving D03; knitting D04B; braiding D04C; net-making D04G; sewing D05B; tufting D05C; finishing non-woven fabrics D06); FABRICS MADE BY SUCH PROCESSES OR APPARATUS, e.g. FELTS, NON-WOVEN FABRICS; COTTON-WOOL; WADDING {; NON-WOVEN FABRICS FROM STAPLE FIBRES, FILAMENTS OR YARNS, BONDED WITH AT LEAST ONE WEB-LIKE MATERIAL DURING THEIR CONSOLIDATION}(non-woven fabrics having an intermediate or external layer of a different kind, e.g. of woven fabric, B32B)
D04H (Making textile fabrics) appears on 10,502 US grants and 10,996 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in D04H- Granted patents
- 10,502
- Published applications
- 10,996
- Assignees
- 3,404
- Inventors
- 19,013
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 154 | 0 |
| 1977 | 104 | 0 |
| 1978 | 120 | 0 |
| 1979 | 91 | 0 |
| 1980 | 105 | 0 |
| 1981 | 111 | 0 |
| 1982 | 103 | 0 |
| 1983 | 105 | 0 |
| 1984 | 116 | 0 |
| 1985 | 101 | 0 |
| 1986 | 115 | 0 |
| 1987 | 97 | 0 |
| 1988 | 129 | 0 |
| 1989 | 166 | 0 |
| 1990 | 160 | 0 |
| 1991 | 137 | 0 |
| 1992 | 172 | 0 |
| 1993 | 170 | 0 |
| 1994 | 192 | 0 |
| 1995 | 215 | 0 |
| 1996 | 230 | 0 |
| 1997 | 289 | 0 |
| 1998 | 288 | 0 |
| 1999 | 289 | 0 |
| 2000 | 243 | 0 |
| 2001 | 218 | 109 |
| 2002 | 205 | 324 |
| 2003 | 219 | 463 |
| 2004 | 239 | 425 |
| 2005 | 171 | 465 |
| 2006 | 162 | 404 |
| 2007 | 156 | 358 |
| 2008 | 156 | 364 |
| 2009 | 149 | 355 |
| 2010 | 237 | 407 |
| 2011 | 228 | 395 |
| 2012 | 221 | 377 |
| 2013 | 240 | 418 |
| 2014 | 214 | 398 |
| 2015 | 243 | 434 |
| 2016 | 281 | 495 |
| 2017 | 267 | 451 |
| 2018 | 307 | 516 |
| 2019 | 327 | 483 |
| 2020 | 321 | 547 |
| 2021 | 342 | 518 |
| 2022 | 301 | 531 |
| 2023 | 336 | 495 |
| 2024 | 395 | 500 |
| 2025 | 338 | 426 |
| 2026 | 227 | 338 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Main groups
Granted patents with any code in the group
- D04H 1/00Non-woven fabrics formed wholly or mainly of staple fibres or like relatively7,745
- D04H 3/00Non-woven fabrics formed wholly or mainly of yarns or like filamentary material3,561
- D04H 13/00Making textile fabrics: other non-woven fabrics909
- D04H 18/00Needling machines601
- D04H 5/00Non woven fabrics formed of mixtures of relatively short fibres and yarns508
- D04H 11/00Non-woven pile fabrics492
- D04H 17/00Felting apparatus14
Recent patents
- Device for manufacturing filament three-dimensional bonded member6 Oct 2026US 12,753,531 B2airweave inc.
- Lofty nonwoven fabrics29 Sep 2026US 12,746,735 B2Magnera Corporation
- Soft absorbent coform nonwoven web29 Sep 2026US 12,747,526 B2Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.
- Flexible demolding device, core molding device, and core forming method22 Sep 2026US 12,740,896 B2Shanghai Zhilian Precision Machinery Co., Ltd.
- Waterproof, breathable nonwoven textiles for articles and methods of making the same22 Sep 2026US 12,741,454 B2NIKE, Inc.
- Multifunctional filter materials8 Oct 2026US 2026/0305741 A1Khalifa University of Science and Technology
- Construction of thermal insulation material for providing optimum functionalities in different parts of hand and feet for winter glove and footwear products8 Oct 2026US 2026/0305743 A1
- Elastomeric laminate(s) for absorbent article donning8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306309 A1The Procter & Gamble Company
- Patterned Apertured Webs8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306312 A1The Procter & Gamble Company
- Non-woven of spunbonded thermoplastic filaments having improved weldability properties and method for manufacturing such a non-woven8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306698 A1Dounor SAS
Most cited
By later US patents
- Process for making a soft, strong, absorbent material for use in absorbent articles1,412US 6,485,667 B1Rayonier Products and Financial Services Company · 2002
- Method for forming nonwoven webs1,405US 4,340,563 AKimberly-Clark Corporation · 1982
- Reinforced absorbable multilayered fabric for use in tissue repair and regeneration1,399US 7,749,204 B2Ethicon, Inc. · 2010
- Vascular closure device1,319US 8,790,684 B2Cordis Corporation · 2014
- Nonwoven fabric and method of producing same1,280US 4,100,324 AKimberly-Clark Corporation · 1978