D06B
Treating textile materials using liquids, gases or vapours
Official title: TREATING TEXTILE MATERIALS USING LIQUIDS, GASES OR VAPOURS (mechanical treatment of natural fibrous or filamentary material to obtain fibres or filaments D01B)
D06B (Treating textile materials using liquids, gases or vapours) appears on 3,090 US grants and 1,652 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in D06B- Granted patents
- 3,090
- Published applications
- 1,652
- Assignees
- 1,398
- Inventors
- 4,778
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 151 | 0 |
| 1977 | 115 | 0 |
| 1978 | 115 | 0 |
| 1979 | 87 | 0 |
| 1980 | 111 | 0 |
| 1981 | 95 | 0 |
| 1982 | 83 | 0 |
| 1983 | 73 | 0 |
| 1984 | 91 | 0 |
| 1985 | 81 | 0 |
| 1986 | 70 | 0 |
| 1987 | 63 | 0 |
| 1988 | 73 | 0 |
| 1989 | 87 | 0 |
| 1990 | 56 | 0 |
| 1991 | 65 | 0 |
| 1992 | 62 | 0 |
| 1993 | 60 | 0 |
| 1994 | 62 | 0 |
| 1995 | 64 | 0 |
| 1996 | 52 | 0 |
| 1997 | 50 | 0 |
| 1998 | 70 | 0 |
| 1999 | 80 | 0 |
| 2000 | 67 | 0 |
| 2001 | 50 | 12 |
| 2002 | 56 | 64 |
| 2003 | 43 | 56 |
| 2004 | 38 | 52 |
| 2005 | 20 | 42 |
| 2006 | 21 | 43 |
| 2007 | 19 | 42 |
| 2008 | 18 | 41 |
| 2009 | 13 | 41 |
| 2010 | 21 | 28 |
| 2011 | 19 | 29 |
| 2012 | 20 | 25 |
| 2013 | 12 | 44 |
| 2014 | 25 | 68 |
| 2015 | 22 | 67 |
| 2016 | 42 | 107 |
| 2017 | 56 | 74 |
| 2018 | 63 | 110 |
| 2019 | 58 | 114 |
| 2020 | 90 | 108 |
| 2021 | 70 | 94 |
| 2022 | 71 | 130 |
| 2023 | 75 | 93 |
| 2024 | 96 | 78 |
| 2025 | 64 | 51 |
| 2026 | 25 | 39 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Main groups
Granted patents with any code in the group
- D06B 23/00Component parts, details, or accessories of apparatus or machines, specially adapted for778
- D06B 11/00Treatment of selected parts of textile materials761
- D06B 3/00Passing of textile materials through liquids, gases or vapours to effect treatment740
- D06B 1/00Applying liquids, gases or vapours onto textile materials to effect treatment676
- D06B 19/00Treatment of textile materials by liquids, gases or vapours, not provided for398
- D06B 5/00Forcing liquids, gases or vapours through textile materials to effect treatment310
- D06B 15/00Removing liquids, gases or vapours from textile materials in association with treatment233
- D06B 21/00Successive treatments of textile materials by liquids, gases or vapours203
All 13 main groupsShow fewer
- D06B 17/00Storing of textile materials in association with the treatment of the materials127
- D06B 9/00Solvent-treatment of textile materials85
- D06B 13/00Treatment of textile materials with liquids, gases or vapours with aid of57
- D06B 2700/00Treating of textile materialsIndexing code51
- D06B 7/00Mercerising20
Recent patents
- Launderable bactericidal and virucidal fabric finish6 Oct 2026US 12,751,451 B2Hong Kong Applied Science and Technology Research Institute Company Limited
- Rendering a 3D garment preview29 Sep 2026US 12,745,814 B2Levi Strauss & Co.
- Liquid ejection device and method of controlling liquid ejection device15 Sep 2026US 12,734,830 B2Seiko Epson Corporation
- Method and apparatus for surface treatment of nonwoven materials15 Sep 2026US 12,735,822 B2Hempitecture, Inc.
- Nonwoven fibrous web15 Sep 2026US 12,735,836 B23M Innovative Properties Company
- Method for manufacturing fiber-resin composite material, method for manufacturing mobile phone case, and mobile phone case8 Oct 2026US 2026/0308829 A1Shenzhen Lingyi Innovation Technology Co., Ltd
- A lubricant-impregnated fabric for cleaning and/or lubricating firearms3 Sep 2026US 2026/0258904 A1Sms Chemicals Ltd
- A controller, system, and method for generating thread coloring data for at least one thread based on a digital representation27 Aug 2026US 2026/0249620 A1Coloreel International Holdings Limited
- Mechanical softening of printed fabrics27 Aug 2026US 2026/0250905 A1Kornit Digital Ltd.
- Fabric treatment method and fabric sizing slurry13 Aug 2026US 2026/0234864 A1
Most cited
By later US patents
- Laser method and system of scribing graphics239US 5,990,444 A1999
- Laser method of scribing graphics207US 6,252,196 B1Technolines LLC · 2001
- Method for marking and fading textiles with lasers113US 5,567,207 AIcon Corp. · 1996
- Dry-cleaning of garments using liquid carbon dioxide under agitation as cleaning medium106US 5,467,492 AHughes Aircraft Company · 1995
- Internally-coated porous webs with controlled positioning of modifiers therein102US 5,869,172 ANextec Applications, Inc. · 1999