D06L 1/00
Dry-cleaning or washing fibres, filaments, threads, yarns, fabrics, feathers or made-up fibrous
Official title: Dry-cleaning or washing fibres, filaments, threads, yarns, fabrics, feathers or made-up fibrous goods
D06L1/00 (Dry-cleaning or washing fibres, filaments, threads, yarns, fabrics, feathers or made-up fibrous) appears on 646 US grants and 557 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in D06L- Granted patents
- 646
- Published applications
- 557
- Assignees
- 292
- Inventors
- 1,373
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 10 | 0 |
| 1977 | 9 | 0 |
| 1978 | 17 | 0 |
| 1979 | 8 | 0 |
| 1980 | 10 | 0 |
| 1981 | 7 | 0 |
| 1982 | 8 | 0 |
| 1983 | 8 | 0 |
| 1984 | 7 | 0 |
| 1985 | 6 | 0 |
| 1986 | 1 | 0 |
| 1987 | 8 | 0 |
| 1988 | 3 | 0 |
| 1989 | 7 | 0 |
| 1990 | 2 | 0 |
| 1991 | 3 | 0 |
| 1992 | 8 | 0 |
| 1993 | 8 | 0 |
| 1994 | 7 | 0 |
| 1995 | 11 | 0 |
| 1996 | 17 | 0 |
| 1997 | 20 | 0 |
| 1998 | 29 | 0 |
| 1999 | 37 | 0 |
| 2000 | 33 | 0 |
| 2001 | 34 | 12 |
| 2002 | 14 | 42 |
| 2003 | 23 | 49 |
| 2004 | 23 | 31 |
| 2005 | 20 | 49 |
| 2006 | 22 | 30 |
| 2007 | 15 | 11 |
| 2008 | 13 | 19 |
| 2009 | 11 | 21 |
| 2010 | 6 | 15 |
| 2011 | 10 | 20 |
| 2012 | 13 | 19 |
| 2013 | 7 | 16 |
| 2014 | 14 | 19 |
| 2015 | 14 | 22 |
| 2016 | 8 | 17 |
| 2017 | 11 | 18 |
| 2018 | 16 | 9 |
| 2019 | 13 | 10 |
| 2020 | 4 | 18 |
| 2021 | 13 | 23 |
| 2022 | 7 | 32 |
| 2023 | 8 | 17 |
| 2024 | 18 | 20 |
| 2025 | 20 | 12 |
| 2026 | 5 | 6 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- D06L 1/02Dry-cleaning or washing fibres, filaments, threads, yarns, fabrics, feathers or made-up fibrous332
- D06L 1/12Dry-cleaning or washing fibres, filaments, threads, yarns, fabrics, feathers or made-up fibrous288
- D06L 1/22Processes involving successive treatments with aqueous and organic agents27
- D06L 1/01Dry-cleaning or washing fibres, filaments, threads, yarns, fabrics, feathers or made-up fibrous20
Recent patents
- Fabric softener formulation6 Oct 2026US 12,753,371 B2Dow Silicones Corporation
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- High-efficiency flame-retardant, light, thin and soft multi-fiber blended fabric and preparation method thereof28 Apr 2026US 12,612,715 B2Xinxiang Xinke Protective Technology Co ., Ltd
- Reactive digital printing methods and systems, printed fabric obtained thereby and related clothing items24 Mar 2026US 12,584,271 B2Guangzhou Jingyilvfang Technology Co., Ltd
- Microgravity dry cleaning systems1 Oct 2026US 2026/0297839 A1Hamilton Sundstrand Space Systems International, Inc.
- Scouring agent, scouring liquid, and method of scouring and dyeing18 Jun 2026US 2026/0168169 A1Industrial Technology Research Institute
- Process and plant for recycling textiles12 Feb 2026US 2026/0042892 A1Sanko Tekstil Isletmeleri San. Ve Tic. A. S.
- Stability and viscosity in high active high caustic laundry emulsion with low hlb surfactant15 Jan 2026US 2026/0015554 A1Ecolab USA Inc.
- Durable thermoregulating textile structures and methods of manufacture8 Jan 2026US 2026/0009176 A1Sysco Guest Supply, LLC
Most cited
By later US patents
- Dry cleaning system using densified carbon dioxide and a surfactant adjunct164US 5,683,977 ALever Brothers Company, Division of Conopco, Inc. · 1997
- Cleaning process using carbon dioxide as a solvent and employing molecularly engineered surfactants142US 5,866,005 AThe University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill · 1999
- Aerosol package136US 7,021,499 B2BISSELL Homecare, Inc. · 2006
- Method of dry cleaning fabrics using densified carbon dioxide130US 5,676,705 ALever Brothers Company, Division of Conopco, Inc. · 1997
- Washing apparatus126US 6,691,536 B2The Procter & Gamble Company · 2004