Apparatus and method for producing a crimped composite thread
US-12534830-B2 · Jan 27, 2026 · US
by heating fibres, filaments, yarns or threads so as to create a temperature gradient across their diameter, thereby imparting them latent asymmetrical shrinkage properties · Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC)
Textile and paper production, treatment, and products.
Mapped technology topics for this CPC code.
| Metric | Value |
|---|---|
| CPC code | D02G1/004 |
| Official title | {by heating fibres, filaments, yarns or threads so as to create a temperature gradient across their diameter, thereby imparting them latent asymmetrical shrinkage properties} |
| Display label | by heating fibres, filaments, yarns or threads so as to create a temperature gradient across their diameter, thereby imparting them latent asymmetrical shrinkage properties |
| Total patents | 19 |
Year-over-year patent counts classified under this CPC code.
Filing activity over the last five years is declining.
| Year | Patents |
|---|---|
| 2016 | 1 |
| 2017 | 1 |
| 2019 | 1 |
| 2020 | 2 |
| 2022 | 3 |
| 2023 | 4 |
| 2024 | 5 |
| 2025 | 1 |
| 2026 | 1 |
Representative publications under this CPC code from precomputed stats, or recent filings when stats are unavailable.
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US-2020173077-A1 · Jun 4, 2020 · US
US-2020032429-A1 · Jan 30, 2020 · US
US-10494744-B2 · Dec 3, 2019 · US
US-2017044693-A1 · Feb 16, 2017 · US
US-2016040323-A1 · Feb 11, 2016 · US