Derwent Classification System: Textiles and Paper-Making
Patents classified in this section include all aspects of clothing, as well as all textile machinery.
Non-textile fibre handling processes are excluded eg for fibre-reinforced polymer production are classified only in Section A.
Approximate IPCs are given in brackets.
| F01 | Threads and fibres - natural or artificial; spinning - including the production of mineral and carbon fibres (D01). |
| F02 | Yarns - mechanical finishing of yarns or ropes; warping or beaming (D02, D07). |
| F03 | Weaving - including finished products (D03). |
| F04 | Braiding, knitting - including trimmings and non-woven fabrics (D04). |
| F05 | Sewing, embroidering, tufting - including finished products (D05). |
| F06 | Chemical-type treatment of textiles (D06B, L, M, P, Q). |
| F07 | Other textile applications - including mechanicl treatment of fabrics (D06C, F, G, H, J, L, M). |
| F08 | Flexible sheet materials - consisting of polymer-coated fibrous web, including end products not classified in other sections (D06N). |
| F09 | Paper-making production of cellulose, chemical treatment of wood - including chipboard and fibre-board (D21). |