|  | D |
SECTION D — TEXTILES; PAPER

TEXTILES OR FLEXIBLE MATERIALS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR

|  | D01 |
NATURAL OR ARTIFICIAL THREADS OR FIBRES; SPINNING (metal threads Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B21; fibres or filaments of softened glass, minerals, or slag Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...C03B 37/00; yarns Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...D02)

|  | D01 |
Note(s) In this class, the following terms are used with the meanings indicated: "fibre" means a relatively-short, elongated member of natural or artificial material; "filament" means an endless or quasi-endless, elongated member of natural or artificial material; "yarn" means a unitary assembly of fibres, usually produced by spinning; "thread" means an assembly of yarns or filaments, usually produced by twisting.

|  | D01C |
CHEMICAL TREATMENT OF NATURAL FILAMENTARY OR FIBROUS MATERIAL TO OBTAIN FILAMENTS OR FIBRES FOR SPINNING; CARBONISING RAGS TO RECOVER ANIMAL FIBRES

|  | D01C |
Note(s) Attention is drawn to the Note following the title of class Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...D01. Processes using enzymes or micro-organisms in order to: liberate, separate or purify a pre-existing compound or composition, or to treat textiles or clean solid surfaces of materials are further classified in subclass Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...C12S. [5]

|  | D01C 1/00 |
Treatment of vegetable material

|  | D01C 1/02 |
· | by chemical methods to obtain bast fibres

|  | D01C 1/04 |
· | Bacteriological retting

|  | D01C 3/00 |
Treatment of animal material, e.g. chemical scouring of wool (recovery of lanolin or wool wax Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...C11B 11/00)

|  | D01C 3/02 |
· | De-gumming silk

|  | D01C 5/00 |
Carbonising rags to recover animal fibres (chemical removal of vegetable impurities from threads or fabrics of animal fibres Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...D06M)