A41D 31/18
Elastic
A41D31/18 (Elastic) appears on 648 US grants and 898 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A41D- Granted patents
- 648
- Published applications
- 898
- Assignees
- 334
- Inventors
- 1,370
- Latest grant
- 22 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1977 | 1 | 0 |
| 1978 | 1 | 0 |
| 1979 | 0 | 0 |
| 1980 | 3 | 0 |
| 1981 | 3 | 0 |
| 1982 | 4 | 0 |
| 1983 | 1 | 0 |
| 1984 | 4 | 0 |
| 1985 | 1 | 0 |
| 1986 | 2 | 0 |
| 1987 | 3 | 0 |
| 1988 | 2 | 0 |
| 1989 | 2 | 0 |
| 1990 | 7 | 0 |
| 1991 | 7 | 0 |
| 1992 | 6 | 0 |
| 1993 | 10 | 0 |
| 1994 | 10 | 0 |
| 1995 | 10 | 0 |
| 1996 | 7 | 0 |
| 1997 | 17 | 0 |
| 1998 | 23 | 0 |
| 1999 | 20 | 0 |
| 2000 | 11 | 0 |
| 2001 | 7 | 2 |
| 2002 | 8 | 11 |
| 2003 | 4 | 14 |
| 2004 | 6 | 16 |
| 2005 | 1 | 14 |
| 2006 | 4 | 13 |
| 2007 | 2 | 16 |
| 2008 | 4 | 14 |
| 2009 | 5 | 14 |
| 2010 | 10 | 30 |
| 2011 | 14 | 27 |
| 2012 | 9 | 31 |
| 2013 | 18 | 40 |
| 2014 | 22 | 47 |
| 2015 | 18 | 34 |
| 2016 | 19 | 63 |
| 2017 | 27 | 62 |
| 2018 | 33 | 58 |
| 2019 | 42 | 56 |
| 2020 | 34 | 58 |
| 2021 | 35 | 59 |
| 2022 | 44 | 65 |
| 2023 | 30 | 45 |
| 2024 | 34 | 42 |
| 2025 | 40 | 30 |
| 2026 | 23 | 37 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Fit adjuster for pant legs22 Sep 2026US 12,740,605 B2
- Lower body garments and pockets for same1 Sep 2026US 12,721,383 B1Lululemon Athletica Canada Inc.
- Training swimwear for addressing injury risk factors25 Aug 2026US 12,714,162 B2The Regents of the University of California
- Systems and methods for flexible footwear11 Aug 2026US 12,702,185 B2Pedestal Footwear
- Waistband for a lower torso garment30 Jun 2026US 12,667,150 B2Lululemon Athletica Canada Inc.
- Devices, systems, and methods for enhancing a wearable article for use with a stretchable circuit8 Oct 2026US 2026/0305737 A1Liquid Wire Inc.
- Waistband for a lower torso garment1 Oct 2026US 2026/0294022 A1Lululemon Athletica Canada Inc.
- Garment24 Sep 2026US 2026/0283278 A1Mizuno Corporation
- Riding Jeans17 Sep 2026US 2026/0272068 A1
- Detachable Integration of Dual Moisture-Wicking and Absorbent Sweat Strips for Compression Sleeve17 Sep 2026US 2026/0272072 A1
Most cited
By later US patents
- Low stress relaxation composite elastic material383US 5,169,706 AKimberly-Clark Corporation · 1992
- Elastic laminated sheet of an incrementally stretched nonwoven fibrous web and elastomeric film and method342US 5,422,172 AClopay Plastic Products Company, Inc. · 1995
- Bulked web composite and method of making the same330US 4,606,964 AKimberly-Clark Corporation · 1986
- Elastomeric waterproof laminate201US 4,443,511 AW. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. · 1984
- Exercise suit with resilient reinforcing199US 5,201,074 A1993