A43B 13/141
With a part of the sole being flexible
Official title: {with a part of the sole being flexible, e.g. permitting articulation or torsion}
A43B13/141 (With a part of the sole being flexible) appears on 1,261 US grants and 1,505 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A43B- Granted patents
- 1,261
- Published applications
- 1,505
- Assignees
- 266
- Inventors
- 1,518
- Latest grant
- 15 Sep 2026
Filings by year
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| 2023 | 82 | 81 |
| 2024 | 84 | 58 |
| 2025 | 82 | 52 |
| 2026 | 46 | 57 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
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Most cited
By later US patents
- Articulated footwear having a flexure member329US 6,189,239 B12001
- Shoe sole structures with deformation sipes275US 6,115,945 AAnatomic Research, Inc. · 2000
- Sole with V-oriented flex grooves271US 4,562,651 ANIKE, Inc. · 1986
- Collapsible shoe264US 8,020,320 B2Reebok International Ltd. · 2011
- Shoe with split sole and mid-section reinforcement254US 6,076,284 ABallet Makers, Inc. · 2000