A43B 13/20
Pneumatic soles filled with a compressible fluid
Official title: Pneumatic soles {filled with a compressible fluid, e.g. air, gas (inflatable linings for skiboots A43B5/0407)}
A43B13/20 (Pneumatic soles filled with a compressible fluid) appears on 1,494 US grants and 1,553 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A43B- Granted patents
- 1,494
- Published applications
- 1,553
- Assignees
- 225
- Inventors
- 1,386
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1977 | 5 | 0 |
| 1978 | 7 | 0 |
| 1979 | 1 | 0 |
| 1980 | 7 | 0 |
| 1981 | 5 | 0 |
| 1982 | 10 | 0 |
| 1983 | 3 | 0 |
| 1984 | 8 | 0 |
| 1985 | 9 | 0 |
| 1986 | 6 | 0 |
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| 1990 | 9 | 0 |
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| 1992 | 8 | 0 |
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| 1997 | 18 | 0 |
| 1998 | 25 | 0 |
| 1999 | 20 | 0 |
| 2000 | 21 | 0 |
| 2001 | 25 | 6 |
| 2002 | 21 | 23 |
| 2003 | 23 | 33 |
| 2004 | 19 | 34 |
| 2005 | 26 | 53 |
| 2006 | 35 | 42 |
| 2007 | 22 | 38 |
| 2008 | 36 | 41 |
| 2009 | 27 | 49 |
| 2010 | 28 | 30 |
| 2011 | 21 | 34 |
| 2012 | 30 | 49 |
| 2013 | 25 | 48 |
| 2014 | 43 | 54 |
| 2015 | 48 | 60 |
| 2016 | 52 | 73 |
| 2017 | 47 | 65 |
| 2018 | 53 | 83 |
| 2019 | 63 | 91 |
| 2020 | 75 | 90 |
| 2021 | 74 | 104 |
| 2022 | 81 | 92 |
| 2023 | 91 | 101 |
| 2024 | 114 | 103 |
| 2025 | 100 | 84 |
| 2026 | 69 | 73 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Article of footwear with dynamic banking sole structure6 Oct 2026US 12,751,520 B2NIKE, Inc.
- Article of footwear including a sole structure6 Oct 2026US 12,751,521 B2NIKE, Inc.
- Sole structure for article of footwear29 Sep 2026US 12,745,821 B2NIKE, Inc.
- Foot support systems including fluid movement controllers and adjustable foot support pressure29 Sep 2026US 12,745,822 B2NIKE, Inc.
- Athletic systems22 Sep 2026US 12,740,617 B2NIKE, Inc.
- Shoe1 Oct 2026US 2026/0294038 A1Hong Kong Newbella Trading Co., Limited
- Customized footwear, and systems and methods for designing and manufacturing same17 Sep 2026US 2026/0272110 A1New Balance Athletics, Inc.
- Sole structure for article of footwear17 Sep 2026US 2026/0272112 A1NIKE, Inc.
- Systems and methods for manufacturing articles of footwear including a sole structure17 Sep 2026US 2026/0272113 A1NIKE, Inc.
- Article of footwear including a heel stabilizing element17 Sep 2026US 2026/0272116 A1NIKE, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Footwear642US 4,219,945 A1980
- Footwear with adjustable viscoelastic unit466US 4,817,304 ANike, Inc. and Nike International Ltd. · 1989
- Cushioning device with improved flexible barrier membrane448US 5,713,141 ANIKE, Inc. · 1998
- Load carrying cushioning device with improved barrier material for control of diffusion pumping437US 5,042,176 ARobert C. Bogert · 1991
- Membranes of polyurethane based materials including polyester polyols423US 6,013,340 ANIKE, Inc. · 2000