A43B 23/04
Uppers made of one piece
Official title: Uppers made of one piece; Uppers with inserted gussets
A43B23/04 (Uppers made of one piece) appears on 591 US grants and 796 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A43B- Granted patents
- 591
- Published applications
- 796
- Assignees
- 134
- Inventors
- 781
- Latest grant
- 29 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 2 | 0 |
| 1977 | 0 | 0 |
| 1978 | 1 | 0 |
| 1979 | 3 | 0 |
| 1980 | 0 | 0 |
| 1981 | 1 | 0 |
| 1982 | 1 | 0 |
| 1983 | 0 | 0 |
| 1984 | 1 | 0 |
| 1985 | 1 | 0 |
| 1986 | 0 | 0 |
| 1987 | 0 | 0 |
| 1988 | 1 | 0 |
| 1989 | 3 | 0 |
| 1990 | 0 | 0 |
| 1991 | 0 | 0 |
| 1992 | 0 | 0 |
| 1993 | 1 | 0 |
| 1994 | 1 | 0 |
| 1995 | 1 | 0 |
| 1996 | 0 | 0 |
| 1997 | 2 | 0 |
| 1998 | 2 | 0 |
| 1999 | 0 | 0 |
| 2000 | 0 | 0 |
| 2001 | 4 | 2 |
| 2002 | 5 | 8 |
| 2003 | 5 | 5 |
| 2004 | 4 | 8 |
| 2005 | 3 | 8 |
| 2006 | 5 | 12 |
| 2007 | 5 | 17 |
| 2008 | 4 | 10 |
| 2009 | 5 | 8 |
| 2010 | 12 | 13 |
| 2011 | 8 | 15 |
| 2012 | 8 | 21 |
| 2013 | 11 | 22 |
| 2014 | 13 | 38 |
| 2015 | 28 | 44 |
| 2016 | 15 | 36 |
| 2017 | 32 | 67 |
| 2018 | 47 | 73 |
| 2019 | 38 | 56 |
| 2020 | 47 | 54 |
| 2021 | 50 | 56 |
| 2022 | 44 | 44 |
| 2023 | 49 | 40 |
| 2024 | 43 | 61 |
| 2025 | 61 | 49 |
| 2026 | 24 | 29 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Article of footwear incorporating a knitted component29 Sep 2026US 12,745,818 B2NIKE, Inc.
- Upper for an article of footwear having an elastic cable25 Aug 2026US 12,714,200 B2NIKE, Inc.
- Sole structures and articles of footwear having separate outsole and midsole components25 Aug 2026US 12,714,206 B2NIKE, Inc.
- Articles of footwear with uppers comprising a wound component and methods of making the same18 Aug 2026US 12,708,178 B2adidas AG
- Flexible puncture resistant footwear11 Aug 2026US 12,702,183 B2DragonSkin LLC
- An article of footwear with adhesive-free attachments8 Oct 2026US 2026/0305755 A1Nicholas Kirkwood Limited
- Article of footwear incorporating a knitted component10 Sep 2026US 2026/0262782 A1NIKE, Inc.
- Function screen printing on upper10 Sep 2026US 2026/0262795 A1adidas AG
- Article of footwear incorporating a knitted component3 Sep 2026US 2026/0256234 A1NIKE, Inc.
- Textile Components and/or Other Articles Including Printed Structures, Methods of Making These Articles, and Products Including Such Articles3 Sep 2026US 2026/0256245 A1NIKE, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Process for producing a shoe-shaped part from a web of material and resulting shoe-shaped part424US 5,345,638 ATretorn AB · 1994
- Article of footwear having a textile upper357US 7,347,011 B2NIKE, Inc. · 2008
- Composite footwear upper and method of manufacturing a composite footwear upper347US 6,558,784 B1ADC Composites, LLC · 2003
- Footwear with knit upper and method of manufacturing the footwear331US 6,931,762 B1NIKE, Inc. · 2005
- Slipper sock and method of manufacture242US 4,317,292 A1982