A43B 23/24
Ornamental buckles
Official title: Ornamental buckles; Other ornaments for shoes without fastening function
A43B23/24 (Ornamental buckles) appears on 577 US grants and 848 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A43B- Granted patents
- 577
- Published applications
- 848
- Assignees
- 195
- Inventors
- 1,043
- Latest grant
- 25 Aug 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1977 | 4 | 0 |
| 1978 | 3 | 0 |
| 1979 | 0 | 0 |
| 1980 | 0 | 0 |
| 1981 | 0 | 0 |
| 1982 | 1 | 0 |
| 1983 | 1 | 0 |
| 1984 | 2 | 0 |
| 1985 | 2 | 0 |
| 1986 | 2 | 0 |
| 1987 | 3 | 0 |
| 1988 | 5 | 0 |
| 1989 | 4 | 0 |
| 1990 | 5 | 0 |
| 1991 | 3 | 0 |
| 1992 | 5 | 0 |
| 1993 | 7 | 0 |
| 1994 | 3 | 0 |
| 1995 | 5 | 0 |
| 1996 | 7 | 0 |
| 1997 | 12 | 0 |
| 1998 | 14 | 0 |
| 1999 | 10 | 0 |
| 2000 | 5 | 0 |
| 2001 | 6 | 3 |
| 2002 | 16 | 20 |
| 2003 | 7 | 17 |
| 2004 | 22 | 37 |
| 2005 | 15 | 49 |
| 2006 | 15 | 37 |
| 2007 | 12 | 32 |
| 2008 | 20 | 35 |
| 2009 | 9 | 48 |
| 2010 | 20 | 56 |
| 2011 | 26 | 36 |
| 2012 | 20 | 44 |
| 2013 | 18 | 44 |
| 2014 | 25 | 43 |
| 2015 | 21 | 41 |
| 2016 | 25 | 35 |
| 2017 | 20 | 37 |
| 2018 | 30 | 40 |
| 2019 | 24 | 33 |
| 2020 | 20 | 23 |
| 2021 | 23 | 37 |
| 2022 | 20 | 22 |
| 2023 | 15 | 22 |
| 2024 | 20 | 28 |
| 2025 | 17 | 19 |
| 2026 | 8 | 10 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Article of footwear having a display system powered by motion25 Aug 2026US 12,714,181 B2Puma SE
- Lighting assembly for articles of footwear18 Aug 2026US 12,708,170 B2NIKE, Inc.
- Three-dimensional printing utilizing a captive element4 Aug 2026US 12,696,958 B2NIKE, Inc.
- Shoe decoration kit28 Jul 2026US 12,690,646 B1
- Decorative accessory fixing structure for shoes with holes9 Jun 2026US 12,648,624 B1
- Upper and shoe10 Sep 2026US 2026/0262796 A1Asics Corporation
- Shoe and method for manufacturing shoe10 Sep 2026US 2026/0262797 A1Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
- Footwear apparatus6 Aug 2026US 2026/0223976 A1Dirty Paws and Claws, LLC
- Accessory for apparel with fastening system23 Jul 2026US 2026/0206918 A1
- Assembly for coupling an aesthetic member to an accessory9 Jul 2026US 2026/0191299 A1
Most cited
By later US patents
- Monitoring activity of a user in locomotion on foot554US 6,882,955 B1FitSense Technology, Inc. · 2005
- Monitoring activity of a user in locomotion on foot505US 6,898,550 B1FitSense Technology, Inc. · 2005
- Monitoring activity of a user in locomotion on foot494US 6,876,947 B1FitSense Technology, Inc. · 2005
- Athletic shoe425US 4,756,098 AGenCorp Inc. · 1988
- Monitoring activity of a user in locomotion on foot407US 7,200,517 B2NIKE, Inc. · 2007