A43B 3/12
Sandals
Official title: Sandals; Strap guides thereon
A43B3/12 (Sandals) appears on 516 US grants and 676 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A43B- Granted patents
- 516
- Published applications
- 676
- Assignees
- 189
- Inventors
- 883
- Latest grant
- 4 Aug 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1976 | 2 | 0 |
| 1977 | 2 | 0 |
| 1978 | 2 | 0 |
| 1979 | 0 | 0 |
| 1980 | 4 | 0 |
| 1981 | 3 | 0 |
| 1982 | 2 | 0 |
| 1983 | 0 | 0 |
| 1984 | 7 | 0 |
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| 1999 | 7 | 0 |
| 2000 | 8 | 0 |
| 2001 | 4 | 2 |
| 2002 | 7 | 12 |
| 2003 | 11 | 12 |
| 2004 | 5 | 18 |
| 2005 | 9 | 22 |
| 2006 | 8 | 19 |
| 2007 | 13 | 23 |
| 2008 | 13 | 30 |
| 2009 | 7 | 11 |
| 2010 | 16 | 27 |
| 2011 | 14 | 26 |
| 2012 | 7 | 27 |
| 2013 | 19 | 33 |
| 2014 | 14 | 31 |
| 2015 | 24 | 39 |
| 2016 | 21 | 38 |
| 2017 | 20 | 47 |
| 2018 | 34 | 40 |
| 2019 | 27 | 40 |
| 2020 | 29 | 42 |
| 2021 | 32 | 37 |
| 2022 | 23 | 19 |
| 2023 | 25 | 14 |
| 2024 | 21 | 19 |
| 2025 | 35 | 22 |
| 2026 | 10 | 26 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Split-sole footwear4 Aug 2026US 12,696,951 B2Gavrieli Brands LLC
- Assembly-type light sandals19 May 2026US 12,628,901 B2
- Ballet shoe with red outsole patch and contrasting upper5 May 2026US D1,124,602 S1Gavrieli Brands LLC · Design
- Sandal construction28 Apr 2026US 12,611,001 B2Wolverine Outdoors, Inc.
- Auxiliary or integrated inner sole structure for footwear21 Apr 2026US 12,604,944 B2
- Footwear1 Oct 2026US 2026/0294035 A1Asics Corporation
- Clasp and footwear, leather goods, container or luggage with a clasp17 Sep 2026US 2026/0272120 A1Birkenstock IP GmbH
- Auxiliary or integrated inner sole structure for footwear3 Sep 2026US 2026/0256236 A1
- Prosthetic footwear system13 Aug 2026US 2026/0232067 A1
- An article of footwear, a method for manufacturing said article and an apparatus used for manufacturing said article6 Aug 2026US 2026/0223977 A1ECCO Sko A/S
Most cited
By later US patents
- Customized article of footwear and method of conducting retail and internet business169US 6,601,042 B12003
- Breathable footwear pieces151US 6,993,858 B2Crocs, Inc. · 2006
- Split-sole footwear148US 8,745,893 B2Gavrieli Brands LLC · 2014
- Article of footwear having a spring element and selectively removable components145US 6,449,878 B12002
- Footwear pieces135US 7,146,751 B2Crocs, Inc. · 2006