A43B 3/36
With light sources
Official title: with light sources
A43B3/36 (With light sources) appears on 456 US grants and 563 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A43B- Granted patents
- 456
- Published applications
- 563
- Assignees
- 124
- Inventors
- 652
- Latest grant
- 18 Aug 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 1 | 0 |
| 1977 | 2 | 0 |
| 1978 | 3 | 0 |
| 1979 | 1 | 0 |
| 1980 | 0 | 0 |
| 1981 | 1 | 0 |
| 1982 | 2 | 0 |
| 1983 | 0 | 0 |
| 1984 | 0 | 0 |
| 1985 | 0 | 0 |
| 1986 | 0 | 0 |
| 1987 | 0 | 0 |
| 1988 | 1 | 0 |
| 1989 | 1 | 0 |
| 1990 | 1 | 0 |
| 1991 | 2 | 0 |
| 1992 | 1 | 0 |
| 1993 | 2 | 0 |
| 1994 | 8 | 0 |
| 1995 | 14 | 0 |
| 1996 | 9 | 0 |
| 1997 | 8 | 0 |
| 1998 | 17 | 0 |
| 1999 | 17 | 0 |
| 2000 | 8 | 0 |
| 2001 | 4 | 2 |
| 2002 | 3 | 2 |
| 2003 | 1 | 12 |
| 2004 | 8 | 16 |
| 2005 | 6 | 25 |
| 2006 | 12 | 24 |
| 2007 | 13 | 16 |
| 2008 | 5 | 9 |
| 2009 | 8 | 11 |
| 2010 | 7 | 8 |
| 2011 | 8 | 14 |
| 2012 | 4 | 11 |
| 2013 | 9 | 21 |
| 2014 | 16 | 24 |
| 2015 | 13 | 22 |
| 2016 | 14 | 44 |
| 2017 | 14 | 41 |
| 2018 | 26 | 40 |
| 2019 | 31 | 36 |
| 2020 | 19 | 34 |
| 2021 | 34 | 35 |
| 2022 | 23 | 26 |
| 2023 | 28 | 34 |
| 2024 | 19 | 26 |
| 2025 | 25 | 19 |
| 2026 | 7 | 11 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Lighting assembly for articles of footwear18 Aug 2026US 12,708,170 B2NIKE, Inc.
- Foot presence signal processing using velocity4 Aug 2026US 12,696,960 B2NIKE, Inc.
- Intelligent electronic footwear and logic for navigation assistance by automated tactile, audio, and visual feedback4 Aug 2026US 12,698,977 B2NIKE, Inc.
- Intelligent electronic footwear and control logic for automated infrastructure-based pedestrian tracking28 Jul 2026US 12,694,789 B2NIKE, Inc.
- Method of controlling or augmenting a virtual environment or live video broadcast via sensed motion7 Jul 2026US 12,673,251 B2NIKE, Inc.
- Module component for shoes and clothing, sole component, and luminous sports shoes24 Sep 2026US 2026/0283295 A1Sincetech (Fujian) Technology Co., Ltd.
- Intelligent electronic footwear and logic for navigation assistance by automated tactile, audio, and visual feedback24 Sep 2026US 2026/0287384 A1NIKE, Inc.
- Systems and methods for customizing articles of footwear and providing digital or metaverse capabilities25 Jun 2026US 2026/0174174 A1NIKE, Inc.
- Lacing engine for automated footwear platform18 Jun 2026US 2026/0165427 A1NIKE, Inc.
- Practice aid system4 Jun 2026US 2026/0151681 A1
Most cited
By later US patents
- Products incorporating piezoelectric material459US 5,500,635 A1996
- Novel uses of piezoelectric materials for creating optical effects327US 4,748,366 A1988
- Illuminated article of apparel190US 5,649,758 A1997
- Footwear with optical fiber illuminating display areas and control module170US 5,813,148 A1998
- Light distribution/information display systems164US 5,894,686 ALumitex, Inc. · 1999