A43B 9/04
Welted footwear
Official title: Welted footwear (welts A43B15/00)
A43B9/04 (Welted footwear) appears on 66 US grants and 90 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A43B- Granted patents
- 66
- Published applications
- 90
- Assignees
- 39
- Inventors
- 106
- Latest grant
- 23 Dec 2025
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1980 | 1 | 0 |
| 1981 | 0 | 0 |
| 1982 | 0 | 0 |
| 1983 | 0 | 0 |
| 1984 | 0 | 0 |
| 1985 | 0 | 0 |
| 1986 | 0 | 0 |
| 1987 | 1 | 0 |
| 1988 | 0 | 0 |
| 1989 | 0 | 0 |
| 1990 | 0 | 0 |
| 1991 | 0 | 0 |
| 1992 | 0 | 0 |
| 1993 | 0 | 0 |
| 1994 | 0 | 0 |
| 1995 | 0 | 0 |
| 1996 | 0 | 0 |
| 1997 | 0 | 0 |
| 1998 | 1 | 0 |
| 1999 | 2 | 0 |
| 2000 | 0 | 0 |
| 2001 | 2 | 1 |
| 2002 | 1 | 1 |
| 2003 | 5 | 9 |
| 2004 | 3 | 8 |
| 2005 | 2 | 7 |
| 2006 | 4 | 6 |
| 2007 | 6 | 4 |
| 2008 | 2 | 5 |
| 2009 | 0 | 3 |
| 2010 | 5 | 4 |
| 2011 | 3 | 1 |
| 2012 | 1 | 1 |
| 2013 | 0 | 8 |
| 2014 | 3 | 5 |
| 2015 | 3 | 0 |
| 2016 | 1 | 2 |
| 2017 | 2 | 5 |
| 2018 | 1 | 2 |
| 2019 | 5 | 1 |
| 2020 | 1 | 3 |
| 2021 | 2 | 6 |
| 2022 | 2 | 2 |
| 2023 | 1 | 3 |
| 2024 | 2 | 2 |
| 2025 | 4 | 1 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Footwear with booties and bootie securement systems, and methods for manufacturing the same23 Dec 2025US 12,501,960 B2Ariat International, Inc.
- Expandable shoe capable to grow with a wearer/user's feet for more than three sizes1 Jul 2025US 12,342,905 B2Sanosyzo Private Limited
- Article of footwear having a sole structure with a fluid-filled chamber17 Jun 2025US 12,329,235 B2NIKE, Inc.
- Shoe having features for increased flexibility18 Feb 2025US 12,225,964 B2Cole Haan LLC
- Article of footwear and method of manufacturing an article of footwear19 Nov 2024US 12,144,396 B2NIKE, Inc.
- Footwear with booties and bootie securement systems, and methods for manufacturing the same1 May 2025US 2025/0134200 A1Ariat International, Inc.
- Shoe structure12 Sep 2024US 2024/0298741 A1
- Sporting shoe15 Aug 2024US 2024/0268511 A1
- Improved expandable shoe capable to grow with a wearer/user's feet for more than three sizes7 Sep 2023US 2023/0276893 A1Sanosyzo Private Limited
- Separable and regenerative footwear2 Mar 2023US 2023/0064528 A1TBL Licensing LLC
Most cited
By later US patents
- Shoe having improved Opanka stitching169US 7,757,408 B2Columbia Insurance Company · 2010
- Welt shoe comfort system47US 5,768,801 AMeldisco H.C., Inc. · 1998
- Shoe and process for sealing the sole area of a shoe26US 5,992,054 AW. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. · 1999
- Cushioning system for footwear and related method of manufacture26US 6,802,138 B2Wolverine World Wide, Inc. · 2004
- Footwear and related method of manufacture26US 7,197,840 B2Wolverine World Wide, Inc. · 2007