A43B 9/16
Footwear with soles moulded on to uppers or welded on to uppers
Official title: Footwear with soles moulded on to uppers or welded on to uppers without adhesive
A43B9/16 (Footwear with soles moulded on to uppers or welded on to uppers) appears on 77 US grants and 115 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A43B- Granted patents
- 77
- Published applications
- 115
- Assignees
- 32
- Inventors
- 146
- Latest grant
- 11 Aug 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1978 | 1 | 0 |
| 1979 | 0 | 0 |
| 1980 | 0 | 0 |
| 1981 | 1 | 0 |
| 1982 | 0 | 0 |
| 1983 | 0 | 0 |
| 1984 | 0 | 0 |
| 1985 | 1 | 0 |
| 1986 | 1 | 0 |
| 1987 | 0 | 0 |
| 1988 | 0 | 0 |
| 1989 | 1 | 0 |
| 1990 | 0 | 0 |
| 1991 | 0 | 0 |
| 1992 | 0 | 0 |
| 1993 | 0 | 0 |
| 1994 | 0 | 0 |
| 1995 | 1 | 0 |
| 1996 | 0 | 0 |
| 1997 | 1 | 0 |
| 1998 | 1 | 0 |
| 1999 | 1 | 0 |
| 2000 | 0 | 0 |
| 2001 | 0 | 0 |
| 2002 | 0 | 1 |
| 2003 | 2 | 4 |
| 2004 | 2 | 3 |
| 2005 | 1 | 4 |
| 2006 | 5 | 2 |
| 2007 | 1 | 3 |
| 2008 | 0 | 2 |
| 2009 | 0 | 0 |
| 2010 | 1 | 2 |
| 2011 | 0 | 0 |
| 2012 | 0 | 0 |
| 2013 | 0 | 8 |
| 2014 | 0 | 0 |
| 2015 | 0 | 3 |
| 2016 | 1 | 5 |
| 2017 | 1 | 1 |
| 2018 | 1 | 8 |
| 2019 | 1 | 7 |
| 2020 | 7 | 9 |
| 2021 | 8 | 14 |
| 2022 | 7 | 10 |
| 2023 | 6 | 9 |
| 2024 | 11 | 8 |
| 2025 | 10 | 8 |
| 2026 | 3 | 4 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Systems and methods for flexible footwear11 Aug 2026US 12,702,185 B2Pedestal Footwear
- Injection-molded footwear and methods of making the same23 Jun 2026US 12,661,860 B2adidas AG
- Article of footwear31 Mar 2026US 12,588,735 B2ECCO Sko A/S
- Footwear injection mould25 Nov 2025US 12,478,130 B2ECCO Sko A/S
- Thermoplastic non-woven textile elements2 Sep 2025US 12,404,615 B2NIKE, Inc.
- Strobel unit and shoe with strobel unit16 Jul 2026US 2026/0198652 A1On Clouds GmbH
- System and method for blow molding plate components for articles of footwear25 Jun 2026US 2026/0175508 A1NIKE, Inc.
- Patterned three-dimensionally molded footwear and methods of making the same30 Apr 2026US 2026/0116031 A1adidas AG
- Method of forming an item of footwear1 Jan 2026US 2026/0000157 A1Fitflop Limited
- Sole part, a moulding assembly and a manufacturing method for an article of footwear3 Jul 2025US 2025/0212992 A1ECCO Sko A/S
Most cited
By later US patents
- Method of making a moccasin shoe52US 4,272,858 AK. Shoemakers Limited · 1981
- Method of making an article of footwear49US 4,616,430 AE.T.F. Enterprises, Inc. · 1986
- Orthopaedic footwear48US 4,120,101 A1978
- Footwear and the manufacture thereof39US 5,890,248 AWhite & Co. (Earls Barton) Limited · 1999
- Method of constructing footwear having a composite sole with a molded midsole and an outsole adhered thereto35US 5,477,577 AThe Florsheim Shoe Company · 1995