A43D 25/18
Devices for applying adhesives to shoe parts
Official title: Devices for applying adhesives to shoe parts (A43D25/20 takes precedence; applying liquids or other fluent materials to surfaces in general B05)
A43D25/18 (Devices for applying adhesives to shoe parts) appears on 105 US grants and 74 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A43D- Granted patents
- 105
- Published applications
- 74
- Assignees
- 53
- Inventors
- 178
- Latest grant
- 12 May 2026
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| 2024 | 3 | 2 |
| 2025 | 6 | 4 |
| 2026 | 3 | 0 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Sole plate12 May 2026US 12,622,490 B2adidas AG
- Method concerning the application of a sole obtained bending the edges of a flat non-trimmed sole on an upper for obtaining a shoe and a thus obtained shoe14 Apr 2026US 12,599,193 B2Vibram S.p.A.
- Continuous polarization adhesive bonding and transmission apparatus for shoemaking24 Feb 2026US 12,557,882 B2Laya Technology Co., Ltd.
- Coating region learning device, coating region learning method, coating region prediction device, and coating region prediction method11 Nov 2025US 12,469,251 B2Asics Corporation
- Dot bonding shoe insole using adhesive resin mixed with hydrophobic nano-silica and manufacturing thereof7 Oct 2025US 12,433,369 B2
- Continuous Polarization Adhesive Bonding and Transmission Apparatus for Shoemaking31 Jul 2025US 2025/0241414 A1Laya Chemical Engineering Co., Ltd.
- Air masking nozzle5 Jun 2025US 2025/0178001 A1NIKE, Inc.
- Sole plate27 Mar 2025US 2025/0098824 A1adidas AG
- Spring plate for athletic shoe midsole6 Mar 2025US 2025/0072553 A1Hettas Sport Ltd.
- Method concerning the application of a sole obtained bending the edges of a flat non-trimmed sole on an upper for obtaining a shoe and a thus obtained shoe18 Jul 2024US 2024/0237781 A1Vibram S.p.A.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Workpiece treating apparatus and method of treating same91US 5,807,449 A1998
- Adhesive process81US 4,098,632 AUSM Corporation · 1978
- Apparatus for coating articles with adhesive46US 4,031,854 AUSM Corporation · 1977
- Workpiece treating apparatus and method of treating same31US 5,968,297 AIntelligent Machine Concepts, L.L.C. · 1999
- Smooth shoe uppers and methods for producing them30US 8,544,191 B2Reebok International Ltd. · 2013