A44B 19/00
Slide fasteners
A44B19/00 (Slide fasteners) appears on 2,496 US grants and 1,610 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A44B- Granted patents
- 2,496
- Published applications
- 1,610
- Assignees
- 474
- Inventors
- 2,402
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
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| 1976 | 74 | 0 |
| 1977 | 72 | 0 |
| 1978 | 62 | 0 |
| 1979 | 43 | 0 |
| 1980 | 60 | 0 |
| 1981 | 64 | 0 |
| 1982 | 48 | 0 |
| 1983 | 42 | 0 |
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| 2000 | 50 | 0 |
| 2001 | 43 | 14 |
| 2002 | 46 | 55 |
| 2003 | 71 | 61 |
| 2004 | 43 | 85 |
| 2005 | 31 | 68 |
| 2006 | 42 | 76 |
| 2007 | 48 | 69 |
| 2008 | 42 | 58 |
| 2009 | 38 | 50 |
| 2010 | 33 | 38 |
| 2011 | 28 | 30 |
| 2012 | 25 | 67 |
| 2013 | 40 | 78 |
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| 2015 | 60 | 77 |
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| 2018 | 58 | 68 |
| 2019 | 69 | 88 |
| 2020 | 70 | 76 |
| 2021 | 74 | 68 |
| 2022 | 56 | 43 |
| 2023 | 41 | 56 |
| 2024 | 39 | 55 |
| 2025 | 41 | 72 |
| 2026 | 25 | 58 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- A44B 19/24Details1,783
- A44B 19/42Making by processes not fully provided for in one other class550
- A44B 19/10Slide fasteners: with a one-piece interlocking member on each stringer tape498
- A44B 19/02Slide fasteners: with a series of separate interlocking members secured to each226
- A44B 19/18Slide fasteners: with a third member or members, other than the slider13
Recent patents
- Slider for a slide fastener6 Oct 2026US 12,751,525 B2YKK Corporation
- Slider15 Sep 2026US 12,733,718 B2YKK Corporation
- Fastening assembly for a closure mechanism8 Sep 2026US 12,727,650 B2NIKE, Inc.
- Slider and slide fastener4 Aug 2026US 12,696,962 B2YKK Corporation
- Zip tail stop28 Jul 2026US 12,690,647 B2
- Slide fastener8 Oct 2026US 2026/0305772 A1YKK Corporation
- Zipper slider canopy8 Oct 2026US 2026/0305773 A1Amer Sports Canada Inc.
- Fastener tape and fastener stringer8 Oct 2026US 2026/0305774 A1YKK Corporation
- Slider zipper and clothes1 Oct 2026US 2026/0294051 A1Zhejiang Weixing Industrial Development Co., Ltd.
- Slider for slide fastener, slide fastener and fastenable object1 Oct 2026US 2026/0294052 A1YKK Corporation
Most cited
By later US patents
- Plastic reclosable fastener with self-locking slider246US 5,067,208 AMobil Oil Corporation · 1991
- Tubular plastic end stops bonded to plastic zipper218US 5,482,375 AMobil Oil Corporation · 1996
- Rolling action zipper profile and slipper therefor205US 5,007,143 AMobil Oil Corporation · 1991
- Protruding end stops for plastic reclosable fastener195US 5,131,121 AMobil Oil Corporation · 1992
- End clamp stops for plastic reclosable fastener192US 5,161,286 AMobil Oil Corporation · 1992