A44B 19/34
Stringer tapes
Official title: Stringer tapes (A44B19/40 takes precedence); Flaps secured to stringers for covering the interlocking members (A44B19/32 takes precedence {; setting slide or glide fastener elements on garments A41H37/06})
A44B19/34 (Stringer tapes) appears on 345 US grants and 219 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A44B- Granted patents
- 345
- Published applications
- 219
- Assignees
- 80
- Inventors
- 452
- Latest grant
- 14 Jul 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 13 | 0 |
| 1977 | 15 | 0 |
| 1978 | 15 | 0 |
| 1979 | 14 | 0 |
| 1980 | 16 | 0 |
| 1981 | 13 | 0 |
| 1982 | 6 | 0 |
| 1983 | 10 | 0 |
| 1984 | 9 | 0 |
| 1985 | 10 | 0 |
| 1986 | 5 | 0 |
| 1987 | 5 | 0 |
| 1988 | 3 | 0 |
| 1989 | 4 | 0 |
| 1990 | 4 | 0 |
| 1991 | 10 | 0 |
| 1992 | 3 | 0 |
| 1993 | 5 | 0 |
| 1994 | 2 | 0 |
| 1995 | 3 | 0 |
| 1996 | 7 | 0 |
| 1997 | 4 | 0 |
| 1998 | 6 | 0 |
| 1999 | 5 | 0 |
| 2000 | 5 | 0 |
| 2001 | 4 | 1 |
| 2002 | 3 | 8 |
| 2003 | 7 | 2 |
| 2004 | 4 | 8 |
| 2005 | 3 | 6 |
| 2006 | 3 | 5 |
| 2007 | 2 | 4 |
| 2008 | 1 | 8 |
| 2009 | 0 | 0 |
| 2010 | 2 | 8 |
| 2011 | 4 | 3 |
| 2012 | 0 | 5 |
| 2013 | 1 | 13 |
| 2014 | 4 | 11 |
| 2015 | 8 | 12 |
| 2016 | 14 | 8 |
| 2017 | 9 | 7 |
| 2018 | 6 | 6 |
| 2019 | 12 | 13 |
| 2020 | 10 | 14 |
| 2021 | 11 | 11 |
| 2022 | 12 | 10 |
| 2023 | 11 | 11 |
| 2024 | 8 | 19 |
| 2025 | 10 | 11 |
| 2026 | 4 | 15 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Retractable zipper with Y-shaped tape14 Jul 2026US 12,677,914 B2
- Zipper tape applicator device5 May 2026US 12,616,280 B2
- Apparatus for manufacturing zipper for bag and method of manufacturing zipper for bag31 Mar 2026US 12,589,541 B2DongbangLED Co., Ltd.
- Protective garment having improved closing flap13 Jan 2026US 12,520,883 B2Dupont Safety & Construction, Inc.
- Slide fastener, production method for same, and sewn slide fastener article30 Dec 2025US 12,507,767 B2YKK 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.
- Waterproof Plastic Zipper1 Oct 2026US 2026/0294053 A1Fujian Sbs Zipper Science and Technology Co., Ltd.
- Composite stringer, method for manufacturing same, and method for manufacturing tape part of composite stringer10 Sep 2026US 2026/0262804 A1YKK Corporation
Most cited
By later US patents
- Zipper closure with unitary adhesive cover sheet112US 4,691,373 AMinigrip, Inc. · 1987
- Hasp lock, zipper and cover assembly for portfolio110US 4,817,769 A1989
- Tape carried pre-cut zipper96US 5,024,537 AZip-Pak Incorporated · 1991
- Plastic zipper bag with anchor-socket attachment arrangement91US 4,807,300 AMinigrip, Inc. · 1989
- Attachment of plastic zipper to the outside of incompatible bag wall web75US 4,703,518 AMinigrip, Inc. · 1987