D04B 15/06
Sinkers
D04B15/06 (Sinkers) appears on 189 US grants and 80 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in D04B- Granted patents
- 189
- Published applications
- 80
- Assignees
- 64
- Inventors
- 221
- Latest grant
- 16 Jun 2026
Filings by year
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| 1976 | 3 | 0 |
| 1977 | 3 | 0 |
| 1978 | 3 | 0 |
| 1979 | 0 | 0 |
| 1980 | 4 | 0 |
| 1981 | 1 | 0 |
| 1982 | 2 | 0 |
| 1983 | 1 | 0 |
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| 1999 | 3 | 0 |
| 2000 | 10 | 0 |
| 2001 | 6 | 3 |
| 2002 | 3 | 2 |
| 2003 | 2 | 4 |
| 2004 | 4 | 3 |
| 2005 | 4 | 3 |
| 2006 | 4 | 5 |
| 2007 | 4 | 1 |
| 2008 | 1 | 1 |
| 2009 | 1 | 5 |
| 2010 | 5 | 2 |
| 2011 | 3 | 0 |
| 2012 | 0 | 5 |
| 2013 | 8 | 8 |
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| 2015 | 3 | 0 |
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| 2017 | 2 | 5 |
| 2018 | 1 | 1 |
| 2019 | 5 | 3 |
| 2020 | 0 | 5 |
| 2021 | 3 | 4 |
| 2022 | 2 | 4 |
| 2023 | 5 | 4 |
| 2024 | 2 | 3 |
| 2025 | 1 | 3 |
| 2026 | 5 | 2 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Circular knitting machine with sinker selection and related method for knitting16 Jun 2026US 12,655,552 B2Santoni S.P.A.
- Needle bed and needle combination for flat knitting machine and needle selection mechanism19 May 2026US 12,630,952 B2
- Stitch-pressing component, knitting machine with stitch-pressing component, and methods of manufacturing, integrating, and using the same17 Mar 2026US 12,577,710 B2NIKE, Inc.
- Circular knitting machine with assembly for needle and sinker selection27 Jan 2026US 12,534,833 B2Santoni S.P.A.
- Process for manufacturing a textile item by means of a circular weft knitting machine, and textile item realized by means of this process20 Jan 2026US 12,529,171 B2Santoni S.P.A.
- Legwear, knitted fabric, and double pile knitted fabric structure30 Jul 2026US 2026/0218425 A1Okamoto Corporation
- Stitch-pressing component, knitting machine with stitch-pressing component, and methods of manufacturing, integrating, and using the same16 Jul 2026US 2026/0201614 A1NIKE, Inc.
- Process for manufacturing a textile item by means of a circular weft knitting machine, and textile item realized by means of this process22 May 2025US 2025/0163616 A1Santoni S.P.A.
- Circular knitting machine and method for knitting double-sided plush fabric with circular knitting machine27 Mar 2025US 2025/0101646 A1Pai Lung Machinery Mill Co., Ltd.
- Knitting action parts structure13 Mar 2025US 2025/0084571 A1
Most cited
By later US patents
- Circular weft knitting machine222US 5,095,720 AAnnedeen Hosiery Mill, Inc. · 1992
- Sock construction82US 4,253,317 ABurlington Industries, Inc. · 1981
- Anatomical isotonic sock and method of knitting the same74US 5,335,517 A1994
- Knitted article62US 4,732,015 AAmerican Doubloon Corporation · 1988
- Sock with double-layer fabric in foot and method49US 4,467,626 AKayser-Roth Hosiery, Inc. · 1984