D04B 15/56
For flat-bed knitting machines
Official title: for flat-bed knitting machines
D04B15/56 (For flat-bed knitting machines) appears on 128 US grants and 83 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in D04B- Granted patents
- 128
- Published applications
- 83
- Assignees
- 36
- Inventors
- 146
- Latest grant
- 29 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1977 | 1 | 0 |
| 1978 | 3 | 0 |
| 1979 | 3 | 0 |
| 1980 | 2 | 0 |
| 1981 | 1 | 0 |
| 1982 | 2 | 0 |
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| 1999 | 1 | 0 |
| 2000 | 4 | 0 |
| 2001 | 1 | 0 |
| 2002 | 2 | 1 |
| 2003 | 3 | 3 |
| 2004 | 1 | 3 |
| 2005 | 1 | 1 |
| 2006 | 4 | 3 |
| 2007 | 4 | 4 |
| 2008 | 3 | 3 |
| 2009 | 2 | 1 |
| 2010 | 1 | 0 |
| 2011 | 0 | 0 |
| 2012 | 0 | 3 |
| 2013 | 3 | 5 |
| 2014 | 2 | 11 |
| 2015 | 3 | 4 |
| 2016 | 10 | 1 |
| 2017 | 1 | 3 |
| 2018 | 1 | 4 |
| 2019 | 5 | 5 |
| 2020 | 2 | 5 |
| 2021 | 1 | 1 |
| 2022 | 9 | 5 |
| 2023 | 3 | 6 |
| 2024 | 3 | 4 |
| 2025 | 6 | 3 |
| 2026 | 2 | 4 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Article of footwear incorporating a knitted component29 Sep 2026US 12,745,818 B2NIKE, Inc.
- Article comprising a knit element17 Mar 2026US 12,577,709 B2adidas AG
- Article of footwear incorporating a knitted component with a tongue2 Dec 2025US 12,486,600 B2NIKE, Inc.
- Knitted component with inserted elements4 Nov 2025US 12,458,099 B2NIKE, Inc.
- Fully automatic method for handling yarn knots in a continuous flat knitting process1 Jul 2025US 12,344,973 B2Jiangnan University
- Knitted component and method of manufacturing the same10 Sep 2026US 2026/0265965 A1
- Plush mattress protector25 Jun 2026US 2026/0176803 A1Suzhou Renrui Network Technology Co., Ltd
- Article of footwear incorporating a knitted component with a tongue12 Mar 2026US 2026/0071359 A1NIKE, Inc.
- Knitted component with inserted elements12 Feb 2026US 2026/0041186 A1NIKE, Inc.
- Knitted component and method of manufacturing the same17 Jul 2025US 2025/0230585 A1NIKE, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Pattern control device for flat knitting machines177US 5,031,423 AIkenaga Co., Ltd. · 1991
- Process for production of weave-knit material172US 5,623,840 ATecnit-Technische Textilien und Systeme GmbH · 1997
- Article of footwear incorporating a knitted component with a tongue146US 8,448,474 B1NIKE, Inc. · 2013
- Flat-bed knitting machine and method of knitting123US 6,158,250 ANovacept · 2000
- Article of footwear incorporating a knitted component112US 8,839,532 B2NIKE, Inc. · 2014