D04B 21/14
Fabrics characterised by the incorporation by knitting, in one or more thread
Official title: Fabrics characterised by the incorporation by knitting, in one or more thread, fleece, or fabric layers, of reinforcing, binding, or decorative threads; Fabrics incorporating small auxiliary elements, e.g. for decorative purposes (pile fabrics D04B21/02; non-woven fabrics in general D04H)
D04B21/14 (Fabrics characterised by the incorporation by knitting, in one or more thread) appears on 979 US grants and 900 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in D04B- Granted patents
- 979
- Published applications
- 900
- Assignees
- 579
- Inventors
- 1,945
- Latest grant
- 15 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 11 | 0 |
| 1977 | 10 | 0 |
| 1978 | 7 | 0 |
| 1979 | 4 | 0 |
| 1980 | 7 | 0 |
| 1981 | 12 | 0 |
| 1982 | 2 | 0 |
| 1983 | 14 | 0 |
| 1984 | 13 | 0 |
| 1985 | 12 | 0 |
| 1986 | 12 | 0 |
| 1987 | 15 | 0 |
| 1988 | 13 | 0 |
| 1989 | 23 | 0 |
| 1990 | 12 | 0 |
| 1991 | 16 | 0 |
| 1992 | 6 | 0 |
| 1993 | 20 | 0 |
| 1994 | 21 | 0 |
| 1995 | 26 | 0 |
| 1996 | 20 | 0 |
| 1997 | 20 | 0 |
| 1998 | 23 | 0 |
| 1999 | 26 | 0 |
| 2000 | 26 | 0 |
| 2001 | 14 | 9 |
| 2002 | 16 | 20 |
| 2003 | 22 | 33 |
| 2004 | 20 | 38 |
| 2005 | 27 | 42 |
| 2006 | 18 | 31 |
| 2007 | 23 | 33 |
| 2008 | 10 | 32 |
| 2009 | 13 | 25 |
| 2010 | 27 | 28 |
| 2011 | 17 | 20 |
| 2012 | 24 | 34 |
| 2013 | 12 | 36 |
| 2014 | 19 | 31 |
| 2015 | 17 | 32 |
| 2016 | 21 | 36 |
| 2017 | 16 | 24 |
| 2018 | 21 | 48 |
| 2019 | 20 | 50 |
| 2020 | 34 | 57 |
| 2021 | 46 | 55 |
| 2022 | 31 | 44 |
| 2023 | 45 | 45 |
| 2024 | 34 | 49 |
| 2025 | 35 | 31 |
| 2026 | 26 | 17 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Knitted garment collar comprising a first curved flexible portion and a second structured stitch curved rigid portion, method for manufacturing such a collar and garment comprising such a collar15 Sep 2026US 12,733,703 B2Lacoste Operations
- Compression bandage with optimized surface25 Aug 2026US 12,714,607 B2Urgo Recherche Innovation Et Developpement
- Multi-axial fabric18 Aug 2026US D1,141,490 S1Nicolon Corporation · Design
- Fabric with moisture management function11 Aug 2026US 12,703,933 B2Lululemon Athletica Canda Inc.
- Adhesive tape21 Jul 2026US 12,686,796 B2Teraoka Seisakusho Co., Ltd.
- Seamless tubular knitted fabric, comprising an open knit with weft bushing locking to prevent unraveling27 Aug 2026US 2026/0250892 A1Viscoret Elastic Nets S.R.L.
- Stitchbonded and gathered lyocell fabric unit30 Jul 2026US 2026/0218427 A1Amtex Innovations LLC
- A composite compliant vascular graft9 Jul 2026US 2026/0191636 A1ASCENSE MEDICAL GmbH
- Fabric with a yarn with at least one epoxy-compatible group and/or a group reactive towards epoxy, and manufacture method9 Jul 2026US 2026/0192542 A1
- Single-substance flexible high-elastic flaky textile fabric and preparation method therefor11 Jun 2026US 2026/0160000 A1Dongguan Best Pacific Textile Ltd.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Method of using a surgical repair mesh451US 4,655,221 AAmerican Cyanamid Company · 1987
- Method and material for prevention of surgical adhesions430US 5,002,551 AJohnson & Johnson Medical, Inc. · 1991
- Shoe upper of interknitted outer and inner knit layers351US 4,785,558 AToray Industries, Inc. · 1988
- Pressurizable envelope and method317US 4,906,502 A1990
- Pressurizable envelope and method294US 5,543,194 A1996