D04B 21/20
Warp knitting processes for the production of fabrics or articles not dependent
Official title: specially adapted for knitting articles of particular configuration
D04B21/20 (Warp knitting processes for the production of fabrics or articles not dependent) appears on 470 US grants and 590 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in D04B- Granted patents
- 470
- Published applications
- 590
- Assignees
- 305
- Inventors
- 1,120
- Latest grant
- 15 Sep 2026
Filings by year
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| 1977 | 4 | 0 |
| 1978 | 4 | 0 |
| 1979 | 0 | 0 |
| 1980 | 2 | 0 |
| 1981 | 2 | 0 |
| 1982 | 4 | 0 |
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| 2000 | 6 | 0 |
| 2001 | 10 | 4 |
| 2002 | 9 | 6 |
| 2003 | 4 | 4 |
| 2004 | 5 | 11 |
| 2005 | 1 | 11 |
| 2006 | 6 | 14 |
| 2007 | 3 | 8 |
| 2008 | 6 | 8 |
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| 2013 | 6 | 15 |
| 2014 | 4 | 27 |
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| 2017 | 20 | 27 |
| 2018 | 28 | 42 |
| 2019 | 20 | 58 |
| 2020 | 17 | 42 |
| 2021 | 36 | 36 |
| 2022 | 29 | 48 |
| 2023 | 33 | 38 |
| 2024 | 31 | 47 |
| 2025 | 41 | 36 |
| 2026 | 20 | 29 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Textile device, a garment and a method for producing a textile device15 Sep 2026US 12,733,695 B2Imec Vzw
- 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
- Composite rods for stabilization of composite laminates1 Sep 2026US 12,722,354 B2TPI Composites, Inc.
- Fabric with electrical components1 Sep 2026US 12,723,331 B2Apple Inc.
- Upper for an article of footwear having an elastic cable25 Aug 2026US 12,714,200 B2NIKE, Inc.
- Knitted tensile structures8 Oct 2026US 2026/0308820 A1NIKE, Inc.
- Mesh with reinforced edges and method of making the same8 Oct 2026US 2026/0308823 A1Atex Technologies, Inc.
- Layered Yarn and Weighted Blanket for Deep Pressure Therapy1 Oct 2026US 2026/0295206 A1Bearaby Inc.
- Textile configured to promote cooling1 Oct 2026US 2026/0297816 A1NIKE, Inc.
- Textile configured to promote cooling hem and seam construction1 Oct 2026US 2026/0297817 A1
Most cited
By later US patents
- Surgical mesh and method456US 4,452,245 A1984
- Prostheses and techniques and repair of inguinal and femoral hernias368US 4,769,038 AC. R. Bard, Inc. · 1988
- Article of footwear having a textile upper357US 7,347,011 B2NIKE, Inc. · 2008
- Warp knitted carotid patch having finished selvedged edges191US 5,456,711 AInterVascular, Inc. · 1995
- Warp-knitted double-velour prosthesis183US 4,193,137 AMeadox Medicals, Inc. · 1980