D04B 9/46
Stockings, or portions thereof
Official title: stockings, or portions thereof
D04B9/46 (Stockings, or portions thereof) appears on 139 US grants and 71 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in D04B- Granted patents
- 139
- Published applications
- 71
- Assignees
- 73
- Inventors
- 179
- Latest grant
- 1 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1976 | 11 | 0 |
| 1977 | 13 | 0 |
| 1978 | 5 | 0 |
| 1979 | 1 | 0 |
| 1980 | 3 | 0 |
| 1981 | 2 | 0 |
| 1982 | 1 | 0 |
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| 1992 | 5 | 0 |
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| 1997 | 4 | 0 |
| 1998 | 4 | 0 |
| 1999 | 5 | 0 |
| 2000 | 5 | 0 |
| 2001 | 3 | 3 |
| 2002 | 5 | 2 |
| 2003 | 2 | 3 |
| 2004 | 0 | 2 |
| 2005 | 3 | 1 |
| 2006 | 2 | 2 |
| 2007 | 1 | 0 |
| 2008 | 0 | 0 |
| 2009 | 1 | 0 |
| 2010 | 0 | 2 |
| 2011 | 3 | 1 |
| 2012 | 1 | 0 |
| 2013 | 1 | 3 |
| 2014 | 2 | 2 |
| 2015 | 1 | 7 |
| 2016 | 3 | 2 |
| 2017 | 3 | 2 |
| 2018 | 3 | 7 |
| 2019 | 6 | 4 |
| 2020 | 1 | 5 |
| 2021 | 3 | 3 |
| 2022 | 4 | 3 |
| 2023 | 0 | 2 |
| 2024 | 6 | 9 |
| 2025 | 4 | 4 |
| 2026 | 3 | 2 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Circular sock machine and a method for its use1 Sep 2026US 12,723,335 B2
- Circular knitting machine with sinker selection and related method for knitting16 Jun 2026US 12,655,552 B2Santoni S.P.A.
- Circular knitting machine for hosiery or the like and method for providing a tubular item19 May 2026US 12,630,951 B2Lonati S. P. A.
- Shoe and shoe upper with optimized shape-holding properties25 Nov 2025US 12,478,138 B2adidas AG
- Circular machine for hosiery and knitwear and process for closing an end of a tubular manufactured article directly on a circular machine14 Oct 2025US 12,442,114 B2Sgm Automazioni S.R.L.
- Transfer apparatus20 Aug 2026US 2026/0242988 A1Zhejiang Yifan Automation Equipment Co., Ltd.
- Turned welt with moisture management11 Jun 2026US 2026/0159999 A1Drymax Technologies, Inc.
- Knitted sock and method for knitting a sock17 Jul 2025US 2025/0230587 A1
- Knitted anti-slip article3 Jul 2025US 2025/0215623 A1Elastic Therapy, LLC
- Method and system for determining at least one production value for producing a custom-tailored compression garment for a limb and computer program29 May 2025US 2025/0169714 A1Medi GmbH & Co. KG
Most cited
By later US patents
- Support stocking product or the like72US 4,502,301 ARampon Products, Inc. · 1985
- Knitted article62US 4,732,015 AAmerican Doubloon Corporation · 1988
- Therapeutic stocking60US 4,027,667 AThe Kendall Company · 1977
- Program-controlled knitting machine, method and products thereof56US 4,527,402 ARampon Products, Inc. · 1985
- Support stocking52US 4,015,448 AColgate-Palmolive Company · 1977