D04B 9/56
Heel or toe portions
Official title: heel or toe portions
D04B9/56 (Heel or toe portions) appears on 68 US grants and 29 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in D04B- Granted patents
- 68
- Published applications
- 29
- Assignees
- 37
- Inventors
- 81
- Latest grant
- 25 Nov 2025
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 2 | 0 |
| 1977 | 8 | 0 |
| 1978 | 2 | 0 |
| 1979 | 1 | 0 |
| 1980 | 1 | 0 |
| 1981 | 0 | 0 |
| 1982 | 0 | 0 |
| 1983 | 0 | 0 |
| 1984 | 0 | 0 |
| 1985 | 1 | 0 |
| 1986 | 0 | 0 |
| 1987 | 1 | 0 |
| 1988 | 0 | 0 |
| 1989 | 0 | 0 |
| 1990 | 0 | 0 |
| 1991 | 0 | 0 |
| 1992 | 2 | 0 |
| 1993 | 1 | 0 |
| 1994 | 0 | 0 |
| 1995 | 2 | 0 |
| 1996 | 1 | 0 |
| 1997 | 4 | 0 |
| 1998 | 4 | 0 |
| 1999 | 5 | 0 |
| 2000 | 5 | 0 |
| 2001 | 3 | 3 |
| 2002 | 4 | 1 |
| 2003 | 1 | 2 |
| 2004 | 0 | 1 |
| 2005 | 1 | 1 |
| 2006 | 1 | 1 |
| 2007 | 1 | 0 |
| 2008 | 0 | 0 |
| 2009 | 1 | 0 |
| 2010 | 0 | 1 |
| 2011 | 1 | 1 |
| 2012 | 1 | 0 |
| 2013 | 1 | 2 |
| 2014 | 2 | 1 |
| 2015 | 0 | 3 |
| 2016 | 3 | 2 |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 |
| 2018 | 1 | 2 |
| 2019 | 1 | 2 |
| 2020 | 1 | 2 |
| 2021 | 1 | 1 |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 |
| 2023 | 0 | 1 |
| 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 2 | 1 |
| 2026 | 0 | 1 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- 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.
- Sock with tab2 Aug 2022US 11,401,636 B2NIKE, Inc.
- Method for the production of portions of manufacture by means of a circular knitting machine with needle cylinder that can be actuated with an alternating rotary motion about its own axis29 Jun 2021US 11,047,075 B2Lonati S. P. A.
- Sock29 Dec 2020US 10,876,232 B2Nishigaki Socks Co., Ltd.
- Transfer apparatus20 Aug 2026US 2026/0242988 A1Zhejiang Yifan Automation Equipment Co., Ltd.
- Improved circular machine for hosiery and knitwear and process for closing an end of a tubular manufactured article directly on a circular machine15 May 2025US 2025/0154697 A1Sgm Automazioni S.R.L.
- Process to close an end of a tubular manufactured article directly on hosiery and knitwear circular machines and respective circular machine23 Feb 2023US 2023/0056303 A1Sgm Automazioni S.R.L.
- Method for the production of portions of manufacture by means of a circular knitting machine with needle cylinder that can be actuated with an alternating rotary motion about its own axis4 Mar 2021US 2021/0062376 A1Lonati S. P. A.
- Shoe and shoe upper with optimized shape-holding properties31 Dec 2020US 2020/0405003 A1adidas AG
Most cited
By later US patents
- Support stocking52US 4,015,448 AColgate-Palmolive Company · 1977
- Split-heel sock51US 5,103,656 ANK Mills, Inc. · 1992
- Tubular knitted fabric32US 4,028,910 ABentley Engineering Company Limited · 1977
- Anatomically designed sock27US 6,021,527 AFox River Mills, Inc. · 2000
- Single-cylinder circular knitting machine22US 5,761,931 AMatec S.p.A. · 1998