D05B 73/12
Slides
Official title: Slides; Needle plates
D05B73/12 (Slides) appears on 278 US grants and 55 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in D05B- Granted patents
- 278
- Published applications
- 55
- Assignees
- 94
- Inventors
- 407
- Latest grant
- 2 Jun 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1976 | 15 | 0 |
| 1977 | 7 | 0 |
| 1978 | 6 | 0 |
| 1979 | 9 | 0 |
| 1980 | 19 | 0 |
| 1981 | 12 | 0 |
| 1982 | 13 | 0 |
| 1983 | 7 | 0 |
| 1984 | 6 | 0 |
| 1985 | 8 | 0 |
| 1986 | 3 | 0 |
| 1987 | 9 | 0 |
| 1988 | 10 | 0 |
| 1989 | 10 | 0 |
| 1990 | 14 | 0 |
| 1991 | 16 | 0 |
| 1992 | 10 | 0 |
| 1993 | 5 | 0 |
| 1994 | 5 | 0 |
| 1995 | 6 | 0 |
| 1996 | 9 | 0 |
| 1997 | 5 | 0 |
| 1998 | 9 | 0 |
| 1999 | 2 | 0 |
| 2000 | 3 | 0 |
| 2001 | 9 | 1 |
| 2002 | 1 | 4 |
| 2003 | 3 | 2 |
| 2004 | 4 | 2 |
| 2005 | 2 | 1 |
| 2006 | 4 | 5 |
| 2007 | 4 | 4 |
| 2008 | 2 | 0 |
| 2009 | 1 | 0 |
| 2010 | 0 | 4 |
| 2011 | 1 | 1 |
| 2012 | 2 | 0 |
| 2013 | 1 | 2 |
| 2014 | 1 | 4 |
| 2015 | 1 | 2 |
| 2016 | 1 | 2 |
| 2017 | 5 | 2 |
| 2018 | 0 | 1 |
| 2019 | 3 | 3 |
| 2020 | 2 | 4 |
| 2021 | 3 | 3 |
| 2022 | 4 | 2 |
| 2023 | 2 | 1 |
| 2024 | 1 | 3 |
| 2025 | 1 | 2 |
| 2026 | 2 | 0 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Sewing machine2 Jun 2026US 12,644,212 B2Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
- Sewing machine3 Feb 2026US 12,540,429 B2Juki Corporation
- Needle plate construction for sewing machine and sewing machine29 Apr 2025US 12,286,737 B2Tism Co., Ltd.
- Sewing machine8 Oct 2024US 12,110,624 B2Zeng Hsing Industrial Co., Ltd.
- Sewing machine9 May 2023US 11,643,766 B2Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
- Serger machines27 Nov 2025US 2025/0361661 A1Tacony Corporation
- Sewing machine29 May 2025US 2025/0171941 A1Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
- Needle plate construction for sewing machine and sewing machine21 Nov 2024US 2024/0384454 A1Tism Co., Ltd.
- Sewing machine30 May 2024US 2024/0175184 A1Juki Corporation
- Sewing machine21 Mar 2024US 2024/0093416 A1Zeng Hsing Industrial Co., Ltd.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Sewing device for use in multi-needle sewing machine50US 4,667,611 AMorimoto Mfg. Co., Ltd. · 1987
- Abnormal condition warning apparatus for a sewing machine36US 4,481,507 ABrother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha · 1984
- Free motion sewing methods and mechanisms34US 6,843,190 B12005
- Optical stitch regulator system24US 6,959,657 B12005
- Method and apparatus for regulation of seam shape22US 4,742,789 AVEB Kombinat Textima · 1988