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A43D 27/02

Soles or heels fixed on shoe bottoms (stamps or dies for soles or heel-lifts C14B)

Full Title

Machines for trimming as an intermediate operation (working on edges or margins, e.g. by trimming, of shoe part blanks A43D8/32; trimming as a finishing operation in shoemaking A43D87/00) > Soles or heels fixed on shoe bottoms (stamps or dies for soles or heel-lifts C14B)

Filing statistics

CPC A43D 27/02 belongs to the parent subclass A43D, which recorded 10,345 patent applications worldwide between 2013 and 2023. Annual filings grew from 455 in 2013 to 569 in 2023 (+25%), peaking at 1,453 applications in 2017. The most active applicants in class A43 are NIKE (4,108 applications), NIKE INNOVATE (3,339 applications) and NIKE INNOVATE (1,253 applications).

Source: EPO PATSTAT, worldwide filings

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Child Classifications

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  • A43D 27/04 Heel-end portions of soles fixed on shoe bottoms (on loose soles A43D8/46)
  • A43D 27/06 Heel breast flaps

Top Applicants

Top 10 applicants by patent filingsfor class A43, 2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT

  1. NIKE US 4,108
  2. NIKE INNOVATE US 3,339
  3. NIKE INNOVATE NL 1,253
  4. 耐克创新有限合伙公司 969
  5. NIKE INNOVATE 910
  6. ADIDAS DE 768
  7. ASICS CORPORATION JP 591
  8. PUMA SE DE 344
  9. ADIDAS 323
  10. UNDER ARMOUR US 235