IPC Main Group
A43D 100/00 Setting or removing eyelets, buttons, lacing-hooks, or elastic gussets in shoes
Introduced: September 1968
Last revised: January 2006
Classification Context
- Section:
- HUMAN NECESSITIES
- Class:
- FOOTWEAR
- Subclass:
- MACHINES, TOOLS, EQUIPMENT OR METHODS FOR MANUFACTURING OR REPAIRING FOOTWEAR
5 direct subcodes
Child Classifications
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- A43D 100/02 Punching and eyelet-setting machines or tools
- A43D 100/08 Setting buttons on footwear
- A43D 100/1 Machines or tools for setting lacing-hooks in shoes
- A43D 100/12 Machines for inserting elastic gussets in shoes
- A43D 100/14 Devices for removing buttons, lacing-hooks, or the like from shoes
Top Applicants
Top 10 applicants by patent filingsfor class A43, 2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT
- NIKE US 3,884
- NIKE INNOVATE US 3,037
- NIKE INNOVATE NL 1,179
- 耐克创新有限合伙公司 902
- NIKE INNOVATE 842
- ADIDAS DE 707
- ASICS CORPORATION JP 573
- ANTA (CHINA) COMPANY 417
- XTEP (CHINA) COMPANY 340
- PUMA SE DE 333