CPC technology class · A41

A41F - Garment Fastenings

Garment fastenings; suspenders. 683 US utility patents granted 2015–2025, with the leading assignees and year-by-year grant trajectory.

Compiled by PlainPatent · May 15, 2026

683
US patents granted: #3/6
in A41: 7.9%
A41 class share: +7%
5-yr velocity

The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Garment Fastenings ranks #505 of 670 CPC technology areas - 683 US patents granted since 2015, with recorded grant volume up 7% over five years.

#505
of 670 CPC technology areas: 683
US patents granted, 2015–2025: Nike
leading assignee (93): +7%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

How A41F's grant cadence moved

Between 2020–2024, A41F recorded 320 grants versus 300 in 2015–2019 (+7% equal-window velocity). Across complete years, output peaked in 2019 at 97 grants and bottomed in 2015 at 35 (+177% peak-over-trough). Lead assignee Talon Technologies, Inc. holds 2.0% of the class ; the top three share 5.6%.

Leaderboard read

A41F concentration, lead at 2.0%

Talon Technologies, Inc. leads this historical grant record at 2.0% of A41F - us corporation assignees hold 65% of class grants (155 of 238). Figures describe granted US utility patents in this CPC subclass, not current investment or legal strength.

Leader's share: 2.0%
Top three share: 5.6%
Lead over #2: 1

Where A41F sits inside A41

Among 6 subclasses in A41 (Wearing Apparel), A41F ranks #3 and holds 7.9% of the parent class's 8,592 recorded grants. Sibling chips below are the other subclasses in the same parent class, not the nationwide volume/lead-share peers further down.

A41D 5,359 A41B 979 A41C 669 A41H 522 A41G 380

Rising assignees active in A41F

Company-wide grant multiples (2022–2024 vs 2019–2021) among assignees with ≥5 patents in this subclass. Growth is company-wide; class patent counts are subclass-specific.

#1 Team NexBelt Operating, Inc. 6.00x 0 → 6 company-wide · 5 in A41F
#2 Fidlock GMBH 2.88x 17 → 49 company-wide · 9 in A41F
#3 Lululemon Athletica Canada Inc. 2.24x 37 → 83 company-wide · 7 in A41F
#4 Spanx, LLC 1.67x 12 → 20 company-wide · 7 in A41F
#5 The Gap, Inc. 1.25x 8 → 10 company-wide · 5 in A41F

A41F grants by year, peak 2019 (97)

US utility-patent grants per year in A41F, 2015–2025 - recent five years are up 7% versus 2015–2019.

Talon

14
Dubrosky & Tracy…

13
Boa Technology

11
Fidlock

9
Lululemon Athletica…

7
Hbi Branded Apparel…

7
Spanx

7
Amer Sports Canada

6
The Gap

5
Team Nexbelt Operating

5
Ossur Iceland Ehf

4
Outdoor Edge Cutlery

4

What this shows Nike is the most active filer in A41F, holding 93 of the 683 patents in this class. Concentration at the top signals how contestable this technology area is for new entrants.

View data table

Top patent holders in CPC subclass A41F
Rank	Company	Patents in A41F
#1	Talon Technologies, Inc.	14
#2	Dubrosky & Tracy Patent Service Corp.	13
#3	Boa Technology Inc.	11
#4	Fidlock GMBH	9
#5	Lululemon Athletica Canada Inc.	7
#6	HBI Branded Apparel Enterprises, LLC	7
#7	Spanx, LLC	7
#8	Amer Sports Canada Inc.	6
#9	The Gap, Inc.	5
#10	Team NexBelt Operating, Inc.	5
#11	Ossur Iceland EHF	4
#12	Outdoor Edge Cutlery, LLC	4
#13	Tidi Products, LLC	4
#14	S&S Precision, LLC	4
#15	TYR Tactical, LLC	4
#16	Blanqi, LLC	4
#17	Kore Essentials Inc.	4
#18	Slidebelts Inc.	4
#19	Boston Inventions, LLC	4
#20	Lucida, LLC	4

Footprint here vs. claim strategy

Each dot is a leading A41F assignee, placed by how many patents it holds in this class (horizontal) against its company-wide average claims per patent (vertical) - a read on whether the class is led by broad-but-shallow filers or focused deep-claim players.

Top 14 A41F assignees by class footprint. Bubble size = patents in A41F. Source: USPTO PatentsView (claim depth is company-wide across all classes).

Classes near A41F's 683-grant footprint

Nationwide nearest neighbors for A41F (#505 of 670 by volume ; lead share 13.6%) - not the A41 parent-class siblings above.

Nearest by grant volume

F05C 683 G06G 675 A62D 692 B44F 693

Nearest by lead-assignee share

F02P 13.7% C11D 13.4% G04G 13.4% E02F 13.3%

Questions about A41F

Which company holds the most patents in A41F?

Nike, Inc. leads A41F with 93 patents (2.0% of the subclass). By PatentsView assignee type, us corporations account for 65% of class grants.

Which A41F assignees grew fastest recently?

Among assignees with ≥5 grants in A41F, Team NexBelt Operating, Inc. shows the highest company-wide grant multiple (6.00x: 0 grants in 2019–2021 → 6 in 2022–2024) while holding 5 patents in this subclass. Growth is company-wide, not class-only.

How does A41F compare inside parent class A41?

Inside A41 (Wearing Apparel), A41F ranks #3 of 6 subclasses by grant volume and holds 7.9% of the parent class total. The largest sibling is A41D (5,359 grants).

What to do with this data

A41F in context - here's where to go next.

Talon Technologies, Inc. leads A41F with 14 grants in this class. See full portfolio
A41F ranks #505 of 670 by grant volume among all tracked CPC technology areas. See the ranking
Inside parent class A41, the largest sibling subclass is A41D with 5,359 grants. Explore A41D

Figures reflect USPTO PatentsView grant data through 2026-05-15; pending applications not yet granted are not counted.

Methodology - A41F figures are USPTO PatentsView granted-utility totals for this subclass (683 grants in the tracked window).

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