CPC technology class · A41

A41H - Appliances Or Methods For Making Clothes

Appliances or methods for making clothes, e.g. for dress-making or for tailoring, not otherwise provided for. 522 US utility patents granted 2015–2025, with the leading assignees and year-by-year grant trajectory.

Compiled by PlainPatent · May 15, 2026

522
US patents granted: #5/6
in A41: 6.1%
A41 class share: +109%
5-yr velocity

The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Appliances Or Methods For Making Clothes ranks #537 of 670 CPC technology areas - 522 US patents granted since 2015, with recorded grant volume up 109% over five years.

#537
of 670 CPC technology areas: 522
US patents granted, 2015–2025: Levi Strauss &
leading assignee (58): +109%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

How A41H's grant cadence moved

Between 2020–2024, A41H recorded 314 grants versus 150 in 2015–2019 (+109% equal-window velocity). Across complete years, output peaked in 2022 at 77 grants and bottomed in 2016 at 18 (+328% peak-over-trough). Lead assignee Levi Strauss & Co. holds 11.1% of the class ; the top three share 17.8%.

Leaderboard read

A41H concentration, lead at 11.1%

Levi Strauss & Co. leads this historical grant record at 11.1% of A41H - us corporation assignees hold 72% of class grants (192 of 268). Figures describe granted US utility patents in this CPC subclass, not current investment or legal strength.

Leader's share: 11.1%
Top three share: 17.8%
Lead over #2: 38

Where A41H sits inside A41

Among 6 subclasses in A41 (Wearing Apparel), A41H ranks #5 and holds 6.1% 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 A41F 683 A41C 669 A41G 380

Rising assignees active in A41H

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 MONOTONY.AI, Inc. 19x 0 → 19 company-wide · 5 in A41H
#2 CreateMe Technologies Inc. 8.38x 8 → 67 company-wide · 20 in A41H
#3 CLO Virtual Fashion Inc. 3.58x 12 → 43 company-wide · 15 in A41H
#4 Levi Strauss & Co. 2.85x 20 → 57 company-wide · 58 in A41H
#5 Resonance Companies LLC 2.00x 1 → 2 company-wide · 5 in A41H

A41H grants by year, peak 2022 (77)

US utility-patent grants per year in A41H, 2015–2025 - recent five years are up 109% versus 2015–2019.

Levi Strauss &

58
Createme

20
Clo Virtual Fashion

15
Ykk

13
Zazzle

9
Softwear Automation

6
One Sciences

6
The North Face Apparel

5
Dpg Usa

5
Monotony Ai

5
Best Apps

5
L I F E

5

What this shows Levi Strauss & is the most active filer in A41H, holding 58 of the 522 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 A41H
Rank	Company	Patents in A41H
#1	Levi Strauss & Co.	58
#2	CreateMe Technologies Inc.	20
#3	CLO Virtual Fashion Inc.	15
#4	YKK Corporation	13
#5	Zazzle Inc.	9
#6	Softwear Automation Inc.	6
#7	One Sciences, Inc.	6
#8	The North Face Apparel Corp.	5
#9	DPG USA Inc.	5
#10	MONOTONY.AI, Inc.	5
#11	Best Apps, LLC	5
#12	L.I.F.E. Corporation S.A.	5
#13	Resonance Companies LLC	5
#14	O&M Halyard, Inc.	4
#15	Ameriglobe, LLC	4
#16	Bodygram, Inc.	4
#17	Loomia Technologies, Inc.	4
#18	Global Apparel Partners Inc.	4
#19	v Personalize, Inc.	4
#20	Dassault Systemes	3

Footprint here vs. claim strategy

Each dot is a leading A41H 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 A41H assignees by class footprint. Bubble size = patents in A41H. Source: USPTO PatentsView (claim depth is company-wide across all classes).

Classes near A41H's 522-grant footprint

Nationwide nearest neighbors for A41H (#537 of 670 by volume ; lead share 11.1%) - not the A41 parent-class siblings above.

Nearest by grant volume

F23Q 516 B23F 529 C05B 513 B28C 511

Nearest by lead-assignee share

B04C 11.1% B27B 11.2% B31F 11.0% F05B 11.0%

Questions about A41H

Which company holds the most patents in A41H?

Levi Strauss & Co. leads A41H with 58 patents (11.1% of the subclass). By PatentsView assignee type, us corporations account for 72% of class grants.

Which A41H assignees grew fastest recently?

Among assignees with ≥5 grants in A41H, MONOTONY.AI, Inc. shows the highest company-wide grant multiple (19x: 0 grants in 2019–2021 → 19 in 2022–2024) while holding 5 patents in this subclass. Growth is company-wide, not class-only.

How does A41H compare inside parent class A41?

Inside A41 (Wearing Apparel), A41H ranks #5 of 6 subclasses by grant volume and holds 6.1% of the parent class total. The largest sibling is A41D (5,359 grants).

What to do with this data

A41H in context - here's where to go next.

Levi Strauss & Co. leads A41H with 58 grants in this class. See full portfolio
A41H ranks #537 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 - A41H figures are USPTO PatentsView granted-utility totals for this subclass (522 grants in the tracked window).

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