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D10B - Indexing Scheme Associated With Sublasses Of Section D

Indexing scheme associated with sublasses of section d, relating to textiles. 5,422 US utility patents granted 2015–2025, with the leading assignees and year-by-year grant trajectory.

5,422
US patents granted
#1/1
in D10
100.0%
D10 class share
+74%
5-yr velocity

The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Indexing Scheme Associated With Sublasses Of Section D ranks #245 of 670 CPC technology areas - 5,422 US patents granted since 2015, with recorded grant volume up 74% over five years.

#245
of 670 CPC technology areas
5,422
US patents granted, 2015–2025
Nike
leading assignee (440)
+74%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

How D10B's grant cadence moved

Between 2020–2024, D10B recorded 2,958 grants versus 1,700 in 2015–2019 (+74% equal-window velocity). Across complete years, output peaked in 2024 at 704 grants and bottomed in 2015 at 194 (+263% peak-over-trough). Lead assignee Nike, Inc. holds 8.1% of the class ; the top three share 10.2%.

Leaderboard read

D10B concentration, lead at 8.1%

Nike, Inc. leads this historical grant record at 8.1% of D10B - us corporation assignees hold 57% of class grants (1,585 of 2,800). Figures describe granted US utility patents in this CPC subclass, not current investment or legal strength.

Leader's share
8.1%

440 of 5,422 grants

Top three share
10.2%

of the class's recorded grants

Lead over #2
378

more grants than Federal-Mogul Powertrain LLC

Rising assignees active in D10B

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. #1 Rockwool A/S 21x 0 → 21 company-wide · 6 in D10B
  2. #2 Avient Protective Materials B.V. 9.00x 0 → 9 company-wide · 8 in D10B
  3. #3 Mmi-ipco, LLC 5.00x 0 → 5 company-wide · 6 in D10B
  4. #4 Intumescents Associates Group (IAG), LLC 5.00x 0 → 5 company-wide · 5 in D10B
  5. #5 Octet Medical, Inc. 5.00x 1 → 5 company-wide · 5 in D10B

D10B grants by year, peak 2024 (704)

US utility-patent grants per year in D10B, 2015–2025 - recent five years are up 74% versus 2015–2019.

0200400600800 20152016201720182019202020212022202320242025 510

Who leads D10B?

The 12 most active assignees in Indexing Scheme Associated With Sublasses OF Section D, Relating TO Textiles - wider bars mean more grants

patents

What this shows Nike is the most active filer in D10B, holding 440 of the 5,422 patents in this class. Concentration at the top signals how contestable this technology area is for new entrants.

Source USPTO PatentsView, granted utility patents As of 2015–2025 grant years
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Top patent holders in CPC subclass D10B
Rank Company Patents in D10B
#1 Nike, Inc. 440
#2 Federal-Mogul Powertrain LLC 62
#3 Levi Strauss & Co. 53
#4 adidas AG 49
#5 Sofradim Production 49
#6 Milliken & Company 47
#7 Under Armour, Inc. 42
#8 Aladdin Manufacturing Corporation 41
#9 Kolon Industries, Inc. 36
#10 Sanko Tekstil Isletmeleri San. Ve Tic. A.S. 32
#11 Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc. 28
#12 Toyobo Co., Ltd. 27
#13 Columbia Insurance Company 25
#14 Asahi Kasei Kabushiki Kaisha 24
#15 Shima Seiki MFG., Ltd. 24
#16 YKK Corporation 19
#17 Cook Medical Technologies LLC 17
#18 Lenzing Aktiengesellschaft 17
#19 Teijin Frontier Co., Ltd. 17
#20 Poly-Med, Inc. 16

Footprint here vs. claim strategy

Each dot is a leading D10B 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 D10B assignees by class footprint. Bubble size = patents in D10B. Source: USPTO PatentsView (claim depth is company-wide across all classes). Scatter plot of 14 data points (bubble-sized by third dimension). 5101520253035 0100200300400500 Patents in D10B Avg claims / patent (company-wide) NikeFederal-mogul…Levi Strauss &adidasSofradim ProductionMilliken &Under ArmourAladdin ManufacturingKolon IndustriesSanko Tekstil…Boston Scientific…ToyoboColumbia InsuranceAsahi Kasei
Top 14 D10B assignees by class footprint. Bubble size = patents in D10B. Source: USPTO PatentsView (claim depth is company-wide across all classes).

Classes near D10B's 5,422-grant footprint

Nationwide nearest neighbors for D10B (#245 of 670 by volume ; lead share 8.1%) - not the D10 parent-class siblings above.

Nearest by grant volume

A41D 5,359 B64F 5,518 E05F 5,529 F02K 5,533

Nearest by lead-assignee share

B04B 8.1% B60T 8.1% F01K 8.2% F01N 8.1%

Questions about D10B

Which company holds the most patents in D10B?
Nike, Inc. leads D10B with 440 patents (8.1% of the subclass). By PatentsView assignee type, us corporations account for 57% of class grants.
Which D10B assignees grew fastest recently?
Among assignees with ≥5 grants in D10B, Rockwool A/S shows the highest company-wide grant multiple (21x: 0 grants in 2019–2021 → 21 in 2022–2024) while holding 6 patents in this subclass. Growth is company-wide, not class-only.

What to do with this data

D10B in context - here's where to go next.

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

Methodology - D10B figures are USPTO PatentsView granted-utility totals for this subclass (5,422 grants in the tracked window).

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