What Did The Patent Landscape of ADIDAS Look Like?

Adidas is a multinational corporation specializing in the design, manufacturing, and marketing of sportswear, footwear, and accessories. The company was founded in 1949 by Adolf Dassler in Germany and has since grown to become one of the world’s largest sportswear brands. As of April 2023, Adidas’ market capitalization is not known as it is subject to change based on the company’s performance in the stock market.

ADIDAS has a total of 963 patent families globally. Out of 963 patents families, 370 patents families are active   

Have a look at some of the most well-known patents held by ADIDAS that we have covered in this article. You can also get information on ADIDAS patents, the global patent filing activity country-wise, its historical patent filing trends, and many more statistics regarding the ADIDAS patent portfolio.       

Patent-Application Success Trend Year Wise in Adidas

This chart shows the number of applications filed and the number of grants from these applications. Grant rate is a good indicator to identify successful applications and the graph helps to understand the progress in the technology area.

Detailed Patent Portfolio Of Adidas

Publication Type	Simple Legal Status	Legal State	Count of Publications
APPLICATION	DEAD	NON-PAYMENT	47
		DISCONTINUATION	29
		EXPIRED	27
		WITHDRAWN	23
		LAPSED	22
		REJECTED	16
		ABANDONED	15
		CEASED	8
	ACTIVE	GRANTED	135
	PENDING	EXAMINATION	56
DESIGN	DEAD	EXPIRED	157
DESIGN	ACTIVE	GRANTED	145
PATENT	DEAD	EXPIRED	65
		CEASED	46
		NON-PAYMENT	39
		ABANDONED	9
		WITHDRAWN	4
	ACTIVE	GRANTED	82
	PENDING	EXAMINATION	4
UTILITY MODEL	DEAD	EXPIRED	33
UTILITY MODEL	ACTIVE	GRANTED	4
OTHERS	ACTIVE	GRANTED	4

Technology Domain-wise Patent Trend in Adidas

The chart above distributes patents filed till 2021 in Adidas on the basis of the technology protected in patents. This helps to understand the most frequently used concepts and the key focus areas in the technology space.

Top Publications In The Domain With Their Forward Citation Frequency

The table below depicts the patents with most number of forward citations. These patents are likely to be the source of advancement in the domain and can be considered as valuable and core inventions.

Publication Number	Year Wise Break Down					Count of Citing Patents
Publication Number	< 2006	2006-2010	2011-2015	2016-2020	>2020	Count of Citing Patents
US-6047203-A	117	214	338	344	145	1158
US-20040102931-A1	13	123	152	216	85	589
US-20090048044-A1	0	20	148	290	62	520
US-5547427-A	106	187	64	103	31	491
US-6015388-A	66	138	166	68	15	453
US-20070050715-A1	1	75	159	166	31	432
US-5766092-A	51	72	56	128	122	429
US-5447311-A	56	44	53	131	114	398
US-5337492-A	64	95	88	100	40	387
US-5447309-A	35	98	94	114	33	374

Who Were The Leading Patent Filers Countries Till 2021 In Adidas?

IPC Classification Wise Patent Trend In Adidas

The table below represents the top 10 market domains according to their IPC classification where inventors believed it was critical to safeguard certain technical inventions.

IPC Classification	Number of Applications	Number of Granted	% Granted
CHARACTERISTIC FEATURES OF FOOTWEAR; PARTS OF FOOTWEAR (A43B)	320	127	40
APPARATUS FOR PHYSICAL TRAINING, GYMNASTICS, SWIMMING, CLIMBING, OR FENCING; BALL GAMES; TRAINING EQUIPMENT (A63B)	148	85	57
OUTERWEAR; PROTECTIVE GARMENTS; ACCESSORIES (A41D)	58	19	33
FASTENINGS OR ATTACHMENTS FOR FOOTWEAR; LACES IN GENERAL (A43C)	55	24	44
PRODUCING PARTICULAR ARTICLES FROM PLASTICS OR FROM SUBSTANCES IN A PLASTIC STATE (B29D)	44	14	32
MACHINES, TOOLS, EQUIPMENT OR METHODS FOR MANUFACTURING OR REPAIRING FOOTWEAR (A43D)	43	8	19
SHAPING OR JOINING OF PLASTICS; SHAPING OF MATERIAL IN A PLASTIC STATE, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; AFTER-TREATMENT OF THE SHAPED PRODUCTS, e.g. REPAIRING (B29C)	43	13	30
DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION (A61B)	38	13	34
SKATES; SKIS; ROLLER SKATES; DESIGN OR LAYOUT OF COURTS, RINKS OR THE LIKE (A63C)	21	8	38
KNITTING (D04B)	18	8	44

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