What Did The Patent Landscape of Nike Inc Look Like?

Nike Inc. is a multinational corporation that designs, develops, and markets athletic footwear, apparel, and accessories. The company was established on January 25, 1964, as Blue Ribbon Sports by Bill Bowerman and Phil Knight. In 1971, the company adopted the name Nike, Inc. and has since grown into one of the world’s largest suppliers of athletic shoes and apparel.

Nike Inc has a total of 11230 patents globally. Out of 11230 patents, 6579 patents are active.     

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

Patent-Application Success Trend Year Wise in Nike

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 Nike

Publication Type	Simple Legal Status	Legal State	Count of Publications
DESIGN	ACTIVE	GRANTED	4912
	DEAD	EXPIRED	3462
	DEAD	NON-PAYMENT	62
PATENT	ACTIVE	GRANTED	652
	ACTIVE	RESTORATION	62
	DEAD	EXPIRED	119
		NON-PAYMENT	65
		CEASED	62
		ABANDONED	62
		REVOKED	62
	PENDING	EXAMINATION	62
APPLICATION	ACTIVE	GRANTED	891
	DEAD	LAPSED	434
		DISCONTINUATION	158
		NON-PAYMENT	64
		WITHDRAWN	62
		REJECTED	62
		EXPIRED	62
		CEASED	62
		ABANDONED	62
		REVOKED	62
	PENDING	EXAMINATION	181
	PENDING	PUBLISHED	62
UTILITY MODEL	ACTIVE	GRANTED	62
	DEAD	DOUBLE	62
		EXPIRED	62
		NON-PAYMENT	62
	PENDING	PUBLISHED	62

Technology Domain-wise Patent Trend in Nike

The chart above distributes patents filed till 2021 in Nike 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-20080096726-A1	0	50	165	538	205	958
US-6018705-A	20	153	216	360	65	814
US-5713141-A	49	67	159	260	123	658
US-7602301-B1	1	39	195	324	81	640
US-6013340-A	47	62	151	257	111	628
US-20110003665-A1	0	7	155	332	100	594
US-20060136173-A1	2	77	147	247	119	592
US-6082025-A	27	44	154	250	99	574
US-6585622-B1	6	82	179	237	55	559
US-20070006489-A1	1	44	99	255	95	494

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IPC Classification Wise Patent Trend In Nike

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)	1332	472	35
APPARATUS FOR PHYSICAL TRAINING, GYMNASTICS, SWIMMING, CLIMBING, OR FENCING; BALL GAMES; TRAINING EQUIPMENT (A63B)	537	164	31
FASTENINGS OR ATTACHMENTS FOR FOOTWEAR; LACES IN GENERAL (A43C)	347	122	35
OUTERWEAR; PROTECTIVE GARMENTS; ACCESSORIES (A41D)	240	75	31
PRODUCING PARTICULAR ARTICLES FROM PLASTICS OR FROM SUBSTANCES IN A PLASTIC STATE (B29D)	206	64	31
MACHINES, TOOLS, EQUIPMENT, OR METHODS FOR MANUFACTURING OR REPAIRING FOOTWEAR (A43D)	164	69	42
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)	164	53	32
KNITTING (D04B)	115	28	24
LAYERED PRODUCTS, i.e. PRODUCTS BUILT-UP OF STRATA OF FLAT OR NON-FLAT, e.g. CELLULAR OR HONEYCOMB, FORM (B32B)	77	22	29
ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (G06F)	75	30	40

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