What Did The Patent Landscape of Puma Look Like? 

Puma is a global sports lifestyle brand that designs and manufactures athletic and casual footwear, apparel, and accessories. The company was established in 1948 by Rudolf Dassler, the brother of Adidas founder Adolf Dassler. Puma is headquartered in Herzogenaurach, Germany. As of April 2023, Puma’s market capitalization was approximately $21 billion, reflecting its significant presence in the sports and fashion industry. 

Puma has a total of 2454 patents globally. Out of 2454 patents, 759 patents are active    

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

Patent-Application Success Trend Year Wise in Puma

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 Puma

Publication Type	Simple Legal Status	Legal State	Count of Publications
APPLICATION	DEAD	LAPSED	257
		EXPIRED	146
		NON-PAYMENT	129
		WITHDRAWN	69
		DISCONTINUATION	47
		CEASED	36
		ABANDONED	33
		REJECTED	33
		REVOKED	12
	ACTIVE	GRANTED	226
	PENDING	EXAMINATION	73
	PENDING	PUBLISHED	36
	UNDETERMINED	UNDETERMINED	12
PATENT	DEAD	EXPIRED	200
		NON-PAYMENT	189
		CEASED	88
		ABANDONED	12
		WITHDRAWN	12
	ACTIVE	GRANTED	252
	PENDING	EXAMINATION	12
UTILITY MODEL	DEAD	EXPIRED	225
		NON-PAYMENT	70
		CEASED	12
		ABANDONED	12
		DOUBLE	12
	ACTIVE	GRANTED	87
	PENDING	PUBLISHED	12
DESIGN	ACTIVE	GRANTED	182
DESIGN	DEAD	EXPIRED	19
OTHERS	ACTIVE	GRANTED	12

Technology Domain-wise Patent Trend in Puma

The chart above distributes patents filed till 2021 in Puma 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-5345638-A	6	32	146	206	62	452
US-5117567-A	47	34	62	178	56	377
US-4771394-A	67	70	80	65	7	289
US-4703445-A	49	77	84	65	10	285
US-5181331-A	40	19	35	128	50	272
US-5177882-A	46	29	46	100	34	255
US-5325613-A	34	29	45	107	32	247
US-5737854-A	26	30	43	90	30	219
US-5341583-A	24	10	26	96	43	199
US-4736312-A	39	58	55	34	5	191

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IPC Classification Wise Patent Trend In Puma

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)	944	602	64
FASTENINGS OR ATTACHMENTS FOR FOOTWEAR; LACES IN GENERAL (A43C)	419	277	66
APPARATUS FOR PHYSICAL TRAINING, GYMNASTICS, SWIMMING, CLIMBING, OR FENCING; BALL GAMES; TRAINING EQUIPMENT (A63B)	119	78	66
PRODUCING PARTICULAR ARTICLES FROM PLASTICS OR FROM SUBSTANCES IN A PLASTIC STATE (B29D)	91	47	52
OUTERWEAR; PROTECTIVE GARMENTS; ACCESSORIES (A41D)	95	43	45
MACHINES, TOOLS, EQUIPMENT OR METHODS FOR MANUFACTURING OR REPAIRING FOOTWEAR (A43D)	56	29	52
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)	37	22	59
SKATES; SKIS; ROLLER SKATES; DESIGN OR LAYOUT OF COURTS, RINKS OR THE LIKE (A63C)	23	12	52
MEASURING DISTANCES, LEVELS OR BEARINGS; SURVEYING; NAVIGATION; GYROSCOPIC INSTRUMENTS; PHOTOGRAMMETRY OR VIDEOGRAMMETRY (G01C)	23	10	43
DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION (A61B)	21	8	38

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