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Patent filings in countries

#	Country	Total Patents
#1	United States	30
#2	Germany	11
#3	EPO (European Patent Office)	3
#4	WIPO (World Intellectual Property Organization)	2

#	Industry
#1	Consumer goods
#2	Furniture and games
#3	Machines
#4	Macromolecular chemistry and polymers
#5	Transport

#	Technology
#1	Footwear features
#2	Footwear laces
#3	Physical training equipment
#4	Protective garments
#5	Unspecified technologies
#6	Macromolecular compounds compositions
#7	Producing goods from plastic
#8	Wheelchairs and sledges

Publication	Filing date	Title
US2003208928A1	2002-05-13	Shoe with tunable cushioning system
DE10209099C1	2002-03-01	Sports shoe has flexible upper reinforced and held secure on foot by folding over a collar which fastens onto same
US6715218B2	2002-02-12	Unidirectional support device
DE10037728C1	2000-08-02	Shoe, in particular running shoe and process for its manufacture
DE10036100C1	2000-07-25	Sports shoe has inner sole layer with openings, support layer with second openings that overlap first openings and outer sole layer with at least one opening that overlaps second openings
DE10017792A1	2000-04-10	suit
US6484319B1	2000-02-24	Full body swimsuit
US6499235B2	1999-12-06	Cleated footwear
DE19957821A1	1999-12-01	sole
DE19950121C1	1999-10-18	Sports shoe sole has lateral and medial damping elements attached to carrier plate via L-shaped spring elements
US6430847B2	1999-09-03	Asymmetric shoes
US7934327B2	1999-06-09	Torsion system for an article of footwear
DE19919409C1	1999-04-28	Sports shoe
US6528140B1	1999-04-01	Shoe sole with dual energy management system
DE19914472A1	1999-03-30	Sole unit with dual energy management system
US6119373A	1998-07-09	Shoe having an external chassis
EP0890321A2	1998-07-07	Athletic shoe having an external chassis
DE19817579A1	1998-04-20	Studded shoe sole
DE19732824A1	1997-07-30	Soccer
US6018893A	1997-04-03	Athletic shoe having notched cleats