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TUFTCO CORP

Overview
  • Total Patents
    176
  • GoodIP Patent Rank
    108,327
  • Filing trend
    ⇩ 100.0%
About

TUFTCO CORP has a total of 176 patent applications. It decreased the IP activity by 100.0%. Its first patent ever was published in 1971. It filed its patents most often in United States, United Kingdom and Japan. Its main competitors in its focus markets textiles and paper, machines and control are Zhejiang xinsheng sewing equipment co ltd, CARD MONROE CORP and REICH RUDOLF.

Patent filings per year

Chart showing TUFTCO CORPs patent filings per year from 1900 to 2020

Top inventors

# Name Total Patents
#1 Beasley Max M 30
#2 Watkins Charles W 23
#3 Morgante Michael R 22
#4 Bishop Mike 21
#5 Stanfield Randall E 18
#6 Prichard Richard 16
#7 Vaughen Eric J 12
#8 Frost Steven L 10
#9 Green Jerry T 10
#10 Frost Steven 8

Latest patents

Publication Filing date Title
US2021047764A1 Advanced Stitch Placement with Backing Shifting
US2021017685A1 Variable or Multi-Gauge Cut Pile Tufting with Backing Shifting
US2020362495A1 Yarn Planner for Tufted Patterns and Creeling
US2020299886A1 Multi Height Looper and Backing Shifter
US2020190717A1 Lightweight Quad Mount Tufting Machine Shiftable Needle Bar Assembly
WO2020097583A1 Creel with integrated yarn delivery and control system
CN112074633A Variable or multi-gauge tufting with color setting and pattern scaling
EP3519619A2 Backing shifter for variable or multi-gauge tufting
US2017204546A1 Tufted patterned textiles with optimized yarn consumption
US2016069010A1 Method for selective display of yarn in a tufted fabric with offset rows of needles
US2008245181A1 Tufting machine head shaker
US2007044695A1 Capstan rollers for tufting machine yarn feed
US2007283863A1 Narrow gauge hollow needle tufting apparatus
US2006225630A1 Gate apparatus for tufting loop and cut pile stitches
US2006070564A1 Tufting machine and process for variable stitch rate tufting
US7431974B2 Tufted fabric with embedded stitches
US2005257726A1 Needle plate modules
US6877447B2 Double end servo scroll and direct scroll driver pattern attachment for tufting machine
US6550407B1 Double end servo scroll pattern attachment for tufting machine
US6672230B2 Modular block assembly for tufting machine