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UNIFI INC

Overview
  • Total Patents
    12
About

UNIFI INC has a total of 12 patent applications. Its first patent ever was published in 1988. It filed its patents most often in United States, Brazil and Canada. Its main competitors in its focus markets surface technology and coating, machines and textiles and paper are ECORE INTERNAT INC, SPOROS SA and CURWOOD.

Patent filings in countries

World map showing UNIFI INCs patent filings in countries
# Country Total Patents
#1 United States 8
#2 Brazil 1
#3 Canada 1
#4 Colombia 1
#5 EPO (European Patent Office) 1

Patent filings per year

Chart showing UNIFI INCs patent filings per year from 1900 to 2020

Top inventors

# Name Total Patents
#1 Whetstone James H 6
#2 Wise Gordon A 3
#3 Maynard Raymond W 3
#4 Thomas Matthew M 3
#5 Mangrum Ronald W 3
#6 Saunders Roger N 3
#7 Bumgardner Keith 2
#8 Gordon Jr O Lee 1

Latest patents

Publication Filing date Title
BRPI0502574A Continuous constant tension air coating
US5490401A Dye tube spacer for package dyeing
US5237808A Method of manufacturing a composite yarn
US5043208A Continuous multi-filament polyester substrate readily adherable to a vinyl sheet
US5063108A Continuous multi-filament polyester substrate readily adherable to a vinyl sheet
US4935293A Continuous multi-filament polyester substrate readily adherable to a vinyl sheet
US4925726A Wallcovering substrate formed of textured, continuous, multi-filament yarns having hydrophilic characteristics