VELCRO USA has a total of 32 patent applications. Its first patent ever was published in 1970. It filed its patents most often in Canada, Spain and United States. Its main competitors in its focus markets consumer goods, textiles and paper and machines are INT KNITLOCK CORP, SEAMLESS TECHNOLOGIES LLC and MARTIN MANUF JEAN BAPTISTE.
# | Country | Total Patents | |
---|---|---|---|
#1 | Canada | 5 | |
#2 | Spain | 4 | |
#3 | United States | 4 | |
#4 | Australia | 2 | |
#5 | EPO (European Patent Office) | 2 | |
#6 | United Kingdom | 2 | |
#7 | New Zealand | 2 | |
#8 | WIPO (World Intellectual Property Organization) | 2 | |
#9 | Belgium | 1 | |
#10 | Brazil | 1 | |
#11 | Germany | 1 | |
#12 | Denmark | 1 | |
#13 | France | 1 | |
#14 | Japan | 1 | |
#15 | Republic of Korea | 1 | |
#16 | Netherlands | 1 | |
#17 | South Africa | 1 |
# | Industry | |
---|---|---|
#1 | Consumer goods | |
#2 | Textiles and paper | |
#3 | Machines | |
#4 | Chemical engineering | |
#5 | Mechanical elements | |
#6 | Transport |
# | Technology | |
---|---|---|
#1 | Buttons, pins and buckles | |
#2 | Finishing textile fabrics | |
#3 | Knitting | |
#4 | Special textiles | |
#5 | Nails | |
#6 | Special buttons and bins | |
#7 | Vehicle seats | |
#8 | Fillers | |
#9 | Certain plastics | |
#10 | Shaping of plastics |
# | Name | Total Patents |
---|---|---|
#1 | Provost George A | 9 |
#2 | Hatch Richard N | 7 |
#3 | Rosa Edmund | 7 |
#4 | Rocha Gerald F | 6 |
#5 | Koppel Donald L | 6 |
#6 | Hasslinger Russell | 5 |
#7 | Aeschbach Jurg | 3 |
#8 | Rosa E | 2 |
#9 | Edmund Rosa | 2 |
#10 | Yurugu Aeshiyubatsuha | 1 |
Publication | Filing date | Title |
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DK342986D0 | Procedure and apparatus for adapting separable closers for fixing to other objects | |
NZ214244A | Separable fastener and method of attachment thereof to a foam plastics article | |
ZA8508834B | Method and apparatus for adapting separable fasteners for attachment to other objects | |
CA1285122C | Separable fasteners for attachment to other objects | |
US4396013A | Support and guide strap | |
US4569348A | Catheter tube holder strap | |
US4271566A | Shear attachments using hook and loop fastener elements | |
CA1117305A | Knitted hook-type fastener material | |
CA1106578A | Separable cinch fastener | |
US4149540A | Separable cinch fastener | |
KR800001014B1 | Stressed building structure |