The global apparel industry experienced a 1% decline in patent filings in Q1 2024 compared with the previous quarter. The total number of grants dropped by 4%, resulting in overall patent publications decreasing by 1.9%, according to GlobalData’s Patent Analytics. GlobalData’s databook Apparel: Patents Trends Q1 2024 offers comprehensive insights into patenting trends, major players’ strategies, and geographical focus in the sector over the last three years. Buy the databook here.
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Notably, the number of patent applications in the apparel industry was 1,666 in Q1 2024, versus 1,698 in the prior quarter. Filings were down 12% year-on-year and decrease 1% quarter-on-quarter. This compares to a 12% year-on-year decrease in patent grants and 1% decline in quarter-on-quarter.
Most patenting activity has been in the Shoes & Boots sector, where the number of patents filed Q4 2023 was 630, a drop of 2% versus the previous quarter. The second-largest patent count was in Clothing & Footwear (426, down 8%) and then Bags, Purses & Wallets in third (167, up 3%).
The top five companies accounted for 23% of patenting activity
Analysis of patenting activity by companies shows that the largest number of patents filed over the last quarter was by NIKE with 233, followed by ASICS with 60 and YKK with 48.
Patenting activity was driven by the US with a 24% share of total patent filings
The largest share of patent filings in the apparel industry in Q1 2024 was in the US with 24%, followed by China (23%) and Japan (10%). The share represented by the US was 2% lower than the 26% share it accounted for in Q4 2023.
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