Nike Inc patents

Nike Inc holds 15,685 patents in our database, with recent filings and technology areas summarized below.

Company patent statistics
MetricValue
Total patents15,685
Recent patents4,117
First publicationJan 1, 2015
Latest publicationApr 9, 2026

Filing trend

Year-over-year patent counts for this assignee.

Filing activity over the last five years is stable.

Patents filed per year
YearPatents
2015953
20161,224
20171,746
20181,295
20191,446
20201,505
20211,351
20221,406
20231,625
20241,473
20251,316
2026345
Browse patents by year
YearPatents
2015953
20161,224
20171,746
20181,295
20191,446
20201,505
20211,351
20221,406
20231,625
20241,473
20251,316
2026345

Recent patents

Latest publications where this party is an assignee.

Notable patents

Representative or frequently cited publications from precomputed assignee stats.

Top CPC classifications

Most common classification codes in this portfolio.

Top CPC codes by patent count
CPCPatents
A43B13/041,184
A43B13/201,138
A43B13/1251,028
A43B13/186952
A43B3/34950

Technology areas

Mapped technology topics for this assignee.

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Frequently asked questions

Answers are generated from the same data shown on this page.

How many patents does Nike Inc have in patentsdb?
Nike Inc is linked to 15,685 publications as assignee in our database.
What technology areas does Nike Inc patent most?
Top mapped technology areas by patent count: Human Necessities (8,638); Operations & Transport (2,674); Physics (1,877).
Is Nike Inc's patent activity growing?
In our data, assignee counts were 1,473 in 2024 and 1,316 in 2025 (lower year over year).
What are recent patents assigned to Nike Inc?
See the “Recent patents” section above for the latest 5 publications we attribute to this assignee.