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Columbia Sportswear Company (COLM)

Nasdaq: COLM · Apparel & Other Finishd Prods of Fabrics & Similar Matl · Portland, OR · filing with the SEC since 1997
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US patents through Dec 31, 2025 · PatentsView, from the USPTO’s Open Data Portal · read Oct 27, 2026

364 patents granted to the 11 names below, as the owner printed on each patent when it was granted. A later sale, a lapse or an expiry is not read, so this is what was granted to Columbia Sportswear Company’s names, not what it holds today.

Patents granted
364
321 design, 43 utility, 1976 to Dec 31, 2025
Granted in 2025
5
Against 10 in 2024 and 6 in 2023
Applications published
65
3 of them in 2025
Names they are printed under
11
a subsidiary, its own name
By yearGrantedApplications published
'11'12'13'14'15'16'17'18'19'20'21'22'23'24'25
Each pair is one calendar year. Applications are published about eighteen months after filing, so the newest years read low.
What they are aboutgrants since 2021
Surface technology, coating3
Other consumer goods2
Other special machines1
The main technology area of each patent, in the World Intellectual Property Organization’s 35 fields.
Under which name11 counted
Columbia Sportswear North America, Inc. a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
194 granted
41 published
SOREL CORPORATION a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
131 granted
0 published
Mountain Hardwear, Inc. a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
11 granted
4 published
Montrail Corporation a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
11 granted
3 published
Outdry Technologies Corporation a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
9 granted
3 published
Columbia Sportswear North America, Inc. a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in US
0 granted
9 published
Columbia Sportswear Company its own name
US, as the owner printed on each patent
4 granted
1 published
Mountain Hardwear, Inc. a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in US
0 granted
3 published
GTS CO., LTD. a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent. 1 more under the same name are not counted (printed in KR)
2 granted
0 published
Prana Living, LLC a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
2 granted
0 published
OutDry Technologies Corporation a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in US
0 granted
1 published
Names not counted (2)
GTS, Inc.
Most of its patents print KR; this name counts in US. 0 granted and 1 published under it are not counted.
The Company, LLC
Only generic words.
Newest grantseach row opens the USPTO’s own copy
GrantedPatentTitleFieldOwner as printed
Dec 23, 202512,501,954Multilayered multifunctional heat-management materialOther consumer goodsColumbia Sportswear North America, Inc.
Nov 11, 2025D1,101,365Article of footwearSOREL CORPORATION
Oct 7, 2025D1,096,178Sheet material with patternColumbia Sportswear North America, Inc.
Aug 19, 2025D1,088,461FootwearColumbia Sportswear North America, Inc.
May 13, 202512,296,566Double-walled insulation fabricsSurface technology, coatingColumbia Sportswear North America, Inc.
Dec 17, 2024D1,054,169FootwearColumbia Sportswear North America, Inc.
Dec 10, 2024D1,053,531FootwearColumbia Sportswear North America, Inc.
Sep 24, 2024D1,043,044Patterned material for body wear and gearColumbia Sportswear North America, Inc.
Aug 13, 2024D1,038,593Article of footwearColumbia Sportswear North America, Inc.
May 28, 202411,993,871Limited conduction heat retaining materialsSurface technology, coatingColumbia Sportswear North America, Inc.
Newest applications publishedan application is a clue, never a plan
PublishedApplicationTitleFieldOwner as printed
Sep 25, 20252025/0297491TENT INTERNAL STABILIZING AND STORAGE SYSTEMCivil engineeringMountain Hardwear, Inc.
Jul 24, 20252025/0234982ON-THE-FLY COMPRESSION AND CARRY SYSTEMOther consumer goodsMountain Hardwear, Inc.
Jan 9, 20252025/0009056MULTILAYERED MULTIFUNCTIONAL HEAT-RETENTION MATERIALOther consumer goodsColumbia Sportswear North America, Inc.
Jul 25, 20242024/0245169FOOTWEAR WATERPROOFING AND METHOD OF APPLYING SAMEOther consumer goodsColumbia Sportswear North America, Inc.
Feb 3, 20222022/0034003LIMITED CONDUCTION HEAT RETAINING MATERIALSSurface technology, coatingColumbia Sportswear North America, Inc. · patent 11,993,871 granted from it
Feb 3, 20222022/0030993DOUBLE-WALLED INSULATION FABRICSSurface technology, coatingColumbia Sportswear North America, Inc. · patent 12,296,566 granted from it
Apr 22, 20212021/0112895MULTILAYERED MULTIFUNCTIONAL HEAT-MANAGEMENT MATERIALOther consumer goodsColumbia Sportswear North America, Inc. · patent 12,501,954 granted from it
Apr 1, 20212021/0093038COMPOSITE FOAM FOR MIDSOLEOther special machinesColumbia Sportswear North America, Inc. · patent 11,857,024 granted from it
Dec 12, 20192019/0376311STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS FOR LIGHTWEIGHT TENTSCivil engineeringMountain Hardwear, Inc. · patent 10,787,837 granted from it
May 23, 20192019/0152191MEMBRANE LAMINATION OF THREE-DIMENSIONAL (3D) ARTICLESurface technology, coatingOutdry Technologies Corporation · patent 11,046,065 granted from it
What it applied for, 2024 to 2025: Other consumer goods 3 · Civil engineering 1.

A patent is counted where the owner printed on it when it was granted carries the company’s own name, a former name, the name of a subsidiary its annual report lists, or its own name with a patent-holding phrase (Technology Licensing, Intellectual Property and the like), once the legal form, case and punctuation are set aside, and prints a country that name counts in. PatentsView’s data are published under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 licence. Source: PatentsView's granted patents and pre-grant publications, disambiguated, from the USPTO's Open Data Portal, through Dec 31, 2025, read Oct 27, 2026.

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