Patents
US patents through Dec 31, 2025 · PatentsView, from the USPTO’s Open Data Portal · read Oct 27, 2026
302 patents granted to the 4 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 Crocs, Inc.’s names, not what it holds today.
Patents granted
302
282 design, 17 utility, 3 reissue, 1976 to Dec 31, 2025
Granted in 2025
48
Against 60 in 2024 and 9 in 2023
Applications published
25
1 of them in 2025
Names they are printed under
4
its own name, a subsidiary
By yearGrantedApplications published
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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
Other consumer goods1
Other special machines1
The main technology area of each patent, in the World Intellectual Property Organization’s 35 fields.
Under which name4 counted
Crocs, Inc. its own name
US, as the owner printed on each patent
9 publishedCROCS, INC. its own name
named as the applicant on its applications, in US
14 publishedCrocs Trading Company Pte Ltd. a subsidiary
SG, as the owner printed on each patent
0 publishedJibbitz, LLC a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
2 published
Newest grantseach row opens the USPTO’s own copy
| Granted | Patent | Title | Field | Owner as printed |
|---|
| Nov 25, 2025 | D1,102,721 | Footwear | | Crocs, Inc. |
| Nov 18, 2025 | D1,102,106 | Footwear | | Crocs, Inc. |
| Nov 18, 2025 | D1,102,100 | Shoelace | | Crocs Trading Company Pte Ltd. |
| Nov 4, 2025 | D1,100,450 | Footwear | | Crocs, Inc. |
| Nov 4, 2025 | D1,100,449 | Footwear | | Crocs, Inc. |
| Nov 4, 2025 | D1,100,445 | Footwear | | Crocs, Inc. |
| Nov 4, 2025 | D1,100,444 | Footwear | | Crocs, Inc. |
| Nov 4, 2025 | D1,100,429 | Footwear | | Crocs Trading Company Pte Ltd. |
| Nov 4, 2025 | 12,459,178 | Methods and apparatus for injection and manufacture of molded components with vacuum assist | Other special machines | Crocs, Inc. |
| Oct 28, 2025 | D1,099,487 | Footwear | | Crocs, Inc. |
Newest applications publishedan application is a clue, never a plan
| Published | Application | Title | Field | Owner as printed |
|---|
| Sep 25, 2025 | 2025/0295203 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ACCESSORY COUPLING | Other consumer goods | CROCS, INC. |
| Nov 21, 2024 | 2024/0381970 | MULTI-FUNCTIONAL SHOE SYSTEM | Other consumer goods | CROCS, INC. |
| Mar 11, 2021 | 2021/0070002 | Molded Footwear Upper With Knit Texture | Other special machines | CROCS, INC. · patent 12,097,677 granted from it |
| Jan 30, 2020 | 2020/0031073 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR INJECTION AND MANUFACTURE OF MOLDED COMPONENTS WITH VACUUM ASSIST | Other special machines | CROCS, INC. |
| May 16, 2019 | 2019/0142107 | MOLDED FOOTBED WITH INTEGRALLY FORMED MASSAGING DOMES | Other consumer goods | CROCS, INC. |
| Nov 15, 2018 | 2018/0325210 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR MANUFACTURING ARTICLES OF FOOTWEAR INCLUDING DIFFERENT MATERIALS | Textile and paper machines | Crocs, Inc. |
| Jan 25, 2018 | 2018/0022000 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR INJECTION AND MANUFACTURE OF MOLDED COMPONENTS WITH VACUUM ASSIST | Other special machines | CROCS, INC. · patent 12,459,178 granted from it |
| Apr 28, 2016 | 2016/0114547 | Molded Footwear With Woven Appearance And Ventilation Features | Other consumer goods | CROCS, INC. · patent 10,065,384 granted from it |
| Jan 28, 2016 | 2016/0021973 | Methods and Apparatus for Manufacturing Articles of Footwear Including Different Materials | Textile and paper machines | Crocs, Inc. · patent 10,028,549 granted from it |
| May 28, 2015 | 2015/0146157 | ARTICLES OF EYEWEAR INCLUDING ACCESSORY ATTACHMENT FEATURES | Optics | CROCS, INC. · patent 9,423,634 granted from it |
What it applied for, 2024 to 2025: Other consumer goods 2.
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.