The Gap, Inc. (GAP)
NYSE: GAP · Retail-Family Clothing Stores · San Francisco, CA · filing with the SEC since 1994
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Patents
US patents through Dec 31, 2025 · PatentsView, from the USPTO’s Open Data Portal · read Oct 27, 202624 patents granted to the 3 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 The Gap, Inc.’s names, not what it holds today.
Patents granted
24
18 utility, 6 design, 1976 to Dec 31, 2025
Granted in 2025
2
Against 4 in 2024 and 5 in 2023
Applications published
18
since 2001, to Dec 31, 2025
Names they are printed under
3
its own name, a subsidiary
By yearGrantedApplications published
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 goods10
IT methods for management1
The main technology area of each patent, in the World Intellectual Property Organization’s 35 fields.
Under which name3 counted
The Gap, Inc. its own name
US, as the owner printed on each patent. 1 more under the same name are not counted (printed in JP)
0 published
The Gap, Inc. its own name
named as the applicant on its applications, in US. 3 more under the same name are not counted (printed in IT, printed in JP)
18 published
Context-Based 4 Casting (C-B4) Ltd. a subsidiary
IL, as the owner printed on each patent
0 published
Names not counted (1)
GAP INC
Most of its patents print IT; this name counts in US. 2 granted and 0 published under it are not counted.
Newest grantseach row opens the USPTO’s own copy
| Granted | Patent | Title | Field | Owner as printed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 20, 2025 | D1,075,219 | Garment finishing | The Gap, Inc. | |
| Feb 18, 2025 | 12,225,949 | High impact and high support bras | Other consumer goods | The Gap, Inc. |
| Dec 24, 2024 | 12,171,286 | Tactile device for garment | Other consumer goods | The Gap, Inc. |
| Sep 24, 2024 | 12,096,812 | Waistband construction | Other consumer goods | The Gap, Inc. |
| Sep 3, 2024 | 12,075,853 | Article of clothing | Other consumer goods | The Gap, Inc. |
| Aug 20, 2024 | 12,063,998 | Waistband construction and methods for producing same | Other consumer goods | The Gap, Inc. |
| Aug 1, 2023 | D993,580 | Shoe | The Gap, Inc. | |
| Jul 4, 2023 | 11,690,412 | High impact and high support bras | Other consumer goods | The Gap, Inc. |
| Jun 27, 2023 | 11,684,092 | Pullover bra | Other consumer goods | The Gap, Inc. |
| Jun 13, 2023 | 11,675,579 | Systems and methods for deploying enterprise software updates | IT methods for management | The Gap, Inc. |
Newest applications publishedan application is a clue, never a plan
| Published | Application | Title | Field | Owner as printed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 21, 2023 | 2023/0292851 | HIGH IMPACT AND HIGH SUPPORT BRAS | Other consumer goods | The Gap, Inc. · patent 12,225,949 granted from it |
| Sep 7, 2023 | 2023/0276864 | ARTICLE OF CLOTHING | Other consumer goods | The Gap, Inc. · patent 12,075,853 granted from it |
| Aug 31, 2023 | 2023/0273785 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DEPLOYING ENTERPRISE SOFTWARE UPDATES | IT methods for management | The Gap, Inc. |
| Apr 20, 2023 | 2023/0124450 | WAISTBAND CONSTRUCTION | Other consumer goods | The Gap, Inc. · patent 12,096,812 granted from it |
| Jul 28, 2022 | 2022/0232918 | WAISTBAND CONSTRUCTION AND METHODS FOR PRODUCING SAME | Other consumer goods | The Gap, Inc. · patent 12,063,998 granted from it |
| May 12, 2022 | 2022/0148047 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR FACILITATING AN IMPROVED IN-STORE EXPERIENCE | IT methods for management | The Gap, Inc. |
| Apr 21, 2022 | 2022/0117337 | TACTILE DEVICE FOR GARMENT | Other consumer goods | The Gap, Inc. · patent 12,171,286 granted from it |
| Feb 24, 2022 | 2022/0053841 | HIGH IMPACT AND HIGH SUPPORT BRAS | Other consumer goods | The Gap, Inc. · patent 11,690,412 granted from it |
| Dec 9, 2021 | 2021/0381160 | METHODS FOR PROCESSING DENIM | Textile and paper machines | The Gap, Inc. |
| Mar 11, 2021 | 2021/0072970 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DEPLOYING ENTERPRISE SOFTWARE UPDATES | IT methods for management | The Gap, Inc. · patent 11,675,579 granted from it |
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.