Patents
US patents through Dec 31, 2025 · PatentsView, from the USPTO’s Open Data Portal · read Oct 27, 2026
21 patents granted to the 5 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 Kontoor Brands, Inc.’s names, not what it holds today.
Patents granted
21
13 utility, 8 design, 1976 to Dec 31, 2025
Granted in 2025
none
Against none in 2024 and 3 in 2023
Applications published
11
1 of them in 2025
Names they are printed under
5
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 goods5
Textile and paper machines4
The main technology area of each patent, in the World Intellectual Property Organization’s 35 fields.
Under which name5 counted
The H.D. Lee Company, Inc. a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
6 publishedWrangler Apparel Corp. a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
1 publishedHELLY HANSEN AS a subsidiary
NO, as the owner printed on each patent
1 publishedThe H.D. Lee Company, Inc. a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in US
2 publishedHELLY HANSEN AS a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in NO
1 published
Newest grantseach row opens the USPTO’s own copy
| Granted | Patent | Title | Field | Owner as printed |
|---|
| Aug 22, 2023 | 11,730,213 | Bottom garment having a comfort fit liner | Other consumer goods | Wrangler Apparel Corp. |
| Apr 4, 2023 | 11,618,998 | Method of dyeing textiles with lignin | Textile and paper machines | The H.D. Lee Company, Inc. |
| Feb 14, 2023 | 11,576,444 | Reflective fabrics | Textile and paper machines | The H.D. Lee Company, Inc. |
| Oct 18, 2022 | 11,470,900 | Garment cover for an adjustment fit attachment | Other consumer goods | Wrangler Apparel Corp. |
| Sep 6, 2022 | 11,433,638 | Creating a true thermally conductive apparel using intricate thermally functional coating and thermally conductive yarns | Textile and paper machines | The H.D. Lee Company, Inc. |
| May 31, 2022 | 11,344,071 | Anatomy shading for garments | Other consumer goods | The H.D. Lee Company, Inc. |
| Mar 8, 2022 | D945,121 | Pant with anatomy enhancing pockets | | The H.D. Lee Company, Inc. |
| Dec 28, 2021 | 11,208,559 | Modified indigo compounds and methods of dyeing a substrate using a modified indigo compound | Textile and paper machines | The H.D. Lee Company, Inc. |
| Sep 28, 2021 | 11,129,422 | Body-enhancing garment and garment construction | Other consumer goods | The H.D. Lee Company, Inc. |
| Apr 20, 2021 | 10,980,299 | Bottom garment having a comfort fit liner | Other consumer goods | Wrangler Apparel Corp. |
Newest applications publishedan application is a clue, never a plan
| Published | Application | Title | Field | Owner as printed |
|---|
| Sep 11, 2025 | 2025/0280907 | AUXETIC BANDS AND PANELS FOR BOTTOM GARMENTS AND GARMENTS INCORPORATING THE SAME | Other consumer goods | The H.D. Lee Company, Inc. |
| Jul 27, 2023 | 2023/0235505 | YARNS, FABRICS, AND GARMENTS INCLUDING LIGNIN AS A PRIMARY DYE AGENT AND METHODS OF DYEING TEXTILES WITH LIGNIN | Textile and paper machines | The H.D. Lee Company, Inc. |
| Dec 30, 2021 | 2021/0403718 | Modified Indigo Compounds and Methods of Dyeing a Substrate Using a Modified Indigo Compound | Textile and paper machines | The H.D. Lee Company, Inc. |
| Sep 16, 2021 | 2021/0285153 | Method of Dyeing Textiles with Lignin | Textile and paper machines | The H.D. Lee Company, Inc. · patent 11,618,998 granted from it |
| Jul 15, 2021 | 2021/0212395 | Bottom Garment Having a Comfort Fit Liner | Other consumer goods | Wrangler Apparel Corp. · patent 11,730,213 granted from it |
| Apr 8, 2021 | 2021/0100302 | Liquid Stretch Coating for Garments and Methods for Application Thereof | Other consumer goods | The H.D. Lee Company, Inc. |
| Jun 21, 2018 | 2018/0171540 | Laser-Treated Fabric | Textile and paper machines | The H.D. Lee Company, Inc. |
| Jun 21, 2018 | 2018/0168256 | BODY-PERCEPTION ENHANCING STRIPED GARMENT AND SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CREATION THEREOF | Textile and paper machines | The H.D. Lee Company, Inc. |
| May 31, 2018 | 2018/0148860 | METHOD FOR PREPARING NANODIAMOND-CONTAINING THERMOPLASTIC FIBERS AND THE USE OF SUCH FIBERS IN YARNS AND FABRICS | Textile and paper machines | The H.D. Lee Company, Inc. |
| Oct 23, 2014 | 2014/0310848 | MULTI-LAYERED GARMENT | Other consumer goods | HELLY HANSEN AS |
What it applied for, 2024 to 2025: Other consumer goods 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.