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http://dx.doi.org/10.29049/rjcc.2022.30.6.919

Analysis of the trends of applications for domestic patents, utility models and designs related to leggings  

Hosun, Lim (Dept. of Clothing and Textiles, Sookmyung Women's University)
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The Research Journal of the Costume Culture / v.30, no.6, 2022 , pp. 919-932 More about this Journal
Abstract
This study analyzed the trends of applications for patents, utility models, and designs related to leggings in order to understand the trend of development of technologies for leggings products that are continuously growing in the fashion market. In this study, trends in patent, utility model, and design applications related to leggings products filed from 2001 to 2020 with the Korean Intellectual Property Office were analyzed. As a result, first, the trends of applications for patents, utility models, and designs by year showed that the applications began to rise from 2006 and increased sharply in the 2010s. Second, applications for patents and utility models were analyzed by subject and, according to the results, the applications for compression shaping functionality were the most frequent, followed by those for construction/sewing, those for accessories and others, those for system/device, and those for multi-functionality. Third, when applications for designs were classified by target for wearing and by type of leggings, applications for general leggings designs were the most frequently filed, followed by applications for: item attachment type leggings, shapewear leggings, leggings for men, leggings for pregnant women, leggings for children, and leggings for the disabled. Although this study is limited to domestic patents, utility models, and design applications, it collected useful information related to leggings products and presented directions for future development.
Keywords
leggings; patent; utility model; design; intellectual property rights;
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