Fausto Lonati

This inventor holds 127 USPTO granted patents and 8 published patent applications and 69 EPO patents, primarily in Circular Knitting Machines (CPC class D04B9-40). Top assignees: Santoni S.p.a., Lonati S.p.a., Lonati S.r.l.. Active years: 1992-2026.

USPTO Granted Patents = 127 (Patent Applications = 8)

% Patents Active = 77.2

EPO Patents = 69 (Patent Applications = 71)

Average Co-Inventor Count = 3.1

ph-index = 12

Forward Citations = 527(Granted Patents)

Forward Citations (Not Self Cited) = 298(Dec 10, 2025)

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Company Filing History:

Karl Mayer Textilmaschinenfabrik Gmbh

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Years Active: 1992-2026

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Areas of Expertise:

Knitting Machine

Textile Machinery

Yarn Feeding

Tubular Articles

Hosiery Production

Circular Knitting

Fabric Assembly

Sewing Methods

Knitted Articles

Footwear Manufacturing

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127 patents (USPTO):Sort by Forward CitationsExplore Patents

1. 12630951 - Circular knitting machine for hosiery or the like and method for providing a tubular item (2026-05-19),

2. 12385173 - Removal device for removing a tubular knitted manufacture from a circular knitting machine for hosiery or the like (2025-08-12),

3. 12264423 - Circular hosiery knitting machine for manufacturing tubular items (2025-04-01),

4. 12129580 - Pick-up device for picking up a tubular knitted article from a circular knitting machine and for its transfer to a unit adapted to perform additional operations on the article (2024-10-29),

5. 12091789 - Removal device for removing a knitted tubular manufacture from a circular knitting machine for hosiery or the like (2024-09-17),

6. 12024801 - Upper and method for the manufacture of an upper (2024-07-02),

7. 11939710 - Device for feeding yarn or yarns for knitting machines for hosiery or the like (2024-03-26),

8. 11492734 - Method for providing blanks for the production of inshoes, footlets, no-show socks, shoes of the like with double layers, with a circular hosiery knitting machine, and intermediate manufacture obtained with the method (2022-11-08),

9. D967873 - Textile machine (2022-10-25),

10. D967202 - Textile machine (2022-10-18),

11. D963705 - Textile machine (2022-09-13),

12. D962999 - Textile machine (2022-09-06),

13. D962299 - Textile machine (2022-08-30),

14. D961628 - Textile machine (2022-08-23),

15. D961627 - Textile machine (2022-08-23),

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