On December 9, 2003, Giorgio Armani received U.S. Patent No. D483171 on a Selvedge of Jeans:

A selvedge is the edge on either side of a woven or flat-knitted fabric so finished as to prevent raveling– more specifically a narrow border often of different or heavier threads than the fabric and sometimes in a different weave.

This was not Armani’s only patent. He received U.S. Patent No. D518403 on a Necklace with Pendant on April 4, 2006; U.S. Patent No. D482513 on a Selvedge of Jeans on November 25, 2003; U.S. Patent No. D297636 on a Table Telephone Set on September 13, 1988; U.S. Patent No. D587139 on a Wrist Watch on February 24, 2009; U.S. Patent No. D687314 on a Combined Bottle and Cap on August 6, 2013; and U.S. Patent No. D702045 on a Clasp for Bags on April 8, 2014.